Youth and young adult population, by age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2010

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Table 1.	Youth and young adult population, by age group: Selected years, 1980 through 2010

Year	Total population, all ages	Total, ages 14–24	Ages 14–17	Ages 18–19	Ages 20–21	Ages 22–24
Number of persons, in thousands
1980	227,225	46,246	16,143	8,718	8,669	12,716
1985	237,924	43,790	14,888	7,637	8,370	12,895
1990	249,623	40,182	13,329	7,702	7,886	11,264
1995	266,278	40,495	15,013	7,182	7,103	11,197
2000	282,172	43,447	16,131	8,191	7,997	11,129
2001	285,082	44,222	16,221	8,200	8,294	11,508
2002	287,804	44,889	16,401	8,171	8,340	11,977
2003	290,326	45,456	16,544	8,227	8,314	12,371
2004	293,046	46,140	16,854	8,327	8,292	12,666
2005	295,753	46,508	17,104	8,324	8,361	12,721
2006	298,593	46,780	17,239	8,380	8,466	12,696
2007	301,580	46,973	17,239	8,517	8,453	12,764
2008	304,375	47,070	16,980	8,768	8,500	12,822
2009	307,007	47,174	16,761	8,872	8,631	12,908
2010	309,629	47,122	16,550	8,745	8,879	12,947
Percent of total population
1980	100.0	20.4	7.1	3.8	3.8	5.6
1985	100.0	18.4	6.3	3.2	3.5	5.4
1990	100.0	16.1	5.3	3.1	3.2	4.5
1995	100.0	15.2	5.6	2.7	2.7	4.2
2000	100.0	15.4	5.7	2.9	2.8	3.9
2001	100.0	15.5	5.7	2.9	2.9	4.0
2002	100.0	15.6	5.7	2.8	2.9	4.2
2003	100.0	15.7	5.7	2.8	2.9	4.3
2004	100.0	15.7	5.8	2.8	2.8	4.3
2005	100.0	15.7	5.8	2.8	2.8	4.3
2006	100.0	15.7	5.8	2.8	2.8	4.3
2007	100.0	15.6	5.7	2.8	2.8	4.2
2008	100.0	15.5	5.6	2.9	2.8	4.2
2009	100.0	15.4	5.5	2.9	2.8	4.2
2010	100.0	15.2	5.3	2.8	2.9	4.2

NOTE: Data are for resident population as of July 1 of the indicated year. 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, Nos. 1000, 1022, 1045, 1057, 1059, 1092, and 1095; and 2000–10 Population Estimates, retrieved September 10, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2009-nat-res.html.