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Table 22. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2010
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20082 20092 20102 19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20082 20092 20102
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 295,517 304,094 306,772 309,350 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,606 53,833 53,890 53,995
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,570 4,718 4,758 4,785 934 866 774 828 822 831 830 826
Alaska 303 402 550 628 667 687 699 714 88 92 117 143 136 132 133 134
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 5,839 6,280 6,343 6,414 486 578 686 989 1,083 1,155 1,164 1,176
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,781 2,875 2,897 2,922 498 496 455 500 503 510 511 514
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 35,828 36,604 36,961 37,349 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,844 6,759 6,748 6,778
                                 
Colorado 2,210 2,890 3,294 4,327 4,632 4,890 4,972 5,049 589 592 607 808 827 860 874 884
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,507 3,546 3,562 3,577 768 638 520 619 632 621 618 614
Delaware 548 594 666 786 845 884 892 900 148 125 114 143 147 150 150 150
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 567 580 592 604 164 109 80 82 75 70 69 68
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 17,842 18,527 18,653 18,843 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,896 2,932 2,919 2,929
                                 
Georgia 4,588 5,463 6,478 8,227 8,926 9,505 9,621 9,713 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,684 1,777 1,794 1,805
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,293 1,332 1,347 1,364 204 198 196 217 214 213 215 216
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,428 1,534 1,554 1,571 200 213 228 272 284 300 305 308
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,610 12,747 12,797 12,843 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,330 2,304 2,298 2,292
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,279 6,425 6,459 6,491 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,165 1,174 1,175 1,173
                                 
Iowa 2,825 2,914 2,777 2,929 2,964 3,017 3,033 3,050 743 604 525 544 527 524 525 526
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,745 2,808 2,833 2,859 573 468 472 525 511 514 519 522
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,183 4,290 4,317 4,346 844 800 703 730 731 740 740 741
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,577 4,436 4,492 4,544 1,041 969 891 902 854 800 803 803
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,319 1,331 1,330 1,328 260 243 223 231 221 211 208 205
                                 
Maryland 3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,592 5,685 5,730 5,786 1,038 895 803 1,004 1,016 993 989 988
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,403 6,469 6,518 6,557 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,086 1,061 1,056 1,052
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 10,051 9,947 9,902 9,878 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,883 1,803 1,770 1,742
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,120 5,247 5,281 5,311 1,051 865 829 958 934 927 928 928
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,906 2,948 2,959 2,970 635 599 550 571 553 548 547 543
                                 
Missouri 4,678 4,917 5,117 5,607 5,790 5,924 5,961 5,996 1,183 1,008 944 1,059 1,046 1,040 1,037 1,034
Montana 694 787 799 904 940 976 984 991 197 167 163 175 164 163 162 161
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,761 1,796 1,813 1,830 389 324 309 333 322 323 325 328
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,432 2,654 2,685 2,705 127 160 204 369 436 470 476 478
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,298 1,316 1,316 1,317 189 196 194 235 232 223 220 217
                                 
New Jersey 7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,652 8,711 8,756 8,802 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,526 1,558 1,530 1,528 1,523
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 1,932 2,011 2,037 2,066 311 303 320 378 365 368 370 375
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,133 19,212 19,307 19,392 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,337 3,217 3,188 3,165
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 8,705 9,309 9,450 9,562 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,529 1,623 1,639 1,650
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 646 658 665 674 175 136 127 121 109 105 105 106
                                 
Ohio 10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,463 11,515 11,529 11,536 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,133 2,085 2,043 2,024 2,005
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,549 3,669 3,718 3,762 640 622 609 656 639 654 660 666
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,613 3,769 3,809 3,839 534 525 521 624 622 630 628 629
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,450 12,612 12,667 12,710 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,137 2,093 2,074 2,059
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,068 1,055 1,054 1,053 225 186 159 184 180 171 168 166
                                 
South Carolina 2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,270 4,529 4,590 4,636 720 703 662 746 757 774 777 778
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 775 799 807 816 187 147 144 152 143 142 142 143
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 5,991 6,247 6,306 6,357 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,059 1,089 1,088 1,087
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 22,778 24,309 24,802 25,257 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,470 4,762 4,864 4,955
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,458 2,663 2,723 2,776 312 350 457 511 532 579 596 609
                                 
Vermont 445 511 563 610 621 624 625 626 118 109 102 113 106 100 98 97
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 7,577 7,833 7,926 8,025 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,320 1,331 1,337 1,345
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,257 6,562 6,667 6,744 881 826 893 1,121 1,119 1,131 1,137 1,143
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,820 1,840 1,848 1,854 442 414 337 300 288 286 285 283
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,546 5,641 5,669 5,691 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 1,001 988 984 980
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 514 546 560 564 92 101 101 98 91 93 95 95
1 As of April 1.
2 Estimates as of July 1.
NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing within the United States and within each state; it excludes armed forces personnel residing overseas. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 1095; CPH-L-74 (1990 data); and 2000 through 2010 Population Estimates, retrieved February 15, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/intercensal/national/nat2010.html. (This table was prepared February 2012.)

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