Tech Paper 29: Table 7. Age and Sex of the Foreign-Born Population: 1870 to 1990

Table 7.	Age and Sex of the Foreign-Born Population: 1870 to 1990
	Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: March 9, 1999 (See text for sources, definitions, and explanations)

Subject	1990*			1980*			1970*
Subject	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
AGE
Total	19,767,316	9,670,861	10,096,455	14,079,906	6,581,094	7,498,812	9,619,302	4,403,687	5,215,615
Age data available 1/	19,767,316	9,670,861	10,096,455	14,079,906	6,581,094	7,498,812	9,619,302	4,403,687	5,215,615
Under 5 years	261,078	134,079	126,999	220,847	111,303	109,544	102,926	52,581	50,345
5 to 9 years	486,854	249,438	237,416	436,890	225,619	211,271	220,477	112,954	107,523
10 to 14 years	736,234	380,340	355,894	587,394	299,821	287,573	283,438	141,941	141,497
15 to 19 years	1,161,997	628,491	533,506	872,935	458,465	414,470	348,506	173,640	174,866
20 to 24 years	1,797,420	997,074	800,346	1,198,394	627,268	571,126	502,529	225,048	277,481
25 to 29 years	2,238,030	1,197,162	1,040,868	1,306,561	658,419	648,142	597,387	259,025	338,362
30 to 34 years	2,283,636	1,189,686	1,093,950	1,331,858	643,054	688,804	642,270	285,459	356,811
35 to 39 years	2,000,389	1,008,317	992,072	1,101,498	514,454	587,044	606,534	270,735	335,799
40 to 44 years	1,752,918	854,453	898,465	996,737	460,209	536,528	640,421	277,423	362,998
45 to 49 years	1,380,576	653,597	726,979	843,990	383,657	460,333	658,532	297,134	361,398
50 to 54 years	1,171,783	540,321	631,462	819,282	355,372	463,910	508,776	238,495	270,281
55 to 59 years	941,211	421,206	520,005	795,050	354,864	440,186	644,203	304,699	339,504
60 to 64 years	859,592	363,634	495,958	588,116	264,191	323,925	788,146	375,377	412,769
65 to 69 years	785,589	330,058	455,531	687,701	301,778	385,923	892,110	411,562	480,548
70 to 74 years	522,610	218,183	304,427	720,154	309,328	410,826	825,283	368,503	456,780
75 to 79 years	515,628	204,011	311,617	686,839	280,426	406,413	658,907	303,070	355,837
80 to 84 years	420,902	155,326	265,576	478,722	181,612	297,110	435,567	196,637	238,930
85 years and over	450,869	145,485	305,384	406,938	151,254	255,684	263,290	109,404	153,886
Age data not available 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Median age (years)	37.3	35.3	39.3	39.9	37.6	42.2	52.0	52.2	51.9
BROAD AGE GROUPS
Total	19,767,316	9,670,861	10,096,455	14,079,906	6,581,094	7,498,812	9,619,302	4,403,687	5,215,615
Age data available 1/	19,767,316	9,670,861	10,096,455	14,079,906	6,581,094	7,498,812	9,619,302	4,403,687	5,215,615
Under 15 years	1,484,166	763,857	720,309	1,245,131	636,743	608,388	606,841	307,476	299,365
15 to 64 years	15,587,552	7,853,941	7,733,611	9,854,421	4,719,953	5,134,468	5,937,304	2,707,035	3,230,269
15 to 44 years	11,234,390	5,875,183	5,359,207	6,807,983	3,361,869	3,446,114	3,337,647	1,491,330	1,846,317
15 to 24 years	2,959,417	1,625,565	1,333,852	2,071,329	1,085,733	985,596	851,035	398,688	452,347
25 to 44 years	8,274,973	4,249,618	4,025,355	4,736,654	2,276,136	2,460,518	2,486,612	1,092,642	1,393,970
45 to 64 years	4,353,162	1,978,758	2,374,404	3,046,438	1,358,084	1,688,354	2,599,657	1,215,705	1,383,952
65 years and over	2,695,598	1,053,063	1,642,535	2,980,354	1,224,398	1,755,956	3,075,157	1,389,176	1,685,981
18 years and over 2/	17,674,856	8,584,582	9,090,274	12,360,336	5,698,044	6,662,292	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
21 years and over 2/	16,791,311	8,095,967	8,695,344	11,733,838	5,363,748	6,370,090	(NA)	(NA	(NA)
Age data not available 1/	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age data available 1/	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 15 years	7.5	7.9	7.1	8.8	9.7	8.1	6.3	7.0	5.7
15 to 64 years	78.9	81.2	76.6	70.0	71.7	68.5	61.7	61.5	61.9
15 to 44 years	56.8	60.8	53.1	48.4	51.1	46.0	34.7	33.9	35.4
15 to 24 years	15.0	16.8	13.2	14.7	16.5	13.1	8.8	9.1	8.7
25 to 44 years	41.9	43.9	39.9	33.6	34.6	32.8	25.9	24.8	26.7
45 to 64 years	22.0	20.5	23.5	21.6	20.6	22.5	27.0	27.6	26.5
65 years and over	13.6	10.9	16.3	21.2	18.6	23.4	32.0	31.5	32.3
18 years and over	89.4	88.8	90.0	87.8	86.6	88.8	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
21 years and over	84.9	83.7	86.1	83.3	81.5	84.9	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
MALES PER 100 FEMALES
Total	95.8	(X)	(X)	87.8	(X)	(X)	84.4	(X)	(X)
Age data available 1/	95.8	(X)	(X)	87.8	(X)	(X)	84.4	(X)	(X)
Under 15 years	106.0	(X)	(X)	104.7	(X)	(X)	102.7	(X)	(X)
15 to 64 years	101.6	(X)	(X)	91.9	(X)	(X)	83.8	(X)	(X)
15 to 44 years	109.6	(X)	(X)	97.6	(X)	(X)	80.8	(X)	(X)
15 to 24 years	121.9	(X)	(X)	110.2	(X)	(X)	88.1	(X)	(X)
25 to 44 years	105.6	(X)	(X)	92.5	(X)	(X)	78.4	(X)	(X)
45 to 64 years	83.3	(X)	(X)	80.4	(X)	(X)	87.8	(X)	(X)
65 years and over	64.1	(X)	(X)	69.7	(X)	(X)	82.4	(X)	(X)
18 years and over	94.4	(X)	(X)	85.5	(X)	(X)	(NA)	(X)	(X)
21 years and over	93.1	(X)	(X)	84.2	(X)	(X)	(NA)	(X)	(X)
Age data not available 1/	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Subject 1960* 1950* 1940

Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

AGE

        Total 9,738,091 4,760,432 4,977,659 10,347,395 5,258,255 5,089,140 11,594,896 6,121,647 5,473,249

Age data available 1/ 9,738,091 4,760,432 4,977,659 10,347,395 5,258,255 5,089,140 11,419,138 6,011,015 5,408,123

     Under 5 years 101,886 51,442 50,444 65,860 32,895 32,965 8,321 4,219 4,102

     5 to 9 years 165,858 84,098 81,760 64,440 32,435 32,005 21,584 10,937 10,647

     10 to 14 years 237,042 119,935 117,107 68,145 35,890 32,255 53,751 27,114 26,637

     15 to 19 years 202,899 98,724 104,175 97,600 50,610 46,990 164,785 82,391 82,394

     20 to 24 years 307,365 137,519 169,846 222,335 94,065 128,270 209,509 98,917 110,592

     25 to 29 years 387,304 171,310 215,994 370,765 165,695 205,070 424,276 193,647 230,629

     30 to 34 years 478,816 204,769 274,047 337,740 156,730 181,010 709,091 342,991 366,100

     35 to 39 years 571,485 262,716 308,769 548,950 259,040 289,910 1,048,395 530,164 518,231

     40 to 44 years 457,744 219,307 238,437 815,615 403,305 412,310 1,263,070 656,782 606,288

     45 to 49 years 644,391 315,526 328,865 1,090,530 555,815 534,715 1,503,905 816,955 686,950

     50 to 54 years 846,313 422,367 423,946 1,257,845 647,580 610,265 1,565,568 883,342 682,226

     55 to 59 years 1,063,247 541,383 521,864 1,348,530 717,930 630,600 1,318,750 735,848 582,902

     60 to 64 years 1,095,696 542,483 553,213 1,334,375 728,515 605,860 1,068,875 573,300 495,575

     65 to 69 years 1,118,190 566,414 551,776 1,124,735 591,040 533,695 812,528 422,760 389,768

     70 to 74 years 977,166 504,663 472,503 753,645 381,535 372,110 602,159 310,106 292,053

     75 to 79 years 614,916 306,872 308,044 453,405 223,175 230,230 379,249 193,630 185,619

     80 to 84 years 304,480 141,429 163,051 252,870 120,505 132,365 178,892 88,890 90,002

     85 years and over 163,293 69,475 93,818 140,010 61,495 78,515 86,430 39,022 47,408

Age data not available 1/ - - - - - - 175,758 110,632 65,126

Median age (years) 57.2 57.7 56.7 55.9 56.4 55.3 51.0 51.4 50.5

BROAD AGE GROUPS

        Total 9,738,091 4,760,432 4,977,659 10,347,395 5,258,255 5,089,140 11,594,896 6,121,647 5,473,249

Age data available 1/ 9,738,091 4,760,432 4,977,659 10,347,395 5,258,255 5,089,140 11,419,138 6,011,015 5,408,123

     Under 15 years 504,786 255,475 249,311 198,445 101,220 97,225 83,656 42,270 41,386

     15 to 64 years 6,055,260 2,916,104 3,139,156 7,424,285 3,779,285 3,645,000 9,276,224 4,914,337 4,361,887

         15 to 44 years 2,405,613 1,094,345 1,311,268 2,393,005 1,129,445 1,263,560 3,819,126 1,904,892 1,914,234

             15 to 24 years 510,264 236,243 274,021 319,935 144,675 175,260 374,294 181,308 192,986

             25 to 44 years 1,895,349 858,102 1,037,247 2,073,070 984,770 1,088,300 3,444,832 1,723,584 1,721,248

         45 to 64 years 3,649,647 1,821,759 1,827,888 5,031,280 2,649,840 2,381,440 5,457,098 3,009,445 2,447,653

     65 years and over 3,178,045 1,588,853 1,589,192 2,724,665 1,377,750 1,346,915 2,059,258 1,054,408 1,004,850

     18 years and over 2/ 9,114,168 4,445,251 4,668,917 10,096,555 5,128,740 4,967,815 11,260,819 5,930,974 5,329,845

     21 years and over 2/ 8,979,524 4,382,844 4,596,680 10,020,450 5,092,230 4,928,220 11,123,950 5,863,510 5,260,440

Age data not available 1/ - - - - - - 175,758 110,632 65,126

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

        Age data available 1/ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

     Under 15 years 5.2 5.4 5.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.7 0.7 0.8

     15 to 64 years 62.2 61.3 63.1 71.8 71.9 71.6 81.2 81.8 80.7

         15 to 44 years 24.7 23.0 26.3 23.1 21.5 24.8 33.4 31.7 35.4

             15 to 24 years 5.2 5.0 5.5 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.6

             25 to 44 years 19.5 18.0 20.8 20.0 18.7 21.4 30.2 28.7 31.8

         45 to 64 years 37.5 38.3 36.7 48.6 50.4 46.8 47.8 50.1 45.3

     65 years and over 32.6 33.4 31.9 26.3 26.2 26.5 18.0 17.5 18.6

     18 years and over 93.6 93.4 93.8 97.6 97.5 97.6 98.6 98.7 98.6

     21 years and over 92.2 92.1 92.3 96.8 96.8 96.8 97.4 97.5 97.3

MALES PER 100 FEMALES

        Total 95.6 (X) (X) 103.3 (X) (X) 111.8 (X) (X)

Age data available 1/ 95.6 (X) (X) 103.3 (X) (X) 111.1 (X) (X)

     Under 15 years 35.5 (X) (X) 104.1 (X) (X) 102.1 (X) (X)

     15 to 64 years 92.9 (X) (X) 103.7 (X) (X) 112.7 (X) (X)

         15 to 44 years 83.5 (X) (X) 89.4 (X) (X) 99.5 (X) (X)

             15 to 24 years 86.2 (X) (X) 82.5 (X) (X) 93.9 (X) (X)

             25 to 44 years 82.7 (X) (X) 90.5 (X) (X) 100.1 (X) (X)

         45 to 64 years 99.7 (X) (X) 111.3 (X) (X) 123.0 (X) (X)

     65 years and over 100.0 (X) (X) 102.3 (X) (X) 104.9 (X) (X)

     18 years and over 95.2 (X) (X) 103.2 (X) (X) 111.3 (X) (X)

     21 years and over 95.3 (X) (X) 103.3 (X) (X) 111.5 (X) (X)

Age data not available 1/ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 169.9 (X) (X)

Subject 1930 1920 1910

Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

AGE

        Total 14,204,149 7,647,090 6,557,059 13,920,692 7,675,435 6,245,257 13,515,886 7,667,748 5,848,138

Age data available 1/ 13,972,689 7,495,824 6,476,865 13,692,490 7,514,590 6,177,900 13,319,334 7,504,082 5,815,252

