Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: 1970 to 2000

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Table 17.
Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: 1970 to 2000 [In thousands]
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                      |       1970\1\    |       1980\1\    |       1985\2\    |      1990\1\     |      1995\2\     |      1999\2\     |    2000\1\
                      |__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|___________________
        State         | Total, |5- to 17-| Total, |5- to 17-| Total, |5- to 17-| Total, |5- to 17-| Total, |5- to 17-| Total, |5- to 17-| Total,  |5- to 17-
                      |all ages|year-olds|all ages|year-olds|all ages|year-olds|all ages|year-olds|all ages|year-olds|all ages|year-olds|all ages |year-olds
______________________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
          1           |   2    |    3    |   4    |    5    |   6    |    7    |   8    |    9    |   10   |   11    |   12   |   13    |   14    |   15
______________________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
   United States\3\ ..|203,302 |  52,540 |226,546 |  47,407 |237,924 |  44,782 |248,765 |  45,178 |262,803 |  49,023 |272,691 |  51,257 | 281,422 |  53,118
                      |________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|________|_________|_________|_________
Alabama ..............|  3,444 |     934 |  3,894 |     866 |  3,973 |     798 |  4,040 |     774 |  4,263 |     783 |  4,370 |     775 |   4,447 |     827
Alaska ...............|    303 |      88 |    402 |      92 |    532 |     112 |    550 |     117 |    601 |     134 |    620 |     147 |     627 |     143
Arizona ..............|  1,775 |     486 |  2,718 |     578 |  3,184 |     601 |  3,665 |     686 |  4,307 |     825 |  4,778 |     949 |   5,131 |     985
Arkansas .............|  1,923 |     498 |  2,286 |     496 |  2,327 |     461 |  2,351 |     455 |  2,480 |     479 |  2,551 |     483 |   2,673 |     499
California ...........| 19,971 |   4,999 | 23,668 |   4,681 | 26,441 |   4,752 | 29,786 |   5,344 | 31,494 |   5,975 | 33,145 |   6,424 |  33,872 |   6,763
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Colorado .............|  2,210 |     589 |  2,890 |     592 |  3,209 |     599 |  3,294 |     607 |  3,738 |     709 |  4,056 |     777 |   4,301 |     803
Connecticut ..........|  3,032 |     768 |  3,108 |     638 |  3,201 |     549 |  3,287 |     520 |  3,265 |     565 |  3,282 |     610 |   3,406 |     618
Delaware .............|    548 |     148 |    594 |     125 |    618 |     113 |    666 |     114 |    718 |     125 |    754 |     132 |     784 |     143
District of Columbia .|    757 |     164 |    638 |     109 |    635 |      88 |    607 |      80 |    551 |      75 |    519 |      68 |     572 |      82
Florida ..............|  6,791 |   1,609 |  9,746 |   1,789 | 11,351 |   1,792 | 12,938 |   2,011 | 14,185 |   2,392 | 15,111 |   2,618 |  15,982 |   2,701
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Georgia ..............|  4,588 |   1,223 |  5,463 |   1,231 |  5,963 |   1,195 |  6,478 |   1,230 |  7,189 |   1,370 |  7,788 |   1,477 |   8,186 |   1,574
Hawaii ...............|    770 |     204 |    965 |     198 |  1,040 |     194 |  1,108 |     196 |  1,180 |     212 |  1,185 |     209 |   1,212 |     218
Idaho ................|    713 |     200 |    944 |     213 |    994 |     223 |  1,007 |     228 |  1,165 |     255 |  1,252 |     258 |   1,294 |     271
Illinois .............| 11,110 |   2,859 | 11,427 |   2,401 | 11,400 |   2,192 | 11,431 |   2,095 | 11,885 |   2,208 | 12,128 |   2,304 |  12,419 |   2,369
Indiana...............|  5,195 |   1,386 |  5,490 |   1,200 |  5,459 |   1,087 |  5,544 |   1,056 |  5,792 |   1,079 |  5,943 |   1,115 |   6,080 |   1,151
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Iowa .................|  2,825 |     743 |  2,914 |     604 |  2,830 |     543 |  2,777 |     525 |  2,841 |     539 |  2,869 |     537 |   2,926 |     545
Kansas ...............|  2,249 |     573 |  2,364 |     468 |  2,427 |     452 |  2,478 |     472 |  2,587 |     506 |  2,654 |     515 |   2,688 |     524
Kentucky .............|  3,221 |     844 |  3,661 |     800 |  3,695 |     745 |  3,687 |     703 |  3,855 |     710 |  3,961 |     706 |   4,042 |     729
Louisiana ............|  3,645 |   1,041 |  4,206 |     969 |  4,408 |     937 |  4,222 |     891 |  4,328 |     898 |  4,372 |     876 |   4,469 |     902
Maine ................|    994 |     260 |  1,125 |     243 |  1,163 |     222 |  1,228 |     223 |  1,237 |     228 |  1,253 |     223 |   1,275 |     231
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Maryland .............|  3,924 |   1,038 |  4,217 |     895 |  4,413 |     788 |  4,781 |     803 |  5,024 |     904 |  5,172 |     963 |   5,296 |   1,003
Massachusetts ........|  5,689 |   1,407 |  5,737 |   1,153 |  5,881 |     989 |  6,016 |     940 |  6,062 |   1,017 |  6,175 |   1,076 |   6,349 |   1,103
