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monthly national population estimates

Monthly Population Estimates for the United States: April 1, 2000 to September 1, 2005
Year and Month Resident Population Resident Population plus Armed Forces Overseas Civilian Population Civilian Noninstitutional Population
* The monthly estimates beginning with August 1, 2004 and forward are short term projections.

Note: The estimates are based on Census 2000 and any modifications as documented in the Count Question Resolution program.   The April 1, 2000 population in this table is equivalent to the April 1, 2000 Population Estimates base population found in other tables for this release.

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Table NA-EST2004-01 - Monthly Population Estimates for the United States: April 1, 2000 to September 1, 2005
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Release Date: December 22, 2004
2000
April 1 281,424,602 281,649,021 280,231,175 276,192,743
May 1 281,655,791 281,882,696 280,469,401 276,430,969
June 1 281,910,233 282,137,444 280,722,332 276,683,900
July 1 282,192,162 282,402,043 280,968,451 276,930,019
August 1 282,462,109 282,670,492 281,225,412 277,186,980
September 1 282,746,303 282,949,951 281,500,391 277,461,959
October 1 283,015,803 283,218,855 281,770,343 277,731,911
November 1 283,268,786 283,471,331 282,025,496 277,987,064
December 1 283,512,184 283,714,238 282,272,101 278,233,669
2001
January 1 283,736,461 283,939,013 282,506,814 278,468,382
February 1 283,932,150 284,155,915 282,720,228 278,681,796
March 1 284,147,552 284,369,065 282,935,367 278,896,935
April 1 284,377,507 284,600,545 283,169,167 279,130,735
May 1 284,604,380 284,829,704 283,401,586 279,363,154
June 1 284,854,666 285,081,321 283,651,690 279,613,258
July 1 285,102,075 285,329,390 283,887,031 279,848,599
August 1 285,370,740 285,597,407 284,149,051 280,110,619
September 1 285,652,825 285,876,447 284,424,231 280,385,799
October 1 285,908,779 286,138,570 284,688,583 280,650,151
November 1 286,163,307 286,388,554 284,940,176 280,901,744
December 1 286,400,669 286,623,453 285,174,619 281,136,187
2002
January 1 286,620,968 286,847,849 285,406,358 281,367,926
February 1 286,831,658 287,055,376 285,610,249 281,571,817
March 1 287,027,744 287,252,723 285,808,413 281,769,981
April 1 287,234,138 287,460,640 286,009,082 281,970,650
May 1 287,460,545 287,688,046 286,234,379 282,195,947
June 1 287,699,341 287,929,899 286,470,155 282,431,723
July 1 287,941,220 288,172,546 286,695,249 282,656,817
August 1 288,210,445 288,439,612 286,956,661 282,918,229
September 1 288,483,554 288,710,698 287,225,636 283,187,204
October 1 288,747,827 288,974,725 287,503,159 283,464,727
November 1 288,995,537 289,223,286 287,749,694 283,711,262
December 1 289,214,096 289,442,314 287,968,051 283,929,619
2003
January 1 289,427,005 289,659,192 288,193,329 284,154,897
February 1 289,644,674 289,874,279 288,404,524 284,366,092
March 1 289,849,204 290,078,720 288,608,915 284,570,483
April 1 290,063,762 290,294,322 288,825,195 284,786,763
May 1 290,296,009 290,528,846 289,058,422 285,019,990
June 1 290,539,787 290,778,153 289,304,634 285,266,202
July 1 290,788,976 291,028,156 289,537,979 285,499,547
August 1 291,066,923 291,303,005 289,803,279 285,764,847
September 1 291,347,925 291,581,893 290,082,695 286,044,263
October 1 291,620,353 291,853,385 290,358,368 286,319,936
November 1 291,875,793 292,109,627 290,614,513 286,576,081
December 1 292,102,162 292,335,768 290,842,547 286,804,115
2004
January 1 292,324,700 292,560,244 291,080,982 287,042,550
February 1 292,539,125 292,771,230 291,289,655 287,251,223
March 1 292,741,605 292,971,804 291,491,197 287,452,765
April 1 292,952,804 293,183,215 291,703,110 287,664,678
May 1 293,164,734 293,413,998 291,933,351 287,894,919
June 1 293,409,726 293,659,745 292,179,556 288,141,124
July 1 293,655,404 293,906,517 292,414,289 288,375,857
August 1* 293,925,735 294,177,572 292,682,586 288,644,154
September 1* 294,200,981 294,452,818 292,957,832 288,919,400
October 1* 294,468,812 294,720,649 293,225,663 289,187,231
November 1* 294,720,313 294,972,150 293,477,164 289,438,732
December 1* 294,941,471 295,193,308 293,698,322 289,659,890
2005
January 1* 295,160,302 295,412,139 293,917,153 289,878,721
February 1* 295,369,284 295,621,121 294,126,135 290,087,703
March 1* 295,567,928 295,819,765 294,324,779 290,286,347
April 1* 295,777,218 296,029,055 294,534,069 290,495,637
May 1* 296,006,556 296,258,393 294,763,407 290,724,975
June 1* 296,250,989 296,502,826 295,007,840 290,969,408
July 1* 296,496,649 296,748,486 295,253,500 291,215,068
August 1* 296,766,821 297,018,658 295,523,672 291,485,240
September 1* 297,041,317 297,293,154 295,798,168 291,759,736
October 1* 297,308,383 297,560,220 296,065,234 292,026,802
November 1* 297,559,080 297,810,917 296,315,931 292,277,499

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