     Under 5 years 34,009 17,232 16,777 44,984 22,857 22,127 102,507 51,940 50,567

     5 to 9 years 142,373 71,872 70,501 169,884 85,774 84,110 298,509 150,652 147,857

     10 to 14 years 178,534 90,104 88,430 331,362 167,152 164,210 358,330 181,303 177,027

     15 to 19 years 377,106 183,215 193,891 527,942 259,270 268,672 673,761 351,754 322,007

     20 to 24 years 747,188 368,631 378,557 926,844 456,988 469,856 1,430,381 823,920 606,461

     25 to 29 years 1,114,932 571,039 543,893 1,454,363 792,088 662,275 1,662,696 990,576 672,120

     30 to 34 years 1,320,810 693,851 626,959 1,651,475 946,818 704,657 1,505,715 888,668 617,047

     35 to 39 years 1,702,431 933,999 768,432 1,737,805 1,008,677 729,128 1,408,093 812,007 596,086

     40 to 44 years 1,745,900 992,135 753,765 1,428,099 803,195 624,904 1,303,475 751,519 551,956

     45 to 49 years 1,610,052 907,537 702,515 1,299,675 744,423 555,252 1,146,360 656,455 489,905

     50 to 54 years 1,345,130 737,822 607,308 1,167,377 651,546 515,831 925,055 526,256 398,799

     55 to 59 years 1,048,476 565,334 483,142 908,722 503,789 404,933 693,520 380,110 313,410

     60 to 64 years 925,893 491,843 434,050 715,731 392,629 323,102 627,583 331,914 295,669

     65 to 69 years 721,899 383,135 338,764 519,226 275,400 243,826 488,397 255,416 232,981

     70 to 74 years 466,351 246,334 220,017 381,325 194,732 186,593 336,967 172,751 164,216

     75 to 79 years 491,605 241,741 249,864 246,487 124,170 122,317 208,212 105,412 102,800

     80 to 84 years (NA) (NA) (NA) 118,935 56,701 62,234 101,290 50,262 51,028

     85 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA) 62,254 28,381 33,873 48,483 23,167 25,316

Age data not available 1/ 231,460 151,266 80,194 228,202 160,845 67,357 196,552 163,666 32,886

Median age (years) 43.9 44.1 43.7 40.0 40.1 39.9 37.2 36.9 37.6

BROAD AGE GROUPS

        Total 14,204,149 7,647,090 6,557,059 13,920,692 7,675,435 6,245,257 13,515,886 7,667,748 5,848,138

Age data available 1/ 13,972,689 7,495,824 6,476,865 13,692,490 7,514,590 6,177,900 13,319,334 7,504,082 5,815,252

     Under 15 years 354,916 179,208 175,708 546,230 275,783 270,447 759,346 383,895 375,451

     15 to 64 years 11,937,918 6,445,406 5,492,512 11,818,033 6,559,423 5,258,610 11,376,639 6,513,179 4,863,460

         15 to 44 years 7,008,367 3,742,870 3,265,497 7,726,528 4,267,036 3,459,492 7,984,121 4,618,444 3,365,677

             15 to 24 years 1,124,294 551,846 572,448 1,454,786 716,258 738,528 2,104,142 1,175,674 928,468

             25 to 44 years 5,884,073 3,191,024 2,693,049 6,271,742 3,550,778 2,720,964 5,879,979 3,442,770 2,437,209

         45 to 64 years 4,929,551 2,702,536 2,227,015 4,091,505 2,292,387 1,799,118 3,392,518 1,894,735 1,497,783

     65 years and over 1,679,855 871,210 808,645 1,328,227 679,384 648,843 1,183,349 607,008 576,341

     18 years and over 2/ (NA) (NA) (NA) 12,859,490 7,097,340 5,762,150 12,265,760 6,973,431 5,292,329

     21 years and over 2/ (NA) (NA) (NA) 12,478,456 6,914,720 5,563,736 11,627,714 6,627,111 5,000,603

Age data not available 1/ 231,460 151,266 80,194 228,202 160,845 67,357 196,552 163,666 32,886

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

        Age data available 1/ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

     Under 15 years 2.5 2.4 2.7 4.0 3.7 4.4 5.7 5.1 6.5

     15 to 64 years 85.4 86.0 84.8 86.3 87.3 85.1 85.4 86.8 83.6

         15 to 44 years 50.2 49.9 50.4 56.4 56.8 56.0 59.9 61.5 57.9

             15 to 24 years 8.0 7.4 8.8 10.6 9.5 12.0 15.8 15.7 16.0

             25 to 44 years 42.1 42.6 41.6 45.8 47.3 44.0 44.1 45.9 41.9

         45 to 64 years 35.3 36.1 34.4 29.9 30.5 29.1 25.5 25.2 25.8

     65 years and over 12.0 11.6 12.5 9.7 9.0 10.5 8.9 8.1 9.9

     18 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA) 93.9 94.4 93.3 92.1 92.9 91.0

     21 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA) 91.1 92.0 90.1 87.3 88.3 86.0

MALES PER 100 FEMALES

        Total 116.6 (X) (X) 122.9 (X) (X) 131.1 (X) (X)

Age data available 1/ 115.7 (X) (X) 121.6 (X) (X) 129.0 (X) (X)

     Under 15 years 24.9 (X) (X) 102.0 (X) (X) 102.2 (X) (X)

     15 to 64 years 117.3 (X) (X) 124.7 (X) (X) 133.9 (X) (X)

         15 to 44 years 114.6 (X) (X) 123.3 (X) (X) 137.2 (X) (X)

             15 to 24 years 96.4 (X) (X) 97.0 (X) (X) 126.6 (X) (X)

             25 to 44 years 118.5 (X) (X) 130.5 (X) (X) 141.3 (X) (X)

         45 to 64 years 121.4 (X) (X) 127.4 (X) (X) 126.5 (X) (X)

     65 years and over 107.7 (X) (X) 104.7 (X) (X) 105.3 (X) (X)

     18 years and over (NA) (X) (X) 123.2 (X) (X) 131.8 (X) (X)

     21 years and over (NA) (X) (X) 124.3 (X) (X) 132.5 (X) (X)

Age data not available 1/ 188.6 (X) (X) 238.8 (X) (X) 497.7 (X) (X)

Subject 1900 1890 1880

Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

AGE

        Total 10,341,276 5,630,190 4,711,086 9,249,547 5,067,130 4,182,417 6,679,943 3,630,943 3,049,377

Age data available 1/ 10,314,214 5,611,941 4,702,273 9,097,250 4,935,228 4,162,022 6,559,679 3,521,635 3,038,044

