Table 6. | Percent of the population 3 to 34 years old enrolled in school,\1\ by age: April 1940 to October 2000 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | 20 to 24 years | | |Total, |3 and 4 |5 and 6|7 to 13|14 to 17| 18 and |_________________________|25 to 29|30 to 34 Year |3 to 34| years | years | years | years |19 years| Total | 20 and |22 to 24| years | years | years | | | | | | |21 years| years | | ________|_______|________|_______|_______|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ________|_______|________|_______|_______|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________ 1940\2\.| --- | --- | --- | 95.0 | 79.3 | 28.9 | 6.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1945 ...| --- | --- | --- | 98.1 | 78.4 | 20.7 | 3.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1947 ...| --- | --- | 73.8 | 98.5 | 79.3 | 24.3 | 10.2 | --- | --- | 3.0 | --- 1948 ...| --- | --- | 74.7 | 98.1 | 81.8 | 26.9 | 9.7 | --- | --- | 2.6 | --- 1949 ...| --- | --- | 76.2 | 98.6 | 81.6 | 25.3 | 9.2 | --- | --- | 3.8 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | 1950 ...| --- | --- | 74.4 | 98.7 | 83.7 | 29.4 | 9.0 | --- | --- | 3.0 | 0.9 1951 ...| --- | --- | 73.6 | 99.1 | 85.2 | 26.2 | 8.6 | --- | --- | 2.5 | --- 1952 ...| --- | --- | 75.2 | 98.8 | 85.2 | 28.8 | 9.7 | --- | --- | 2.6 | 1.2 1953 ...| --- | --- | 78.6 | 99.4 | 85.9 | 31.2 | 11.1 | --- | --- | 2.9 | 1.7 1954 ...| --- | --- | 77.3 | 99.4 | 87.1 | 32.4 | 11.2 | --- | --- | 4.1 | 1.5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1955 ...| --- | --- | 78.1 | 99.2 | 86.9 | 31.5 | 11.1 | --- | --- | 4.2 | 1.6 1956 ...| --- | --- | 77.6 | 99.3 | 88.2 | 35.4 | 12.8 | --- | --- | 5.1 | 1.9 1957 ...| --- | --- | 78.6 | 99.5 | 89.5 | 34.9 | 14.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1958 ...| --- | --- | 80.4 | 99.5 | 89.2 | 37.6 | 13.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1959 ...| --- | --- | 80.0 | 99.4 | 90.2 | 36.8 | 12.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | 1960 ...| --- | --- | 80.7 | 99.5 | 90.3 | 38.4 | 13.1 | --- | --- | 4.9 | 2.4 1961 ...| --- | --- | 81.7 | 99.3 | 91.4 | 38.0 | 13.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1962 ...| --- | --- | 82.2 | 99.3 | 92.0 | 41.8 | 15.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1963 ...| --- | --- | 82.7 | 99.3 | 92.9 | 40.9 | 17.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- 1964 ...| --- | --- | 83.3 | 99.0 | 93.1 | 41.6 | 16.8 | --- | --- | 5.2 | 2.6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1965 ...| 55.5 | 10.6 | 84.9 | 99.4 | 93.2 | 46.3 | 19.0 | 27.6 | 13.2 | 6.1 | 3.2 1966 ...| 56.1 | 12.5 | 85.8 | 99.3 | 93.7 | 47.2 | 19.9 | 29.9 | 13.2 | 6.5 | 2.7 1967 ...| 56.6 | 14.2 | 87.4 | 99.3 | 93.7 | 47.6 | 22.0 | 33.3 | 13.6 | 6.6 | 4.0 1968 ...| 56.7 | 15.7 | 87.6 | 99.1 | 94.2 | 50.4 | 21.4 | 31.2 | 13.8 | 7.0 | 3.9 1969 ...| 57.0 | 16.1 | 88.4 | 99.2 | 94.0 | 50.2 | 23.0 | 34.1 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | 1970 ...| 56.4 | 20.5 | 89.5 | 99.2 | 94.1 | 47.7 | 21.5 | 31.9 | 14.9 | 7.5 | 4.2 1971 ...| 56.2 | 21.2 | 91.6 | 99.1 | 94.5 | 49.2 | 21.9 | 32.2 | 15.4 | 8.0 | 4.9 1972 ...