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Table 101.40.Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 through 2022
[In thousands]
State Total, all ages 5- to 17-year-olds
19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20122 20152 20192 20202 20212 20222 19701 19801 19901 20002 20102 20122 20152 20192 20202 20212 20222
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
   United States 203,302 226,546 248,765 282,162 309,327 313,878 320,739 328,330 331,512 332,032 333,288 52,540 47,407 45,178 53,198 53,933 53,732 53,729 53,517 54,346 54,136 53,912
Alabama 3,444 3,894 4,040 4,452 4,786 4,817 4,855 4,908 5,031 5,050 5,074 934 866 774 828 826 818 809 794 819 820 821
Alaska 303 402 550 628 714 731 738 734 733 734 734 88 92 117 143 134 133 131 129 130 130 130
Arizona 1,775 2,718 3,665 5,161 6,407 6,556 6,833 7,292 7,180 7,265 7,359 486 578 686 989 1,173 1,178 1,193 1,213 1,193 1,196 1,194
Arkansas 1,923 2,286 2,351 2,679 2,922 2,953 2,980 3,021 3,014 3,028 3,046 498 496 455 500 514 517 516 513 515 516 517
California 19,971 23,668 29,786 33,988 37,320 37,945 38,904 39,438 39,502 39,143 39,029 4,999 4,681 5,344 6,775 6,750 6,679 6,610 6,511 6,549 6,471 6,378

Colorado

2,210

2,890

3,294

4,327

5,048

5,194

5,454

5,758

5,785

5,811

5,840

589

592

607

808

883

898

923

927

929

920

907
Connecticut 3,032 3,108 3,287 3,412 3,579 3,595 3,589 3,566 3,597 3,623 3,626 768 638 520 619 613 600 575 545 561 555 549
Delaware 548 594 666 786 900 916 942 977 992 1,005 1,018 148 125 114 143 150 148 149 149 153 153 154
District of Columbia 757 638 607 572 605 636 677 708 671 669 672 164 109 80 82 68 69 75 83 83 84 85
Florida 6,791 9,746 12,938 16,048 18,846 19,302 20,219 21,492 21,590 21,828 22,245 1,609 1,789 2,011 2,709 2,926 2,936 2,998 3,094 3,125 3,144 3,190

Georgia

4,588

5,463

6,478

8,227

9,712

9,904

10,183

10,628

10,730

10,788

10,913

1,223

1,231

1,230

1,581

1,805

1,813

1,840

1,851

1,877

1,876

1,879
Hawaii 770 965 1,108 1,214 1,364 1,395 1,423 1,416 1,451 1,447 1,440 204 198 196 217 216 216 215 213 221 220 218
Idaho 713 944 1,007 1,299 1,571 1,596 1,652 1,789 1,849 1,904 1,939 200 213 228 272 308 311 320 333 341 348 350
Illinois 11,110 11,427 11,431 12,434 12,841 12,883 12,860 12,667 12,787 12,686 12,582 2,859 2,401 2,095 2,369 2,288 2,246 2,176 2,072 2,106 2,076 2,040
Indiana 5,195 5,490 5,544 6,092 6,491 6,539 6,611 6,731 6,789 6,814 6,833 1,386 1,200 1,056 1,152 1,173 1,166 1,159 1,150 1,169 1,168 1,165

Iowa

2,825

2,914

2,777

2,929

3,051

3,077

3,123

3,160

3,191

3,198

3,201

743

604

525

544

526

527

533

532

542

541

538
Kansas 2,249 2,364 2,478 2,694 2,858 2,886 2,911 2,913 2,938 2,938 2,937 573 468 472 525 522 523 524 515 522 519 515
Kentucky 3,221 3,661 3,687 4,049 4,348 4,388 4,429 4,472 4,507 4,507 4,512 844 800 703 730 741 741 737 731 744 743 742
Louisiana 3,645 4,206 4,222 4,472 4,545 4,602 4,667 4,658 4,652 4,627 4,590 1,041 969 891 902 804 803 804 787 795 790 782
Maine 994 1,125 1,228 1,277 1,328 1,328 1,329 1,346 1,364 1,377 1,385 260 243 223 231 204 199 192 186 188 187 186

Maryland

3,924

4,217

4,781

5,311

5,789

5,888

5,989

6,055

6,173

6,175

6,165

1,038

895

803

1,004

987

981

978

975

1,006

1,001

997
Massachusetts 5,689 5,737 6,016 6,361 6,566 6,664 6,797 6,895 6,996 6,990 6,982 1,407 1,153 940 1,104 1,050 1,037 1,021 997 1,020 1,006 994
Michigan 8,882 9,262 9,295 9,952 9,878 9,898 9,934 9,985 10,070 10,038 10,034 2,450 2,067 1,754 1,924 1,740 1,693 1,637 1,578 1,599 1,587 1,573
Minnesota 3,806 4,076 4,376 4,934 5,311 5,378 5,484 5,640 5,710 5,711 5,717 1,051 865 829 958 928 928 935 952 971 968 964
Mississippi 2,217 2,521 2,575 2,848 2,971 2,985 2,990 2,978 2,958 2,950 2,940 635 599 550 571 544 540 535 515 513 509 504

