| Table 1-4 |
| Projected U.S. school-age population, by race/ethnicity: 2000–50 |
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| Race/ethnicity |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
| School-age population |
53,155,308 |
53,005,348 |
57,367,750 |
61,435,403 |
65,382,782 |
70,468,455 |
| White alone |
40,914,449 |
40,201,343 |
42,604,512 |
44,870,848 |
46,576,189 |
49,013,479 |
| Black alone |
8,356,094 |
8,087,548 |
8,852,161 |
9,454,646 |
10,139,775 |
11,047,928 |
| Asian alone |
1,887,191 |
2,244,825 |
2,740,269 |
3,263,557 |
4,047,076 |
4,862,165 |
| All other races |
1,997,574 |
2,471,632 |
3,170,808 |
3,846,352 |
4,619,742 |
5,544,883 |
| Hispanic (of any race) |
8,687,080 |
11,050,896 |
13,358,135 |
15,435,633 |
17,974,565 |
20,579,244 |
| White alone, non-Hispanic |
32,997,850 |
30,165,624 |
30,549,998 |
31,046,223 |
30,629,572 |
30,937,254 |
| Percentage of school-age population |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White alone |
77.0 |
75.8 |
74.3 |
73.0 |
71.2 |
69.6 |
| Black alone |
15.7 |
15.3 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
15.5 |
15.7 |
| Asian alone |
3.6 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.3 |
6.2 |
6.9 |
| All other races |
3.8 |
4.7 |
5.5 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
7.9 |
| Hispanic (of any race) |
16.3 |
20.8 |
23.3 |
25.1 |
27.5 |
29.2 |
| White alone, non-Hispanic |
62.1 |
56.9 |
53.3 |
50.5 |
46.8 |
43.9 |
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NOTES: School age is
5–17 years. "Alone" racial categories include
people identified as being of one race and include both Hispanics
and non-Hispanics. All other races include American Indian/Alaska
Natives alone, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islanders alone, and
those of two or more races. Both Hispanics and non-Hispanics are
included in all other races.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/
(2004).
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| Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 |
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