     Under 5 years 52,641 26,696 25,945 86,629 44,040 42,589 62,371 31,256 31,115

     5 to 9 years 147,723 73,999 73,724 248,351 126,070 122,281 122,697 61,803 60,894

     10 to 14 years 312,591 158,238 154,353 396,379 201,159 195,220 238,439 120,740 117,699

     15 to 19 years 568,508 277,243 291,265 521,295 257,658 263,637 378,812 184,320 194,492

     20 to 24 years 931,178 465,989 465,189 917,374 476,224 441,150 528,255 274,038 254,217

     25 to 29 years 1,111,478 601,812 509,666 1,072,239 602,545 469,694 671,116 365,094 306,022

     30 to 34 years 1,189,552 674,974 514,578 942,320 549,099 393,221 762,631 419,769 342,862

     35 to 39 years 1,197,357 691,211 506,146 870,592 493,471 377,121 789,265 432,957 356,308

     40 to 44 years 984,186 574,293 409,893 859,954 475,106 384,848 712,890 384,931 327,959

     45 to 49 years 854,474 481,780 372,694 787,815 433,466 354,349 630,941 340,863 290,078

     50 to 54 years 813,870 449,875 363,995 709,220 382,987 326,233 577,087 318,045 259,042

     55 to 59 years 648,671 350,498 298,173 525,131 278,485 246,646 373,114 206,820 166,294

     60 to 64 years 549,000 289,456 259,544 477,647 254,101 223,546 310,463 170,841 139,622

     65 to 69 years 412,288 214,792 197,496 311,574 166,745 144,829 181,361 98,028 83,333

     70 to 74 years 282,915 148,537 134,378 199,006 106,364 92,642 114,609 59,590 55,019

     75 to 79 years 159,161 83,099 76,062 101,215 53,167 48,048 60,696 31,106 29,590

     80 to 84 years 69,208 35,462 33,746 46,853 23,343 23,510 31,086 15,156 15,930

     85 years and over 29,413 13,987 15,426 23,656 11,198 12,458 13,846 6,278 7,568

Age data not available 1/ 27,062 18,249 8,813 152,297 131,902 20,395 120,264 108,931 11,333

Median age (years) 38.5 38.8 38.1 37.1 37.1 37.0 38.3 38.5 38.0

BROAD AGE GROUPS

        Total 10,341,276 5,630,190 4,711,086 9,249,547 5,067,130 4,182,417 6,679,943 3,630,566 3,049,377

Age data available 1/ 10,314,214 5,611,941 4,702,273 9,097,250 4,935,228 4,162,022 6,559,679 3,521,635 3,038,044

     Under 15 years 512,955 258,933 254,022 731,359 371,269 360,090 423,507 213,799 209,708

     15 to 64 years 8,848,274 4,857,131 3,991,143 7,683,587 4,203,142 3,480,445 5,734,574 3,097,678 2,636,896

         15 to 44 years 5,982,259 3,285,522 2,696,737 5,183,774 2,854,103 2,329,671 3,842,969 2,061,109 1,781,860

             15 to 24 years 1,499,686 743,232 756,454 1,438,669 733,882 704,787 907,067 458,358 448,709

             25 to 44 years 4,482,573 2,542,290 1,940,283 3,745,105 2,120,221 1,624,884 2,935,902 1,602,751 1,333,151

         45 to 64 years 2,866,015 1,571,609 1,294,406 2,499,813 1,349,039 1,150,774 1,891,605 1,036,569 855,036

     65 years and over 952,985 495,877 457,108 682,304 360,817 321,487 401,598 210,158 191,440

     18 years and over 2/ 9,513,147 5,211,261 4,301,886 8,093,146 4,427,754 3,665,392 5,929,939 3,207,478 2,722,461

     21 years and over 2/ 9,057,861 4,992,037 4,065,824 7,678,076 4,225,730 3,452,346 5,651,978 3,072,487 2,579,491

Age data not available 1/ 27,062 18,249 8,813 152,297 131,902 20,395 120,264 108,931 11,333

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

        Age data available 1/ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

     Under 15 years 5.0 4.6 5.4 8.0 7.5 8.7 6.5 6.1 6.9

     15 to 64 years 85.8 86.5 84.9 84.5 85.2 83.6 87.4 88.0 86.8

         15 to 44 years 58.0 58.5 57.3 57.0 57.8 56.0 58.6 58.5 58.7

             15 to 24 years 14.5 13.2 16.1 15.8 14.9 16.9 13.8 13.0 14.8

             25 to 44 years 43.5 45.3 41.3 41.2 43.0 39.0 44.8 45.5 43.9

         45 to 64 years 27.8 28.0 27.5 27.5 27.3 27.6 28.8 29.4 28.1

     65 years and over 9.2 8.8 9.7 7.5 7.3 7.7 6.1 6.0 6.3

     18 years and over 92.2 92.9 91.5 89.0 89.7 88.1 90.4 91.1 89.6

     21 years and over 87.8 89.0 86.5 84.4 85.6 82.9 86.2 87.2 84.9

MALES PER 100 FEMALES

        Total 119.5 (X) (X) 121.2 (X) (X) 119.1 (X) (X)

Age data available 1/ 119.3 (X) (X) 118.6 (X) (X) 115.9 (X) (X)

     Under 15 years 35.9 (X) (X) 103.1 (X) (X) 102.0 (X) (X)

     15 to 64 years 121.7 (X) (X) 120.8 (X) (X) 117.5 (X) (X)

         15 to 44 years 121.8 (X) (X) 122.5 (X) (X) 115.7 (X) (X)

             15 to 24 years 98.3 (X) (X) 104.1 (X) (X) 102.2 (X) (X)

             25 to 44 years 131.0 (X) (X) 130.5 (X) (X) 120.2 (X) (X)

         45 to 64 years 121.4 (X) (X) 117.2 (X) (X) 121.2 (X) (X)

     65 years and over 108.5 (X) (X) 112.2 (X) (X) 109.8 (X) (X)

     18 years and over 121.1 (X) (X) 120.8 (X) (X) 117.8 (X) (X)

     21 years and over 122.8 (X) (X) 122.4 (X) (X) 119.1 (X) (X)

Age data not available 1/ 207.1 (X) (X) 646.7 (X) (X) 961.2 (X) (X)

