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Table 7. Percent of the population 3 to 34 years old enrolled in school, by age group: Selected years, April 1940 to October 2002 

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       |  Total, |   3 and 4  | 5 and 6 | 7 to 13 | 14 to 17|  Total  |In elemen|In higher|         |         |         |25 to 29 |30 to 34
 Year  | 3 to 34 |    years   |  years  |  years  |  years  |         |tary and |education|  Total  | 20 and  |22 to 24 |  years  |  years
       |  years  |            |         |         |         |         |secondary|         |         |21 years |  years  |         |
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   1   |   2     |    3       |   4     |   5     |   6     |   7     |   8     |   9     |  10     |   11    |   12    |   13    |   14
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1940...|---  --- |   ---  --- |---  --- |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 --- |---  ---
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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 ---
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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 --- |---  --- |---  --- |---  --- |---  ---
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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 ---
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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 ---
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1970 ..|56.4(0.2)|   20.5(0.7)|89.5(0.5)|99.2(0.1)|94.1(0.3)|47.7(0.9)|10.5(0.5)|37.3(0.8)|21.5(0.5)|31.9(0.9)|14.9(0.5)| 7.5(0.3)| 4.2(0.3)
1971 ..|56.2(0.2)|   21.2(0.7)|91.6(0.5)|99.1(0.1)|94.5(0.3)|49.2(0.8)|11.5(0.5)|37.7(0.8)|21.9(0.5)|32.2(0.8)|15.4(0.5)| 8.0(0.3)| 4.9(0.3)
1972 ..|54.9(0.2)|   24.4(0.8)|91.9(0.5)|99.2(0.1)|93.3(0.3)|46.3(0.8)|10.4(0.5)|35.9(0.8)|21.6(0.4)|31.4(0.8)|14.8(0.5)| 8.6(0.3)| 4.6(0.3)
1973 ..|53.5(0.2)|   24.2(0.8)|92.5(0.5)|99.2(0.1)|92.9(0.3)|42.9(0.8)|10.0(0.5)|32.9(0.8)|20.8(0.4)|30.1(0.8)|14.5(0.5)| 8.5(0.3)| 4.5(0.3)
1974 ..|53.6(0.2)|   28.8(0.8)|94.2(0.4)|99.3(0.1)|92.9(0.3)|43.1(0.8)| 9.9(0.5)|33.2(0.8)|21.4(0.4)|30.2(0.8)|15.1(0.5)| 9.6(0.3)| 5.7(0.3)
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1975 ..|53.7(0.2)|   31.5(0.9)|94.7(0.4)|99.3(0.1)|93.6(0.3)|46.9(0.8)|10.2(0.5)|36.7(0.8)|22.4(0.4)|31.2(0.8)|16.2(0.5)|10.1(0.3)| 6.6(0.3)
1976 ..|53.1(0.2)|   31.3(0.9)|95.5(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|93.7(0.3)|46.2(0.8)|10.2(0.5)|36.0(0.8)|23.3(0.4)|32.0(0.8)|17.1(0.5)|10.0(0.3)| 6.0(0.3)
1977 ..|52.5(0.2)|   32.0(0.9)|95.8(0.4)|99.4(0.1)|93.7(0.3)|46.2(0.8)|10.4(0.5)|35.7(0.8)|22.9(0.4)|31.8(0.8)|16.5(0.5)|10.8(0.3)| 6.9(0.3)
1978 ..|51.2(0.2)|   34.2(0.9)|95.3(0.4)|99.1(0.1)|93.7(0.3)|45.4(0.8)| 9.8(0.5)|35.6(0.8)|21.8(0.4)|29.5(0.7)|16.3(0.5)| 9.4(0.3)| 6.4(0.3)
1979 ..|50.3(0.2)|   35.1(0.9)|95.8(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|93.6(0.3)|45.0(0.8)|10.3(0.5)|34.6(0.8)|21.7(0.4)|30.2(0.7)|15.8(0.5)| 9.6(0.3)| 6.4(0.3)
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1980 ..|49.7(0.2)|   36.7(0.9)|95.7(0.4)|99.3(0.1)|93.4(0.3)|46.4(0.8)|10.5(0.5)|35.9(0.8)|22.3(0.4)|31.0(0.7)|16.3(0.5)| 9.3(0.3)| 6.4(0.3)
1981 ..|48.9(0.2)|   36.0(0.9)|94.0(0.5)|99.2(0.1)|94.1(0.3)|49.0(0.8)|11.5(0.5)|37.5(0.8)|22.5(0.4)|31.6(0.7)|16.5(0.5)| 9.0(0.3)| 6.9(0.3)
1982 ..|48.6(0.2)|   36.4(1.0)|95.0(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|94.4(0.3)|47.8(0.8)|11.3(0.5)|36.5(0.8)|23.5(0.4)|34.0(0.8)|16.8(0.5)| 9.6(0.3)| 6.3(0.3)
