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Table 101.40. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2016
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20142 20152 20162 19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20142 20152 20162
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 309,348 318,563 320,897 323,128 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,934 53,700 53,704 53,715
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,785 4,843 4,854 4,863 934 866 774 828 826 811 808 804
Alaska 303 402 550 628 714 737 738 742 88 92 117 143 134 132 132 133
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 6,408 6,720 6,818 6,931 486 578 686 989 1,173 1,186 1,188 1,192
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,922 2,967 2,978 2,988 498 496 455 500 514 516 515 515
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 37,333 38,681 38,994 39,250 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,751 6,635 6,614 6,605
                                 
Colorado 2,210 2,890 3,294 4,327 5,049 5,350 5,449 5,541 589 592 607 808 883 911 919 924
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,580 3,592 3,585 3,576 768 638 520 619 613 585 576 568
Delaware 548 594 666 786 900 935 944 952 148 125 114 143 150 148 149 149
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 605 659 670 681 164 109 80 82 68 72 75 77
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 18,849 19,889 20,245 20,612 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,926 2,965 2,989 3,021
                                 
Georgia 4,588 5,463 6,478 8,227 9,714 10,087 10,199 10,310 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,805 1,831 1,842 1,851
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,364 1,416 1,425 1,429 204 198 196 217 216 216 217 216
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,571 1,634 1,653 1,683 200 213 228 272 308 317 319 322
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,842 12,868 12,839 12,802 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,289 2,200 2,178 2,154
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,491 6,595 6,613 6,633 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,173 1,161 1,158 1,153
                                 
Iowa 2,825 2,914 2,777 2,929 3,051 3,108 3,122 3,135 743 604 525 544 526 531 532 531
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,859 2,899 2,907 2,907 573 468 472 525 522 523 522 521
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,349 4,413 4,425 4,437 844 800 703 730 741 738 736 735
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,545 4,648 4,669 4,682 1,041 969 891 902 804 806 805 803
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,328 1,331 1,329 1,331 260 243 223 231 204 194 192 190
                                 
Maryland 3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,789 5,967 5,995 6,016 1,038 895 803 1,004 987 980 979 982
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,566 6,750 6,784 6,812 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,050 1,027 1,022 1,017
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 9,877 9,916 9,918 9,928 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,740 1,653 1,634 1,617
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,311 5,453 5,482 5,520 1,051 865 829 958 928 932 933 936
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,970 2,992 2,989 2,989 635 599 550 571 544 539 536 533
                                 
Missouri 4,678 4,917 5,117 5,607 5,996 6,061 6,076 6,093 1,183 1,008 944 1,059 1,034 1,018 1,016 1,013
Montana 694 787 799 904 991 1,023 1,032 1,043 197 167 163 175 161 163 164 165
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,830 1,881 1,894 1,907 389 324 309 333 328 337 339 341
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,703 2,833 2,884 2,940 127 160 204 369 477 483 488 493
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,317 1,329 1,330 1,335 189 196 194 235 216 202 199 196
                                 
New Jersey 7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,804 8,925 8,935 8,944 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,526 1,522 1,481 1,471 1,463
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 2,065 2,083 2,080 2,081 311 303 320 378 374 367 365 362
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,403 19,719 19,747 19,745 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,161 3,048 3,033 3,021
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 9,559 9,934 10,035 10,147 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,651 1,682 1,688 1,692
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 675 740 757 758 175 136 127 121 106 117 120 121
                                 
Ohio 10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,541 11,594 11,605 11,614 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,133 2,005 1,944 1,930 1,914
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,760 3,877 3,907 3,924 640 622 609 656 667 688 693 695
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,838 3,968 4,025 4,093 534 525 521 624 628 628 630 633
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,712 12,791 12,792 12,784 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,057 1,988 1,975 1,963
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,053 1,054 1,056 1,056 225 186 159 184 166 157 155 154
                                 
South Carolina 2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,636 4,828 4,895 4,961 720 703 662 746 778 793 800 804
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 816 853 858 865 187 147 144 152 143 149 150 152
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 6,357 6,545 6,595 6,651 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,088 1,093 1,094 1,094
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 25,244 26,945 27,430 27,863 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,947 5,161 5,222 5,275
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,775 2,942 2,991 3,051 312 350 457 511 610 651 660 668
                                 
Vermont 445 511 563 610 626 627 626 625 118 109 102 113 97 91 89 88
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 8,026 8,317 8,368 8,412 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,345 1,356 1,357 1,360
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,743 7,054 7,160 7,288 881 826 893 1,121 1,141 1,155 1,163 1,174
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,854 1,849 1,841 1,831 442 414 337 300 283 278 276 274
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,690 5,758 5,768 5,779 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 979 960 956 951
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 565 584 587 586 92 101 101 98 95 100 101 101
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 2016 Population Estimates, retrieved September 5, 2017, from https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/2016/demo/popest/state-detail.html. (This table was prepared September 2017.)

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