Subject 1870

Total Male Female

AGE

        Total 5,567,229 3,006,943 2,560,286

Age data available 1/ 5,564,473 3,004,548 2,559,925

     Under 5 years 84,316 42,529 41,787

     5 to 9 years 175,026 88,754 86,272

     10 to 14 years 207,447 106,139 101,308

     15 to 19 years 332,342 162,942 169,400

     20 to 24 years 622,089 317,832 304,257

     25 to 29 years 722,123 391,721 330,402

     30 to 34 years 701,637 379,445 322,192

     35 to 39 years 676,283 367,113 309,170

     40 to 44 years 607,720 334,598 273,122

     45 to 49 years 455,755 263,473 192,282

     50 to 54 years 371,772 217,493 154,279

     55 to 59 years 204,307 116,216 88,091

     60 to 64 years 181,782 99,394 82,388

     65 to 69 years 97,543 52,493 45,050

     70 to 74 years 69,627 36,579 33,048

     75 to 79 years 29,958 15,616 14,342

     80 to 84 years 24,746 12,211 12,535

     85 years and over (NA) (NA) (NA)

Age data not available 1/ 2,756 2,395 361

Median age (years) 34.6 35.2 33.8

BROAD AGE GROUPS

        Total 5,567,229 3,006,943 2,560,286

Age data available 1/ 5,564,473 3,004,548 2,559,925

     Under 15 years 466,789 237,422 229,367

     15 to 64 years 4,875,810 2,650,227 2,225,583

         15 to 44 years 3,662,194 1,953,651 1,708,543

             15 to 24 years 954,431 480,774 473,657

             25 to 44 years 2,707,763 1,472,877 1,234,886

         45 to 64 years 1,213,616 696,576 517,040

     65 years and over 221,874 116,899 104,975

     18 years and over 2/ 4,933,840 2,686,877 2,246,963

     21 years and over 2/ 4,631,872 2,542,583 2,089,289

Age data not available 1/ 2,756 2,395 361

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

        Age data available 1/ 100.0 100.0 100.0

     Under 15 years 8.4 7.9 9.0

     15 to 64 years 87.6 88.2 86.9

         15 to 44 years 65.8 65.0 66.7

             15 to 24 years 17.2 16.0 18.5

             25 to 44 years 48.7 49.0 48.2

         45 to 64 years 21.8 23.2 20.2

     65 years and over 4.0 3.9 4.1

     18 years and over 88.7 89.4 87.8

     21 years and over 83.2 84.6 81.6

MALES PER 100 FEMALES

        Total 117.4 (X) (X)

Age data available 1/ 117.4 (X) (X)

     Under 15 years 103.5 (X) (X)

     15 to 64 years 119.1 (X) (X)

         15 to 44 years 114.3 (X) (X)

             15 to 24 years 101.5 (X) (X)

             25 to 44 years 119.3 (X) (X)

         45 to 64 years 134.7 (X) (X)

     65 years and over 111.4 (X) (X)

     18 years and over 119.6 (X) (X)

     21 years and over 121.7 (X) (X)

Age data not available 1/ 663.4 (X) (X)

* Indicates sample data.
- Represents zero.
(X) Not applicable.
(NA) Not available.

1/ See text for Table 7. For 1870 and 1900, age data not available include age not reported for all races. For 1880 and 1940 (when age not reported was allocated), age data not available include only the foreign-born population of races other than White. For 1890 and 1910-1930, age data not available include age not reported for the White foreign-born population and also the total foreign-born population of races other than White as follows: 1890 - 127,680 total, 115,272 males, and 12,408 females; 1910 - 170,341 total, 143,960 males, and 26,381 females; 1920 - 207,938 total, 147,113 males, and 60,825 females; 1930 - 220,745 total, 144,599 males, and 76,146 females. For 1950-1990 was allocated.

2/ For additional data on the foreign-born population 18 years and over and 21 years and over, see Table 11.

3/ For 1930, 75 years and over.

4/ For 1870, 80 years and over.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Authors: Campbell Gibson and Emily Lennon
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Last Revised: July 09, 2008 at 02:52:20 PM

