Population Projections

The Population Projections Program produces projections of the United States resident population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. The 2008 projections are based on Census 2000 and were produced using a cohort-component method. The projections are based on assumptions about future births, deaths, and net international migration. The Census Bureau releases new national population projections periodically.

• Press Release
• Methodology and Assumptions [PDF - 61k]  This document presents the methodology and assumptions used to produce the 2008 National Population Projections.
• Summary Tables These tables present the results of the population projections in summary form by various characteristics to facilitate access to the data. Files are available in both Excel (.xls) and CSV (.csv).
• Downloadable Files These files are designed for people interested in obtaining detailed data of the population projections for analytical purposes. The population projections by single year of age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin are available in Excel (.xls) and CSV (.csv) formats.