1983 ..|48.4(0.2)|   37.5(0.9)|95.4(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|95.0(0.3)|50.4(0.9)|12.8(0.6)|37.6(0.8)|22.7(0.4)|32.5(0.8)|16.6(0.5)| 9.6(0.3)| 6.4(0.3)
1984 ..|47.9(0.2)|   36.3(0.9)|94.5(0.5)|99.2(0.1)|94.7(0.3)|50.1(0.9)|11.5(0.6)|38.6(0.9)|23.7(0.4)|33.9(0.8)|17.3(0.5)| 9.1(0.3)| 6.3(0.3)
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1985 ..|48.3(0.2)|   38.9(0.9)|96.1(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|94.9(0.3)|51.6(0.9)|11.2(0.6)|40.4(0.9)|24.0(0.5)|35.3(0.8)|16.9(0.5)| 9.2(0.3)| 6.1(0.3)
1986 ..|48.2(0.2)|   38.9(0.9)|95.3(0.4)|99.2(0.1)|94.9(0.3)|54.6(0.9)|13.1(0.6)|41.5(0.9)|23.6(0.5)|33.0(0.8)|17.9(0.5)| 8.8(0.3)| 6.0(0.3)
1987 ..|48.6(0.2)|   38.3(0.9)|95.1(0.4)|99.5(0.1)|95.0(0.3)|55.6(0.9)|13.1(0.6)|42.5(0.9)|25.5(0.5)|38.7(0.9)|17.5(0.5)| 9.0(0.3)| 5.8(0.2)
1988 ..|48.7(0.2)|   38.2(1.0)|96.0(0.4)|99.7(0.1)|95.1(0.3)|55.6(1.0)|13.9(0.7)|41.8(1.0)|26.1(0.5)|39.1(1.0)|18.2(0.6)| 8.3(0.3)| 5.9(0.3)
1989 ..|49.0(0.2)|   39.1(1.0)|95.2(0.4)|99.3(0.1)|95.7(0.3)|56.0(1.0)|14.4(0.7)|41.6(0.9)|27.0(0.5)|38.5(1.0)|19.9(0.6)| 9.3(0.3)| 5.7(0.3)
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1990 ..|50.2(0.2)|   44.4(1.0)|96.5(0.4)|99.6(0.1)|95.8(0.3)|57.2(0.9)|14.5(0.7)|42.7(0.9)|28.6(0.5)|39.7(0.9)|21.0(0.6)| 9.7(0.3)| 5.8(0.3)
1991 ..|50.7(0.2)|   40.5(1.0)|95.4(0.4)|99.6(0.1)|96.0(0.3)|59.6(1.0)|15.6(0.7)|44.0(1.0)|30.2(0.5)|42.0(0.9)|22.2(0.6)|10.2(0.3)| 6.2(0.3)
1992 ..|51.4(0.2)|   39.7(1.0)|95.5(0.4)|99.4(0.1)|96.7(0.2)|61.4(1.0)|17.1(0.7)|44.3(1.0)|31.6(0.6)|44.0(1.0)|23.7(0.6)| 9.8(0.3)| 6.1(0.3)
1993 ..|51.8(0.2)|   40.4(0.9)|95.4(0.4)|99.5(0.1)|96.5(0.2)|61.6(1.0)|17.2(0.7)|44.4(1.0)|30.8(0.6)|42.7(1.0)|23.6(0.6)|10.2(0.3)| 5.9(0.3)
1994 ..|53.3(0.2)|\1\47.3(0.9)|96.7(0.3)|99.4(0.1)|96.6(0.2)|60.2(0.9)|16.2(0.7)|43.9(0.9)|32.0(0.5)|44.9(0.9)|24.0(0.6)|10.8(0.3)| 6.7(0.2)
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1995 ..|53.7(0.2)|\1\48.7(0.9)|96.0(0.3)|98.9(0.1)|96.3(0.2)|59.4(0.9)|16.3(0.6)|43.1(0.9)|31.5(0.5)|44.9(0.9)|23.2(0.6)|11.6(0.3)| 5.9(0.2)
1996 ..|54.1(0.2)|\1\48.3(0.9)|94.0(0.4)|97.7(0.1)|95.4(0.3)|61.5(0.9)|16.7(0.7)|44.9(0.9)|32.5(0.5)|44.4(0.9)|24.8(0.6)|11.9(0.4)| 6.1(0.3)
1997 ..|55.6(0.2)|\1\52.6(0.9)|96.5(0.3)|99.1(0.1)|96.6(0.2)|61.5(0.9)|16.7(0.7)|44.7(0.9)|34.3(0.6)|45.9(0.9)|26.4(0.7)|11.8(0.4)| 5.7(0.2)
1998 ..|55.8(0.2)|\1\52.1(0.9)|95.6(0.4)|98.9(0.1)|96.1(0.2)|62.2(0.8)|15.7(0.6)|46.4(0.9)|33.0(0.5)|44.8(0.9)|24.9(0.7)|11.9(0.4)| 6.6(0.3)
1999 ..|56.0(0.2)|\1\54.2(0.9)|96.0(0.4)|98.7(0.1)|95.8(0.2)|60.6(0.8)|16.5(0.6)|44.1(0.9)|32.8(0.5)|45.3(0.9)|24.5(0.6)|11.1(0.4)| 6.2(0.3)
2000 ..|55.9(0.2)|\1\52.1(0.9)|95.6(0.4)|98.2(0.1)|95.7(0.2)|61.2(0.8)|16.5(0.6)|44.7(0.9)|32.5(0.5)|44.1(0.9)|24.6(0.6)|11.4(0.4)| 6.7(0.3)
2001 ..|56.3(0.2)|\1\52.4(0.9)|95.3(0.4)|98.3(0.1)|95.8(0.2)|61.0(0.8)|17.1(0.6)|43.9(0.8)|33.9(0.5)|46.0(0.9)|25.4(0.6)|11.8(0.4)| 6.9(0.3)
2002 ..|56.1(0.2)|\1\54.5(0.9)|95.2(0.4)|98.3(0.1)|96.4(0.2)|63.3(0.8)|18.0(0.7)|45.3(0.9)|34.4(0.5)|47.8(0.9)|25.6(0.6)|12.1(0.4)| 6.6(0.3)
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\1\Preprimary enrollment collected using new procedures. May not be comparable to figures for earlier years.

NOTE: Data for 1940 are for April. Data for all other years are as of October. Includes enrollment in any type of graded public, parochia 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 March 2004.)


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