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Subject	1960*			1950*			1940
Subject	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
AGE
Total	9,738,091	4,760,432	4,977,659	10,347,395	5,258,255	5,089,140	11,594,896	6,121,647	5,473,249
Age data available 1/	9,738,091	4,760,432	4,977,659	10,347,395	5,258,255	5,089,140	11,419,138	6,011,015	5,408,123
Under 5 years	101,886	51,442	50,444	65,860	32,895	32,965	8,321	4,219	4,102
5 to 9 years	165,858	84,098	81,760	64,440	32,435	32,005	21,584	10,937	10,647
10 to 14 years	237,042	119,935	117,107	68,145	35,890	32,255	53,751	27,114	26,637
15 to 19 years	202,899	98,724	104,175	97,600	50,610	46,990	164,785	82,391	82,394
20 to 24 years	307,365	137,519	169,846	222,335	94,065	128,270	209,509	98,917	110,592
25 to 29 years	387,304	171,310	215,994	370,765	165,695	205,070	424,276	193,647	230,629
30 to 34 years	478,816	204,769	274,047	337,740	156,730	181,010	709,091	342,991	366,100
35 to 39 years	571,485	262,716	308,769	548,950	259,040	289,910	1,048,395	530,164	518,231
40 to 44 years	457,744	219,307	238,437	815,615	403,305	412,310	1,263,070	656,782	606,288
45 to 49 years	644,391	315,526	328,865	1,090,530	555,815	534,715	1,503,905	816,955	686,950
50 to 54 years	846,313	422,367	423,946	1,257,845	647,580	610,265	1,565,568	883,342	682,226
55 to 59 years	1,063,247	541,383	521,864	1,348,530	717,930	630,600	1,318,750	735,848	582,902
60 to 64 years	1,095,696	542,483	553,213	1,334,375	728,515	605,860	1,068,875	573,300	495,575
65 to 69 years	1,118,190	566,414	551,776	1,124,735	591,040	533,695	812,528	422,760	389,768
70 to 74 years	977,166	504,663	472,503	753,645	381,535	372,110	602,159	310,106	292,053
75 to 79 years	614,916	306,872	308,044	453,405	223,175	230,230	379,249	193,630	185,619
80 to 84 years	304,480	141,429	163,051	252,870	120,505	132,365	178,892	88,890	90,002
85 years and over	163,293	69,475	93,818	140,010	61,495	78,515	86,430	39,022	47,408
Age data not available 1/	-	-	-	-	-	-	175,758	110,632	65,126
Median age (years)	57.2	57.7	56.7	55.9	56.4	55.3	51.0	51.4	50.5
BROAD AGE GROUPS
Total	9,738,091	4,760,432	4,977,659	10,347,395	5,258,255	5,089,140	11,594,896	6,121,647	5,473,249
Age data available 1/	9,738,091	4,760,432	4,977,659	10,347,395	5,258,255	5,089,140	11,419,138	6,011,015	5,408,123
Under 15 years	504,786	255,475	249,311	198,445	101,220	97,225	83,656	42,270	41,386
15 to 64 years	6,055,260	2,916,104	3,139,156	7,424,285	3,779,285	3,645,000	9,276,224	4,914,337	4,361,887
15 to 44 years	2,405,613	1,094,345	1,311,268	2,393,005	1,129,445	1,263,560	3,819,126	1,904,892	1,914,234
15 to 24 years	510,264	236,243	274,021	319,935	144,675	175,260	374,294	181,308	192,986
25 to 44 years	1,895,349	858,102	1,037,247	2,073,070	984,770	1,088,300	3,444,832	1,723,584	1,721,248
45 to 64 years	3,649,647	1,821,759	1,827,888	5,031,280	2,649,840	2,381,440	5,457,098	3,009,445	2,447,653
65 years and over	3,178,045	1,588,853	1,589,192	2,724,665	1,377,750	1,346,915	2,059,258	1,054,408	1,004,850
18 years and over 2/	9,114,168	4,445,251	4,668,917	10,096,555	5,128,740	4,967,815	11,260,819	5,930,974	5,329,845
21 years and over 2/	8,979,524	4,382,844	4,596,680	10,020,450	5,092,230	4,928,220	11,123,950	5,863,510	5,260,440
Age data not available 1/	-	-	-	-	-	-	175,758	110,632	65,126
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age data available 1/	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 15 years	5.2	5.4	5.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.7	0.8
15 to 64 years	62.2	61.3	63.1	71.8	71.9	71.6	81.2	81.8	80.7
15 to 44 years	24.7	23.0	26.3	23.1	21.5	24.8	33.4	31.7	35.4
15 to 24 years	5.2	5.0	5.5	3.1	2.8	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.6
25 to 44 years	19.5	18.0	20.8	20.0	18.7	21.4	30.2	28.7	31.8
45 to 64 years	37.5	38.3	36.7	48.6	50.4	46.8	47.8	50.1	45.3
65 years and over	32.6	33.4	31.9	26.3	26.2	26.5	18.0	17.5	18.6
18 years and over	93.6	93.4	93.8	97.6	97.5	97.6	98.6	98.7	98.6
21 years and over	92.2	92.1	92.3	96.8	96.8	96.8	97.4	97.5	97.3
MALES PER 100 FEMALES
Total	95.6	(X)	(X)	103.3	(X)	(X)	111.8	(X)	(X)
Age data available 1/	95.6	(X)	(X)	103.3	(X)	(X)	111.1	(X)	(X)
Under 15 years	35.5	(X)	(X)	104.1	(X)	(X)	102.1	(X)	(X)
15 to 64 years	92.9	(X)	(X)	103.7	(X)	(X)	112.7	(X)	(X)
15 to 44 years	83.5	(X)	(X)	89.4	(X)	(X)	99.5	(X)	(X)
15 to 24 years	86.2	(X)	(X)	82.5	(X)	(X)	93.9	(X)	(X)
25 to 44 years	82.7	(X)	(X)	90.5	(X)	(X)	100.1	(X)	(X)
45 to 64 years	99.7	(X)	(X)	111.3	(X)	(X)	123.0	(X)	(X)
65 years and over	100.0	(X)	(X)	102.3	(X)	(X)	104.9	(X)	(X)
18 years and over	95.2	(X)	(X)	103.2	(X)	(X)	111.3	(X)	(X)
21 years and over	95.3	(X)	(X)	103.3	(X)	(X)	111.5	(X)	(X)
Age data not available 1/	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	169.9	(X)	(X)

Subject	1930			1920			1910
Subject	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
AGE
Total	14,204,149	7,647,090	6,557,059	13,920,692	7,675,435	6,245,257	13,515,886	7,667,748	5,848,138
Age data available 1/	13,972,689	7,495,824	6,476,865	13,692,490	7,514,590	6,177,900	13,319,334	7,504,082	5,815,252
Under 5 years	34,009	17,232	16,777	44,984	22,857	22,127	102,507	51,940	50,567
5 to 9 years	142,373	71,872	70,501	169,884	85,774	84,110	298,509	150,652	147,857
10 to 14 years	178,534	90,104	88,430	331,362	167,152	164,210	358,330	181,303	177,027
15 to 19 years	377,106	183,215	193,891	527,942	259,270	268,672	673,761	351,754	322,007
20 to 24 years	747,188	368,631	378,557	926,844	456,988	469,856	1,430,381	823,920	606,461
25 to 29 years	1,114,932	571,039	543,893	1,454,363	792,088	662,275	1,662,696	990,576	672,120
30 to 34 years	1,320,810	693,851	626,959	1,651,475	946,818	704,657	1,505,715	888,668	617,047
35 to 39 years	1,702,431	933,999	768,432	1,737,805	1,008,677	729,128	1,408,093	812,007	596,086
40 to 44 years	1,745,900	992,135	753,765	1,428,099	803,195	624,904	1,303,475	751,519	551,956
45 to 49 years	1,610,052	907,537	702,515	1,299,675	744,423	555,252	1,146,360	656,455	489,905
50 to 54 years	1,345,130	737,822	607,308	1,167,377	651,546	515,831	925,055	526,256	398,799
55 to 59 years	1,048,476	565,334	483,142	908,722	503,789	404,933	693,520	380,110	313,410
60 to 64 years	925,893	491,843	434,050	715,731	392,629	323,102	627,583	331,914	295,669
65 to 69 years	721,899	383,135	338,764	519,226	275,400	243,826	488,397	255,416	232,981
70 to 74 years	466,351	246,334	220,017	381,325	194,732	186,593	336,967	172,751	164,216
75 to 79 years	491,605	241,741	249,864	246,487	124,170	122,317	208,212	105,412	102,800
80 to 84 years	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	118,935	56,701	62,234	101,290	50,262	51,028
85 years and over	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	62,254	28,381	33,873	48,483	23,167	25,316
Age data not available 1/	231,460	151,266	80,194	228,202	160,845	67,357	196,552	163,666	32,886
Median age (years)	43.9	44.1	43.7	40.0	40.1	39.9	37.2	36.9	37.6
BROAD AGE GROUPS
Total	14,204,149	7,647,090	6,557,059	13,920,692	7,675,435	6,245,257	13,515,886	7,667,748	5,848,138
Age data available 1/	13,972,689	7,495,824	6,476,865	13,692,490	7,514,590	6,177,900	13,319,334	7,504,082	5,815,252
Under 15 years	354,916	179,208	175,708	546,230	275,783	270,447	759,346	383,895	375,451
15 to 64 years	11,937,918	6,445,406	5,492,512	11,818,033	6,559,423	5,258,610	11,376,639	6,513,179	4,863,460
15 to 44 years	7,008,367	3,742,870	3,265,497	7,726,528	4,267,036	3,459,492	7,984,121	4,618,444	3,365,677
15 to 24 years	1,124,294	551,846	572,448	1,454,786	716,258	738,528	2,104,142	1,175,674	928,468
25 to 44 years	5,884,073	3,191,024	2,693,049	6,271,742	3,550,778	2,720,964	5,879,979	3,442,770	2,437,209
45 to 64 years	4,929,551	2,702,536	2,227,015	4,091,505	2,292,387	1,799,118	3,392,518	1,894,735	1,497,783
65 years and over	1,679,855	871,210	808,645	1,328,227	679,384	648,843	1,183,349	607,008	576,341
18 years and over 2/	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	12,859,490	7,097,340	5,762,150	12,265,760	6,973,431	5,292,329
21 years and over 2/	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	12,478,456	6,914,720	5,563,736	11,627,714	6,627,111	5,000,603
Age data not available 1/	231,460	151,266	80,194	228,202	160,845	67,357	196,552	163,666	32,886
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age data available 1/	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 15 years	2.5	2.4	2.7	4.0	3.7	4.4	5.7	5.1	6.5
15 to 64 years	85.4	86.0	84.8	86.3	87.3	85.1	85.4	86.8	83.6
15 to 44 years	50.2	49.9	50.4	56.4	56.8	56.0	59.9	61.5	57.9
15 to 24 years	8.0	7.4	8.8	10.6	9.5	12.0	15.8	15.7	16.0
25 to 44 years	42.1	42.6	41.6	45.8	47.3	44.0	44.1	45.9	41.9
45 to 64 years	35.3	36.1	34.4	29.9	30.5	29.1	25.5	25.2	25.8
65 years and over	12.0	11.6	12.5	9.7	9.0	10.5	8.9	8.1	9.9
18 years and over	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	93.9	94.4	93.3	92.1	92.9	91.0
21 years and over	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	91.1	92.0	90.1	87.3	88.3	86.0
MALES PER 100 FEMALES
Total	116.6	(X)	(X)	122.9	(X)	(X)	131.1	(X)	(X)
Age data available 1/	115.7	(X)	(X)	121.6	(X)	(X)	129.0	(X)	(X)
Under 15 years	24.9	(X)	(X)	102.0	(X)	(X)	102.2	(X)	(X)
15 to 64 years	117.3	(X)	(X)	124.7	(X)	(X)	133.9	(X)	(X)
15 to 44 years	114.6	(X)	(X)	123.3	(X)	(X)	137.2	(X)	(X)
15 to 24 years	96.4	(X)	(X)	97.0	(X)	(X)	126.6	(X)	(X)
25 to 44 years	118.5	(X)	(X)	130.5	(X)	(X)	141.3	(X)	(X)
45 to 64 years	121.4	(X)	(X)	127.4	(X)	(X)	126.5	(X)	(X)
65 years and over	107.7	(X)	(X)	104.7	(X)	(X)	105.3	(X)	(X)
18 years and over	(NA)	(X)	(X)	123.2	(X)	(X)	131.8	(X)	(X)
21 years and over	(NA)	(X)	(X)	124.3	(X)	(X)	132.5	(X)	(X)
Age data not available 1/	188.6	(X)	(X)	238.8	(X)	(X)	497.7	(X)	(X)