| 54.9 | 24.4 | 91.9 | 99.2 | 93.3 | 46.3 | 21.6 | 31.4 | 14.8 | 8.6 | 4.6 1973 ...| 53.5 | 24.2 | 92.5 | 99.2 | 92.9 | 42.9 | 20.8 | 30.1 | 14.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 1974 ...| 53.6 | 28.8 | 94.2 | 99.3 | 92.9 | 43.1 | 21.4 | 30.2 | 15.1 | 9.6 | 5.7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1975 ...| 53.7 | 31.5 | 94.7 | 99.3 | 93.6 | 46.9 | 22.4 | 31.2 | 16.2 | 10.1 | 6.6 1976 ...| 53.1 | 31.3 | 95.5 | 99.2 | 93.7 | 46.2 | 23.3 | 32.0 | 17.1 | 10.0 | 6.0 1977 ...| 52.5 | 32.0 | 95.8 | 99.4 | 93.6 | 46.2 | 22.9 | 31.8 | 16.5 | 10.8 | 6.9 1978 ...| 51.2 | 34.2 | 95.3 | 99.1 | 93.7 | 45.4 | 21.8 | 29.5 | 16.3 | 9.4 | 6.4 1979 ...| 50.3 | 35.1 | 95.8 | 99.2 | 93.6 | 45.0 | 21.7 | 30.2 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 6.4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1980 ...| 49.7 | 36.7 | 95.7 | 99.3 | 93.4 | 46.4 | 22.3 | 31.0 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 6.4 1981 ...| 48.9 | 36.0 | 94.0 | 99.2 | 94.1 | 49.0 | 22.5 | 31.6 | 16.5 | 9.0 | 6.9 1982 ...| 48.6 | 36.4 | 95.0 | 99.2 | 94.4 | 47.8 | 23.5 | 34.0 | 16.8 | 9.6 | 6.3 1983 ...| 48.4 | 37.5 | 95.4 | 99.2 | 95.0 | 50.4 | 22.7 | 32.5 | 16.6 | 9.6 | 6.4 1984 ...| 47.9 | 36.3 | 94.5 | 99.2 | 94.7 | 50.1 | 23.7 | 33.9 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 6.3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1985 ...| 48.3 | 38.9 | 96.1 | 99.2 | 94.9 | 51.6 | 24.0 | 35.3 | 16.9 | 9.2 | 6.1 1986 ...| 48.2 | 38.9 | 95.3 | 99.2 | 94.9 | 54.6 | 23.6 | 33.0 | 17.9 | 8.8 | 6.0 1987 ...| 48.6 | 38.3 | 95.1 | 99.5 | 95.0 | 55.6 | 25.5 | 38.7 | 17.5 | 9.0 | 5.8 1988 ...| 48.7 | 38.2 | 96.0 | 99.7 | 95.1 | 55.6 | 26.1 | 39.1 | 18.2 | 8.3 | 5.9 1989 ...| 49.1 | 39.1 | 95.2 | 99.3 | 95.7 | 56.0 | 27.0 | 38.5 | 19.9 | 9.3 | 5.7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1990 ...| 50.2 | 44.4 | 96.5 | 99.6 | 95.8 | 57.2 | 28.6 | 39.7 | 21.0 | 9.7 | 5.8 1991 ...| 50.7 | 40.5 | 95.4 | 99.6 | 96.0 | 59.6 | 30.2 | 42.0 | 22.2 | 10.2 | 6.2 1992 ...| 51.4 | 39.7 | 95.5 | 99.4 | 96.7 | 61.4 | 31.6 | 44.0 | 23.7 | 9.8 | 6.1 1993 ...| 51.8 | 40.4 | 95.4 | 99.5 | 96.5 | 61.6 | 30.8 | 42.7 | 23.6 | 10.2 | 5.9 1994 ...| 53.3 |\3\47.3 | 96.7 | 99.4 | 96.6 | 60.2 | 32.0 | 44.9 | 24.0 | 10.8 | 6.7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 ...| 53.7 |\3\48.7 | 96.0 | 98.9 | 96.3 | 59.4 | 31.5 | 44.9 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 5.9 1996 ...| 54.1 |\3\48.3 | 94.0 | 97.7 | 95.4 | 61.5 | 32.5 | 44.4 | 24.8 | 11.9 | 6.1 1997 ...| 55.6 |\3\52.6 | 96.5 | 99.1 | 96.6 | 61.5 | 34.3 | 45.9 | 26.4 | 11.8 | 5.7 1998 ...| 55.8 |\3\52.1 | 95.6 | 98.9 | 96.1 | 62.2 | 33.0 | 44.8 | 24.9 | 11.9 | 6.6 1999 ...| 56.0 |\3\54.2 | 96.0 | 98.7 | 95.8 | 60.6 | 32.8 | 45.3 | 24.5 | 11.1 | 6.2 2000 ...| 55.9 |\3\52.1 | 95.6 | 98.2 | 95.7 | 61.2 | 32.5 | 44.1 | 24.6 | 11.4 | 6.7 ________|_______|________|_______|_______|________|________|_______|________|________|________|________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970; Current Population Reports, Series P-20, various years; and Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2001.)
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