Census Bureau Releases Population Estimates by Race, Hispanic Origin and Age for States and Counties

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Population

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 4, 2006 (FRIDAY)

The Census Bureau today released annual estimates of state and county populations by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin for 2000 to 2005.

The estimates for each race and Hispanic group are cross-tabulated by single year of age and selected age groups for each state and by five-year age groups for counties. In addition to the estimates for states and counties, this release contains population estimates by age and sex for Puerto Rico and its municipios.

Table 1 presents data for states. Table 2 presents data for counties with total populations of 1 million or more.

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The Census Bureau develops state and county population estimates by characteristics using administrative records on births, deaths and migration to estimate population change from the most recent census. For more detail regarding the methodology, please see <http://www.census.gov/popest/topics/methodology>. For other details, see U.S. Census Bureau Guidance on the Presentation and Comparison of Race and Hispanic-Origin Data (June 12, 2003), available at <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/compraceho.html>.