Subject	1900			1890			1880
Subject	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
AGE
Total	10,341,276	5,630,190	4,711,086	9,249,547	5,067,130	4,182,417	6,679,943	3,630,943	3,049,377
Age data available 1/	10,314,214	5,611,941	4,702,273	9,097,250	4,935,228	4,162,022	6,559,679	3,521,635	3,038,044
Under 5 years	52,641	26,696	25,945	86,629	44,040	42,589	62,371	31,256	31,115
5 to 9 years	147,723	73,999	73,724	248,351	126,070	122,281	122,697	61,803	60,894
10 to 14 years	312,591	158,238	154,353	396,379	201,159	195,220	238,439	120,740	117,699
15 to 19 years	568,508	277,243	291,265	521,295	257,658	263,637	378,812	184,320	194,492
20 to 24 years	931,178	465,989	465,189	917,374	476,224	441,150	528,255	274,038	254,217
25 to 29 years	1,111,478	601,812	509,666	1,072,239	602,545	469,694	671,116	365,094	306,022
30 to 34 years	1,189,552	674,974	514,578	942,320	549,099	393,221	762,631	419,769	342,862
35 to 39 years	1,197,357	691,211	506,146	870,592	493,471	377,121	789,265	432,957	356,308
40 to 44 years	984,186	574,293	409,893	859,954	475,106	384,848	712,890	384,931	327,959
45 to 49 years	854,474	481,780	372,694	787,815	433,466	354,349	630,941	340,863	290,078
50 to 54 years	813,870	449,875	363,995	709,220	382,987	326,233	577,087	318,045	259,042
55 to 59 years	648,671	350,498	298,173	525,131	278,485	246,646	373,114	206,820	166,294
60 to 64 years	549,000	289,456	259,544	477,647	254,101	223,546	310,463	170,841	139,622
65 to 69 years	412,288	214,792	197,496	311,574	166,745	144,829	181,361	98,028	83,333
70 to 74 years	282,915	148,537	134,378	199,006	106,364	92,642	114,609	59,590	55,019
75 to 79 years	159,161	83,099	76,062	101,215	53,167	48,048	60,696	31,106	29,590
80 to 84 years	69,208	35,462	33,746	46,853	23,343	23,510	31,086	15,156	15,930
85 years and over	29,413	13,987	15,426	23,656	11,198	12,458	13,846	6,278	7,568
Age data not available 1/	27,062	18,249	8,813	152,297	131,902	20,395	120,264	108,931	11,333
Median age (years)	38.5	38.8	38.1	37.1	37.1	37.0	38.3	38.5	38.0
BROAD AGE GROUPS
Total	10,341,276	5,630,190	4,711,086	9,249,547	5,067,130	4,182,417	6,679,943	3,630,566	3,049,377
Age data available 1/	10,314,214	5,611,941	4,702,273	9,097,250	4,935,228	4,162,022	6,559,679	3,521,635	3,038,044
Under 15 years	512,955	258,933	254,022	731,359	371,269	360,090	423,507	213,799	209,708
15 to 64 years	8,848,274	4,857,131	3,991,143	7,683,587	4,203,142	3,480,445	5,734,574	3,097,678	2,636,896
15 to 44 years	5,982,259	3,285,522	2,696,737	5,183,774	2,854,103	2,329,671	3,842,969	2,061,109	1,781,860
15 to 24 years	1,499,686	743,232	756,454	1,438,669	733,882	704,787	907,067	458,358	448,709
25 to 44 years	4,482,573	2,542,290	1,940,283	3,745,105	2,120,221	1,624,884	2,935,902	1,602,751	1,333,151
45 to 64 years	2,866,015	1,571,609	1,294,406	2,499,813	1,349,039	1,150,774	1,891,605	1,036,569	855,036
65 years and over	952,985	495,877	457,108	682,304	360,817	321,487	401,598	210,158	191,440
18 years and over 2/	9,513,147	5,211,261	4,301,886	8,093,146	4,427,754	3,665,392	5,929,939	3,207,478	2,722,461
21 years and over 2/	9,057,861	4,992,037	4,065,824	7,678,076	4,225,730	3,452,346	5,651,978	3,072,487	2,579,491
Age data not available 1/	27,062	18,249	8,813	152,297	131,902	20,395	120,264	108,931	11,333
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age data available 1/	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 15 years	5.0	4.6	5.4	8.0	7.5	8.7	6.5	6.1	6.9
15 to 64 years	85.8	86.5	84.9	84.5	85.2	83.6	87.4	88.0	86.8
15 to 44 years	58.0	58.5	57.3	57.0	57.8	56.0	58.6	58.5	58.7
15 to 24 years	14.5	13.2	16.1	15.8	14.9	16.9	13.8	13.0	14.8
25 to 44 years	43.5	45.3	41.3	41.2	43.0	39.0	44.8	45.5	43.9
45 to 64 years	27.8	28.0	27.5	27.5	27.3	27.6	28.8	29.4	28.1
65 years and over	9.2	8.8	9.7	7.5	7.3	7.7	6.1	6.0	6.3
18 years and over	92.2	92.9	91.5	89.0	89.7	88.1	90.4	91.1	89.6
21 years and over	87.8	89.0	86.5	84.4	85.6	82.9	86.2	87.2	84.9
MALES PER 100 FEMALES
Total	119.5	(X)	(X)	121.2	(X)	(X)	119.1	(X)	(X)
Age data available 1/	119.3	(X)	(X)	118.6	(X)	(X)	115.9	(X)	(X)
Under 15 years	35.9	(X)	(X)	103.1	(X)	(X)	102.0	(X)	(X)
15 to 64 years	121.7	(X)	(X)	120.8	(X)	(X)	117.5	(X)	(X)
15 to 44 years	121.8	(X)	(X)	122.5	(X)	(X)	115.7	(X)	(X)
15 to 24 years	98.3	(X)	(X)	104.1	(X)	(X)	102.2	(X)	(X)
25 to 44 years	131.0	(X)	(X)	130.5	(X)	(X)	120.2	(X)	(X)
45 to 64 years	121.4	(X)	(X)	117.2	(X)	(X)	121.2	(X)	(X)
65 years and over	108.5	(X)	(X)	112.2	(X)	(X)	109.8	(X)	(X)
18 years and over	121.1	(X)	(X)	120.8	(X)	(X)	117.8	(X)	(X)
21 years and over	122.8	(X)	(X)	122.4	(X)	(X)	119.1	(X)	(X)
Age data not available 1/	207.1	(X)	(X)	646.7	(X)	(X)	961.2	(X)	(X)

