states

• press release
• geographic changes
• terms & definitions
• methodology [PDF]
• intercensal estimates: 1990 to 2000
• modified race data summary file
• state estimates by demographic characteristics
• maps
• special processing for Hurricane Katrina

The Population Estimates Program publishes state population estimates each year for total population with details on age, sex, race and Hispanic origin. The first release of total population estimates at the end of the calendar year includes demographic components of change (births, deaths, and migration). Later releases include population data by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin and give numbers for single year of age, different age groupings, and median age. These data are estimates of the population of the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 1 of each year.