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Table 101.40. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2015
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20132 20142 20152 19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20132 20142 20152
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 309,347 316,427 318,907 321,419 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,933 53,739 53,727 53,738
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,785 4,831 4,846 4,859 934 866 774 828 826 814 813 811
Alaska 303 402 550 628 714 737 737 738 88 92 117 143 134 133 132 131
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 6,408 6,631 6,729 6,828 486 578 686 989 1,173 1,183 1,190 1,194
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,922 2,958 2,967 2,978 498 496 455 500 515 517 515 514
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 37,334 38,414 38,792 39,145 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,751 6,664 6,638 6,612
                                 
Colorado 2,210 2,890 3,294 4,327 5,048 5,271 5,356 5,457 589 592 607 808 883 904 912 921
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,580 3,597 3,595 3,591 768 638 520 619 613 594 586 576
Delaware 548 594 666 786 900 925 936 946 148 125 114 143 150 147 148 149
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 605 650 660 672 164 109 80 82 68 71 73 75
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 18,850 19,594 19,906 20,271 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,926 2,954 2,972 3,004
                                 
Georgia 4,588 5,463 6,478 8,227 9,713 9,992 10,097 10,215 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,805 1,822 1,832 1,844
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,364 1,409 1,420 1,432 204 198 196 217 216 218 218 218
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,571 1,613 1,635 1,655 200 213 228 272 308 314 317 320
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,841 12,890 12,882 12,860 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,289 2,224 2,199 2,175
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,491 6,571 6,598 6,620 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,173 1,165 1,163 1,160
                                 
Iowa 2,825 2,914 2,777 2,929 3,051 3,092 3,109 3,124 743 604 525 544 526 530 531 532
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,859 2,895 2,903 2,912 573 468 472 525 522 524 523 522
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,348 4,399 4,413 4,425 844 800 703 730 741 739 737 734
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,545 4,627 4,649 4,671 1,041 969 891 902 804 805 805 804
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,328 1,329 1,330 1,329 260 243 223 231 204 196 194 192
                                 
Maryland 3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,788 5,936 5,975 6,006 1,038 895 803 1,004 987 979 981 979
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,565 6,709 6,755 6,794 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,050 1,032 1,026 1,021
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 9,877 9,901 9,916 9,923 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,740 1,673 1,654 1,636
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,311 5,421 5,457 5,490 1,051 865 829 958 928 931 933 934
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,970 2,991 2,993 2,992 635 599 550 571 544 539 537 534
                                 
Missouri 4,678 4,917 5,117 5,607 5,996 6,044 6,064 6,084 1,183 1,008 944 1,059 1,034 1,021 1,019 1,017
Montana 694 787 799 904 991 1,014 1,023 1,033 197 167 163 175 161 163 164 165
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,830 1,869 1,883 1,896 389 324 309 333 328 335 337 340
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,703 2,790 2,838 2,891 127 160 204 369 477 482 486 493
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,317 1,323 1,328 1,331 189 196 194 235 216 206 203 199
                                 
New Jersey 7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,804 8,907 8,939 8,958 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,526 1,521 1,490 1,480 1,469
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 2,065 2,087 2,086 2,085 311 303 320 378 374 369 365 362
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,403 19,691 19,749 19,796 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,161 3,073 3,045 3,026
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 9,559 9,845 9,940 10,043 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,651 1,673 1,680 1,686
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 675 724 740 757 175 136 127 121 106 114 118 121
                                 
Ohio 10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,541 11,572 11,597 11,613 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,133 2,005 1,959 1,948 1,935
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,760 3,853 3,880 3,911 640 622 609 656 667 683 688 693
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,838 3,928 3,971 4,029 534 525 521 624 628 627 629 632
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,712 12,784 12,794 12,803 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,057 2,002 1,988 1,975
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,053 1,053 1,055 1,056 225 186 159 184 166 159 158 156
                                 
South Carolina 2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,636 4,768 4,829 4,896 720 703 662 746 778 787 794 802
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 816 845 853 858 187 147 144 152 143 148 150 150
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 6,357 6,496 6,548 6,600 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,088 1,091 1,094 1,095
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 25,244 26,501 26,979 27,469 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,947 5,103 5,164 5,228
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,775 2,904 2,944 2,996 312 350 457 511 610 643 652 662
                                 
Vermont 445 511 563 610 626 627 627 626 118 109 102 113 97 93 91 90
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 8,026 8,268 8,328 8,383 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,345 1,355 1,355 1,355
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,743 6,973 7,063 7,170 881 826 893 1,121 1,141 1,150 1,156 1,164
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,854 1,853 1,849 1,844 442 414 337 300 283 279 278 276
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,690 5,744 5,759 5,771 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 979 964 959 955
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 565 583 584 586 92 101 101 98 95 99 100 101
1 As of April 1.
2 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 2015 Population Estimates, retrieved February 17, 2017, from http://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2016/demo/popest/state-total.html. (This table was prepared February 2017.)

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