Census 2000 PHC-T-9.  Population by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic or Latino 
                      Origin for the United States: 2000

Table 7.  Median Age of the Population:  1820 to 2000

Internet Release date:  October 3, 2001

[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and 
definitions for 2000, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf]
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Year     | Median age (years)
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    2000                 35.3
    1990                 32.9
    1980                 30.0
    1970                 28.1
    1960              29.5 /1
    1960                 29.6
    1950                 30.2
    1940                 29.0
    1930                 26.5
    1920                 25.3
    1910                 24.1
    1900                 22.9
    1890                 22.0
    1880                 20.9
    1870                 20.2
    1860                 19.4
    1850                 18.9
    1840                 17.8
    1830                 17.2
    1820                 16.7
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Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States,
Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, Part 1, Series A 143-157;
1980 Census of Population, Volume 1, Characteristics of the Population 
(PC80-1); 1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics, 
United States (1990 CP-1-1); and Census 2000, Profile of General 
Demographic Characteristics for the United States: 2000.

/1 This value and later years include Alaska and Hawaii.