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Table 101.40. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2012
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20102 20112 20122 19701 19801 19901 20002 20052 20102 20112 20122
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 295,517 309,326 311,588 313,914 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,606 53,931 53,783 53,729
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,570 4,785 4,804 4,822 934 866 774 828 822 826 824 819
Alaska 303 402 550 628 667 714 724 731 88 92 117 143 136 134 134 132
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 5,839 6,411 6,467 6,553 486 578 686 989 1,083 1,174 1,172 1,181
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,781 2,923 2,939 2,949 498 496 455 500 503 514 514 517
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 35,828 37,334 37,684 38,041 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,844 6,763 6,725 6,699
                                 
Colorado 2,210 2,890 3,294 4,327 4,632 5,048 5,116 5,188 589 592 607 808 827 882 888 894
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,507 3,577 3,587 3,590 768 638 520 619 632 614 607 600
Delaware 548 594 666 786 845 900 908 917 148 125 114 143 147 150 149 149
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 567 605 619 632 164 109 80 82 75 68 69 71
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 17,842 18,846 19,082 19,318 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,896 2,925 2,926 2,931
                                 
Georgia 4,588 5,463 6,478 8,227 8,926 9,715 9,812 9,920 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,684 1,804 1,806 1,815
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,293 1,364 1,378 1,392 204 198 196 217 214 217 215 214
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,428 1,571 1,584 1,596 200 213 228 272 284 307 309 311
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,610 12,840 12,860 12,875 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,330 2,289 2,268 2,248
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,279 6,490 6,516 6,537 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,165 1,172 1,169 1,166
                                 
Iowa 2,825 2,914 2,777 2,929 2,964 3,050 3,064 3,074 743 604 525 544 527 525 526 527
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,745 2,859 2,870 2,886 573 468 472 525 511 521 521 521
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,183 4,347 4,367 4,380 844 800 703 730 731 741 740 739
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,577 4,544 4,575 4,602 1,041 969 891 902 854 802 802 803
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,319 1,328 1,329 1,329 260 243 223 231 221 204 202 199
                                 
Maryland 3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,592 5,788 5,840 5,885 1,038 895 803 1,004 1,016 987 981 979
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,403 6,563 6,607 6,646 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,086 1,052 1,043 1,036
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 10,051 9,878 9,877 9,883 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,883 1,741 1,714 1,691
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,120 5,311 5,347 5,379 1,051 865 829 958 934 928 926 928
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,906 2,969 2,977 2,985 635 599 550 571 553 543 540 542
                                 
Missouri 4,678 4,917 5,117 5,607 5,790 5,996 6,009 6,022 1,183 1,008 944 1,059 1,046 1,034 1,029 1,024
Montana 694 787 799 904 940 991 998 1,005 197 167 163 175 164 161 161 161
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,761 1,830 1,842 1,856 389 324 309 333 322 327 329 331
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,432 2,704 2,720 2,759 127 160 204 369 436 477 476 480
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,298 1,317 1,318 1,321 189 196 194 235 232 217 212 209
                                 
New Jersey 7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,652 8,803 8,835 8,865 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,526 1,558 1,522 1,510 1,499
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 1,932 2,065 2,079 2,086 311 303 320 378 365 374 372 371
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,133 19,399 19,502 19,570 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,337 3,163 3,129 3,096
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 8,705 9,559 9,651 9,752 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,529 1,647 1,657 1,667
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 646 674 685 700 175 136 127 121 109 105 106 108
                                 
Ohio 10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,463 11,538 11,541 11,544 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,133 2,085 2,004 1,984 1,969
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,549 3,759 3,784 3,815 640 622 609 656 639 665 670 675
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,613 3,838 3,868 3,899 534 525 521 624 622 628 628 628
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,450 12,711 12,744 12,764 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,137 2,059 2,039 2,020
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,068 1,053 1,051 1,050 225 186 159 184 180 166 164 161
                                 
South Carolina 2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,270 4,636 4,673 4,724 720 703 662 746 757 777 777 784
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 775 816 824 833 187 147 144 152 143 143 144 145
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 5,991 6,357 6,400 6,456 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,059 1,087 1,088 1,090
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 22,778 25,243 25,632 26,059 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,470 4,945 4,994 5,044
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,458 2,775 2,814 2,855 312 350 457 511 532 608 619 630
                                 
Vermont 445 511 563 610 621 626 627 626 118 109 102 113 106 97 95 93
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 7,577 8,025 8,104 8,186 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,320 1,344 1,344 1,347
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,257 6,744 6,823 6,897 881 826 893 1,121 1,119 1,141 1,138 1,142
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,820 1,854 1,855 1,855 442 414 337 300 288 283 282 281
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,546 5,690 5,710 5,726 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 1,001 979 972 967
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 514 564 567 576 92 101 101 98 91 95 95 97
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); 2000 through 2009 Population Estimates, retrieved August 17, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2011/index.html; and 2010 through 2012 Population Estimates, retrieved November 4, 2013, from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2012/SC-EST2012-ALLDATA6.html. (This table was prepared November 2013.)

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