Missouri

4,678

4,917

5,117

5,607

5,996

6,026

6,075

6,140

6,154

6,170

6,178

1,183

1,008

944

1,059

1,034

1,024

1,015

1,004

1,014

1,013

1,011
Montana 694 787 799 904 991 1,004 1,031 1,070 1,087 1,106 1,123 197 167 163 175 161 161 164 168 172 174 176
Nebraska 1,485 1,570 1,578 1,714 1,830 1,854 1,892 1,933 1,963 1,964 1,968 389 324 309 333 328 332 339 345 354 353 353
Nevada 489 800 1,202 2,019 2,702 2,745 2,869 3,091 3,116 3,146 3,178 127 160 204 369 477 475 488 509 514 515 516
New Hampshire 738 921 1,109 1,240 1,317 1,325 1,337 1,361 1,379 1,388 1,395 189 196 194 235 216 210 200 192 194 192 190

New Jersey

7,171

7,365

7,748

8,431

8,799

8,846

8,870

8,891

9,272

9,268

9,262

1,797

1,528

1,269

1,526

1,521

1,495

1,460

1,426

1,499

1,488

1,478
New Mexico 1,017 1,303 1,515 1,821 2,065 2,088 2,090 2,100 2,118 2,117 2,113 311 303 320 378 374 372 367 356 359 354 349
New York 18,241 17,558 17,991 19,002 19,400 19,574 19,657 19,463 20,108 19,857 19,677 4,358 3,552 3,000 3,451 3,160 3,092 3,003 2,902 3,031 2,981 2,930
North Carolina 5,084 5,882 6,632 8,082 9,575 9,752 10,037 10,501 10,449 10,566 10,699 1,323 1,254 1,147 1,429 1,651 1,664 1,686 1,695 1,693 1,694 1,698
North Dakota 618 653 639 642 675 702 756 764 780 778 779 175 136 127 121 106 110 121 126 131 132 133

Ohio

10,657

10,798

10,847

11,364

11,539

11,551

11,622

11,697

11,798

11,764

11,756

2,820

2,307

2,012

2,133

2,005

1,969

1,934

1,890

1,921

1,912

1,901
Oklahoma 2,559 3,025 3,146 3,454 3,760 3,819 3,911 3,961 3,965 3,991 4,020 640 622 609 656 667 676 695 697 702 706 709
Oregon 2,092 2,633 2,842 3,430 3,838 3,900 4,019 4,216 4,245 4,256 4,240 534 525 521 624 628 628 632 639 645 641 631
Pennsylvania 11,801 11,864 11,883 12,284 12,711 12,769 12,790 12,799 12,994 13,012 12,972 2,925 2,376 1,996 2,192 2,057 2,019 1,976 1,938 1,983 1,970 1,953
Rhode Island 950 947 1,003 1,050 1,054 1,055 1,057 1,058 1,096 1,097 1,094 225 186 159 184 166 162 156 149 155 153 151

South Carolina

2,591

3,122

3,486

4,024

4,636

4,719

4,896

5,158

5,132

5,193

5,283

720

703

662

746

778

782

802

820

820

824

832
South Dakota 666 691 696 756 816 834 855 887 888 896 910 187 147 144 152 143 146 150 157 158 159 161
Tennessee 3,926 4,591 4,877 5,704 6,356 6,456 6,595 6,830 6,926 6,968 7,051 1,002 972 882 1,025 1,088 1,089 1,097 1,102 1,124 1,127 1,133
Texas 11,199 14,229 16,986 20,944 25,242 26,084 27,469 28,987 29,232 29,559 30,030 3,002 3,137 3,437 4,278 4,948 5,055 5,253 5,415 5,485 5,511 5,554
Utah 1,059 1,461 1,723 2,245 2,775 2,854 2,984 3,203 3,284 3,339 3,381 312 350 457 511 610 630 658 684 698 701 699

Vermont

445

511

563

610

626

626

626

624

643

647

647

118

109

102

113

97

94

90

86

88

88

87
Virginia 4,651 5,347 6,189 7,106 8,024 8,187 8,367 8,557 8,636 8,657 8,684 1,197 1,114 1,060 1,281 1,345 1,351 1,356 1,360 1,386 1,382 1,379
Washington 3,413 4,132 4,867 5,911 6,743 6,899 7,167 7,614 7,724 7,741 7,786 881 826 893 1,121 1,142 1,145 1,168 1,206 1,232 1,229 1,221
West Virginia 1,744 1,950 1,793 1,807 1,854 1,857 1,843 1,795 1,791 1,786 1,775 442 414 337 300 283 281 276 267 268 266 264
Wisconsin 4,418 4,706 4,892 5,374 5,691 5,721 5,763 5,825 5,896 5,880 5,893 1,203 1,011 927 1,027 979 968 958 937 950 942 933
Wyoming 332 470 454 494 565 577 586 580 578 579 581 92 101 101 98 95 97 101 99 100 99 99
1As of April 1.
2As 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/; 2010 through 2019 Population Estimates, retrieved October 11, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/research/evaluation-estimates/2020-evaluation-estimates/2010s-state-detail.html; and 2020 through 2022 Population Estimates, retrieved January 1, 2024, from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-detail.html. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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