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Table 101.40. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2019
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20152 20162 20172 20182 20192 19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20152 20162 20172 20182 20192
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 309,322 320,635 322,941 324,986 326,688 328,240 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,932 53,700 53,728 53,694 53,556 53,462
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,785 4,852 4,864 4,874 4,888 4,903 934 866 774 828 826 809 805 801 797 794
Alaska 303 402 550 628 714 737 741 740 735 732 88 92 117 143 134 131 132 131 130 129
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 6,407 6,830 6,941 7,044 7,158 7,279 486 578 686 989 1,173 1,192 1,198 1,202 1,205 1,210
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,922 2,978 2,990 3,001 3,010 3,018 498 496 455 500 514 515 515 514 512 512
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 37,320 38,918 39,167 39,358 39,462 39,512 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,750 6,608 6,600 6,580 6,545 6,511

Colorado
2,210 2,890 3,294 4,327 5,047 5,451 5,539 5,612 5,691 5,759 589 592 607 808 883 922 927 929 929 927
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,579 3,587 3,578 3,573 3,572 3,565 768 638 520 619 613 575 567 560 553 546
Delaware 548 594 666 786 900 941 949 957 965 974 148 125 114 143 150 149 149 149 149 149
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 605 675 686 695 702 706 164 109 80 82 68 75 77 79 81 83
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 18,846 20,209 20,613 20,964 21,244 21,478 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,926 2,995 3,033 3,064 3,079 3,090

Georgia
4,588 5,463 6,478 8,227 9,712 10,178 10,302 10,410 10,511 10,617 1,223 1,231 1,230 1,581 1,805 1,839 1,849 1,853 1,848 1,847
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,364 1,422 1,428 1,424 1,421 1,416 204 198 196 217 216 216 216 216 215 215
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,571 1,651 1,682 1,718 1,751 1,787 200 213 228 272 308 320 323 326 329 332
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,841 12,859 12,821 12,779 12,723 12,672 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,288 2,175 2,151 2,126 2,096 2,071
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,490 6,608 6,634 6,658 6,695 6,732 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,173 1,158 1,155 1,153 1,151 1,150

Iowa
2,825 2,914 2,777 2,929 3,051 3,121 3,131 3,142 3,149 3,155 743 604 525 544 526 533 533 533 532 531
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,858 2,909 2,911 2,909 2,911 2,913 573 468 472 525 522 523 522 520 517 515
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,348 4,426 4,438 4,452 4,461 4,468 844 800 703 730 741 737 735 734 732 730
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,545 4,665 4,678 4,671 4,660 4,649 1,041 969 891 902 804 803 802 796 790 786
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,328 1,328 1,331 1,335 1,339 1,344 260 243 223 231 204 192 190 188 186 185

Maryland
3,924 4,217 4,781 5,311 5,789 5,986 6,003 6,024 6,036 6,046 1,038 895 803 1,004 987 978 979 979 975 973
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,566 6,794 6,824 6,860 6,883 6,893 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,050 1,021 1,016 1,012 1,005 995
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 9,878 9,932 9,951 9,973 9,984 9,987 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,740 1,636 1,620 1,607 1,591 1,577
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,311 5,482 5,523 5,566 5,606 5,640 1,051 865 829 958 928 935 939 944 948 952
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,971 2,988 2,988 2,989 2,981 2,976 635 599 550 571 544 535 531 527 520 515

Missouri
4,678 4,917 5,117 5,607 5,996 6,072 6,087 6,107 6,122 6,137 1,183 1,008 944 1,059 1,034 1,014 1,011 1,008 1,004 1,003
Montana 694 787 799 904 991 1,030 1,041 1,052 1,061 1,069 197 167 163 175 161 164 165 166 167 167
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,830 1,891 1,906 1,916 1,926 1,934 389 324 309 333 328 339 341 343 344 345
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,702 2,867 2,918 2,970 3,027 3,080 127 160 204 369 477 487 493 497 503 507
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,317 1,336 1,342 1,349 1,353 1,360 189 196 194 235 216 200 198 196 194 192

New Jersey
7,171 7,365 7,748 8,431 8,799 8,868 8,871 8,886 8,886 8,882 1,797 1,528 1,269 1,526 1,521 1,460 1,451 1,443 1,433 1,424
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 2,065 2,089 2,092 2,092 2,093 2,097 311 303 320 378 374 367 365 361 358 355
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,400 19,655 19,633 19,590 19,530 19,454 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,160 3,003 2,982 2,957 2,929 2,901
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 9,574 10,032 10,155 10,268 10,382 10,488 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,651 1,684 1,688 1,692 1,691 1,691
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 675 754 754 755 758 762 175 136 127 121 106 120 121 122 124 126

Ohio
10,657 10,798 10,847 11,364 11,539 11,618 11,634 11,660 11,676 11,689 2,820 2,307 2,012 2,133 2,005 1,933 1,919 1,909 1,897 1,887
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,760 3,910 3,926 3,931 3,940 3,957 640 622 609 656 667 694 696 695 696 697
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,837 4,016 4,090 4,144 4,182 4,218 534 525 521 624 628 632 636 639 638 639
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,711 12,785 12,782 12,788 12,801 12,802 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,057 1,976 1,964 1,956 1,946 1,937
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,054 1,056 1,057 1,056 1,058 1,059 225 186 159 184 166 156 154 152 151 150

South Carolina
2,591 3,122 3,486 4,024 4,636 4,892 4,958 5,021 5,084 5,149 720 703 662 746 778 801 806 811 814 819
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 816 854 863 873 879 885 187 147 144 152 143 150 152 154 155 156
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 6,355 6,591 6,646 6,709 6,772 6,829 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,088 1,096 1,097 1,099 1,100 1,101
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 25,242 27,470 27,914 28,295 28,629 28,996 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,948 5,249 5,306 5,344 5,369 5,409
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,775 2,982 3,042 3,101 3,154 3,206 312 350 457 511 610 658 667 673 679 683

Vermont
445 511 563 610 626 625 624 624 624 624 118 109 102 113 97 90 88 87 86 85
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 8,024 8,362 8,410 8,464 8,501 8,536 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,345 1,355 1,357 1,359 1,357 1,355
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,743 7,164 7,295 7,423 7,524 7,615 881 826 893 1,121 1,142 1,167 1,180 1,192 1,200 1,207
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,854 1,842 1,831 1,817 1,804 1,792 442 414 337 300 283 276 274 271 269 267
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,690 5,761 5,773 5,790 5,807 5,822 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 979 957 951 947 941 936
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 564 586 584 579 578 579 92 101 101 98 95 101 101 100 99 99
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. 614 and No. 1095; CPH-L-74 (1990 data); 2000 Population Estimates, retrieved August 17, 2012, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/; and 2010 through 2019 Population Estimates, retrieved May 13, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-detail.html. (This table was prepared May 2021.)

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