Michigan .............|  8,882 |   2,450 |  9,262 |   2,067 |  9,076 |   1,824 |  9,295 |   1,754 |  9,660 |   1,848 |  9,864 |   1,906 |   9,938 |   1,924
Minnesota ............|  3,806 |   1,051 |  4,076 |     865 |  4,184 |     796 |  4,376 |     829 |  4,605 |     920 |  4,776 |     950 |   4,919 |     957
Mississippi ..........|  2,217 |     635 |  2,521 |     599 |  2,588 |     576 |  2,575 |     550 |  2,691 |     552 |  2,769 |     550 |   2,845 |     571
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Missouri..............|  4,678 |   1,183 |  4,917 |   1,008 |  5,000 |     941 |  5,117 |     944 |  5,325 |   1,013 |  5,468 |   1,036 |   5,595 |   1,058
Montana ..............|    694 |     197 |    787 |     167 |    822 |     167 |    799 |     163 |    869 |     177 |    883 |     171 |     902 |     175
Nebraska .............|  1,485 |     389 |  1,570 |     324 |  1,585 |     305 |  1,578 |     309 |  1,635 |     327 |  1,666 |     329 |   1,711 |     333
Nevada ...............|    489 |     127 |    800 |     160 |    951 |     166 |  1,202 |     204 |  1,526 |     277 |  1,809 |     348 |   1,998 |     366
New Hampshire ........|    738 |     189 |    921 |     196 |    997 |     182 |  1,109 |     194 |  1,146 |     217 |  1,201 |     231 |   1,236 |     234
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New Jersey ...........|  7,171 |   1,797 |  7,365 |   1,528 |  7,566 |   1,340 |  7,748 |   1,269 |  7,966 |   1,388 |  8,143 |   1,460 |   8,414 |   1,524
New Mexico ...........|  1,017 |     311 |  1,303 |     303 |  1,438 |     304 |  1,515 |     320 |  1,682 |     359 |  1,740 |     364 |   1,819 |     378
New York .............| 18,241 |   4,358 | 17,558 |   3,552 | 17,792 |   3,173 | 17,991 |   3,000 | 18,151 |   3,173 | 18,197 |   3,227 |  18,976 |   3,451
North Carolina .......|  5,084 |   1,323 |  5,882 |   1,254 |  6,254 |   1,175 |  6,632 |   1,147 |  7,185 |   1,283 |  7,651 |   1,407 |   8,049 |   1,425
North Dakota .........|    618 |     175 |    653 |     136 |    677 |     133 |    639 |     127 |    642 |     128 |    634 |     121 |     642 |     121
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Ohio .................| 10,657 |   2,820 | 10,798 |   2,307 | 10,735 |   2,090 | 10,847 |   2,012 | 11,155 |   2,079 | 11,257 |   2,104 |  11,353 |   2,133
Oklahoma .............|  2,559 |     640 |  3,025 |     622 |  3,271 |     635 |  3,146 |     609 |  3,266 |     645 |  3,358 |     649 |   3,451 |     656
Oregon ...............|  2,092 |     534 |  2,633 |     525 |  2,673 |     504 |  2,842 |     521 |  3,141 |     586 |  3,316 |     608 |   3,421 |     624
Pennsylvania .........| 11,801 |   2,925 | 11,864 |   2,376 | 11,771 |   2,079 | 11,883 |   1,996 | 12,045 |   2,114 | 11,994 |   2,140 |  12,281 |   2,194
Rhode Island .........|    950 |     225 |    947 |     186 |    969 |     163 |  1,003 |     159 |    989 |     170 |    991 |     179 |   1,048 |     184
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South Carolina .......|  2,591 |     720 |  3,122 |     703 |  3,303 |     663 |  3,486 |     662 |  3,700 |     683 |  3,886 |     702 |   4,012 |     745
South Dakota .........|    666 |     187 |    691 |     147 |    698 |     139 |    696 |     144 |    728 |     153 |    733 |     148 |     755 |     152
Tennessee ............|  3,926 |   1,002 |  4,591 |     972 |  4,715 |     903 |  4,877 |     882 |  5,241 |     944 |  5,484 |     974 |   5,689 |   1,024
Texas ................| 11,199 |   3,002 | 14,229 |   3,137 | 16,273 |   3,318 | 16,986 |   3,437 | 18,680 |   3,789 | 20,044 |   4,080 |  20,852 |   4,262
Utah .................|  1,059 |     312 |  1,461 |     350 |  1,643 |     418 |  1,723 |     457 |  1,977 |     490 |  2,130 |     497 |   2,233 |     509
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Vermont ..............|    445 |     118 |    511 |     109 |    530 |     100 |    563 |     102 |    583 |     110 |    594 |     107 |     609 |     114
Virginia .............|  4,651 |   1,197 |  5,347 |   1,114 |  5,715 |   1,039 |  6,189 |   1,060 |  6,601 |   1,154 |  6,873 |   1,214 |   7,079 |   1,276
Washington ...........|  3,413 |     881 |  4,132 |     826 |  4,400 |     816 |  4,867 |     893 |  5,431 |   1,029 |  5,756 |   1,096 |   5,894 |   1,120
West Virginia.........|  1,744 |     442 |  1,950 |     414 |  1,907 |     383 |  1,793 |     337 |  1,821 |     319 |  1,807 |     303 |   1,808 |     301
Wisconsin ............|  4,418 |   1,203 |  4,706 |   1,011 |  4,748 |     908 |  4,892 |     927 |  5,137 |   1,003 |  5,250 |   1,016 |   5,364 |   1,026
Wyoming ..............|    332 |      92 |    470 |     101 |    500 |     108 |    454 |     101 |    478 |     103 |    480 |      96 |     494 |      98
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\1\As of April 1.
\2\Estimates as of July 1.
\3\Includes members of the Armed Forces residing in each state.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 1095 at the national level, CPH-L-74 (1990 data), SF1-P12 (2000 data); and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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