Subject	1870
Subject	Total	Male	Female
AGE
Total	5,567,229	3,006,943	2,560,286
Age data available 1/	5,564,473	3,004,548	2,559,925
Under 5 years	84,316	42,529	41,787
5 to 9 years	175,026	88,754	86,272
10 to 14 years	207,447	106,139	101,308
15 to 19 years	332,342	162,942	169,400
20 to 24 years	622,089	317,832	304,257
25 to 29 years	722,123	391,721	330,402
30 to 34 years	701,637	379,445	322,192
35 to 39 years	676,283	367,113	309,170
40 to 44 years	607,720	334,598	273,122
45 to 49 years	455,755	263,473	192,282
50 to 54 years	371,772	217,493	154,279
55 to 59 years	204,307	116,216	88,091
60 to 64 years	181,782	99,394	82,388
65 to 69 years	97,543	52,493	45,050
70 to 74 years	69,627	36,579	33,048
75 to 79 years	29,958	15,616	14,342
80 to 84 years	24,746	12,211	12,535
85 years and over	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Age data not available 1/	2,756	2,395	361
Median age (years)	34.6	35.2	33.8
BROAD AGE GROUPS
Total	5,567,229	3,006,943	2,560,286
Age data available 1/	5,564,473	3,004,548	2,559,925
Under 15 years	466,789	237,422	229,367
15 to 64 years	4,875,810	2,650,227	2,225,583
15 to 44 years	3,662,194	1,953,651	1,708,543
15 to 24 years	954,431	480,774	473,657
25 to 44 years	2,707,763	1,472,877	1,234,886
45 to 64 years	1,213,616	696,576	517,040
65 years and over	221,874	116,899	104,975
18 years and over 2/	4,933,840	2,686,877	2,246,963
21 years and over 2/	4,631,872	2,542,583	2,089,289
Age data not available 1/	2,756	2,395	361
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age data available 1/	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 15 years	8.4	7.9	9.0
15 to 64 years	87.6	88.2	86.9
15 to 44 years	65.8	65.0	66.7
15 to 24 years	17.2	16.0	18.5
25 to 44 years	48.7	49.0	48.2
45 to 64 years	21.8	23.2	20.2
65 years and over	4.0	3.9	4.1
18 years and over	88.7	89.4	87.8
21 years and over	83.2	84.6	81.6
MALES PER 100 FEMALES
Total	117.4	(X)	(X)
Age data available 1/	117.4	(X)	(X)
Under 15 years	103.5	(X)	(X)
15 to 64 years	119.1	(X)	(X)
15 to 44 years	114.3	(X)	(X)
15 to 24 years	101.5	(X)	(X)
25 to 44 years	119.3	(X)	(X)
45 to 64 years	134.7	(X)	(X)
65 years and over	111.4	(X)	(X)
18 years and over	119.6	(X)	(X)
21 years and over	121.7	(X)	(X)
Age data not available 1/	663.4	(X)	(X)

1/	See text for Table 7. For 1870 and 1900, age data not available include age not reported for all races. For 1880 and 1940 (when age not reported was allocated), age data not available include only the foreign-born population of races other than White. For 1890 and 1910-1930, age data not available include age not reported for the White foreign-born population and also the total foreign-born population of races other than White as follows: 1890 - 127,680 total, 115,272 males, and 12,408 females; 1910 - 170,341 total, 143,960 males, and 26,381 females; 1920 - 207,938 total, 147,113 males, and 60,825 females; 1930 - 220,745 total, 144,599 males, and 76,146 females. For 1950-1990 was allocated.
2/	For additional data on the foreign-born population 18 years and over and 21 years and over, see Table 11.
3/	For 1930, 75 years and over.
4/	For 1870, 80 years and over.