Resident Population of the United States: Estimates by Age

Internet Release Date: January 2, 2001 - Numbers in thousands. Consistent with the 1990 census, as enumerated.) - Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau; http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/intfile2-1.txt and earlier releases.

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BOTH SEXES

2000

 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990  
Population, all ages 276,059 275,130 272,691 270,248 267,784 265,229 262,803 260,327 257,783 255,030 252,153 249,464  
Summary Indicators
Median age 35.9 35.8 35.5 35.2 34.9 34.7 34.3 34.1 33.7 33.4 33.1 32.8  
Mean age 36.6 36.5 36.4 36.2 36.1 35.9 35.8 35.7 35.6 35.4 35.3 35.2  
Five-Year Age Groups
Under 5 years 18,945 18,936 18,942 18,989 19,099 19,292 19,532 19,700 19,674 19,492 19,189 18,853  
5 to 9 years 19,681 19,768 19,947 19,929 19,754 19,439 19,096 18,752 18,442 18,293 18,205 18,062  
10 to 14 years 20,017 19,897 19,548 19,242 19,097 19,004 18,853 18,716 18,508 18,102 17,679 17,198  
15 to 19 years 19,894 19,880 19,748 19,542 19,146 18,708 18,203 17,743 17,375 17,180 17,235 17,765  
20 to 24 years 18,693 18,474 18,026 17,678 17,488 17,508 17,982 18,389 18,785 19,047 19,156 19,135  
25 to 29 years 17,625 17,817 18,209 18,575 18,820 18,933 18,905 19,107 19,570 20,140 20,713 21,236  
30 to 34 years 19,564 19,547 19,727 20,168 20,739 21,313 21,825 22,133 22,227 22,240 22,157 21,912  
35 to 39 years 22,044 22,259 22,545 22,615 22,636 22,553 22,296 21,978 21,605 21,098 20,530 19,982  
40 to 44 years 22,769 22,605 22,268 21,883 21,378 20,812 20,259 19,716 19,209 18,807 18,761 17,795  
45 to 49 years 20,059 19,892 19,356 18,853 18,467 18,430 17,458 16,678 15,931 15,359 14,099 13,824  
50 to 54 years 17,626 17,259 16,446 15,722 15,158 13,928 13,642 13,195 12,728 12,055 11,648 11,370  
55 to 59 years 13,452 13,315 12,875 12,403 11,755 11,356 11,086 10,931 10,678 10,483 10,422 10,474  
60 to 64 years 10,757 10,665 10,514 10,263 10,061 9,997 10,046 10,077 10,236 10,438 10,581 10,619  
65 to 69 years 9,414 9,428 9,447 9,592 9,777 9,901 9,926 9,967 10,013 9,974 10,027 10,077  
70 to 74 years 8,758 8,747 8,771 8,798 8,751 8,789 8,831 8,736 8,616 8,468 8,244 8,023  
75 to 79 years 7,425 7,419 7,329 7,215 7,083 6,891 6,700 6,586 6,483 6,398 6,280 6,147  
80 to 84 years 4,968 4,911 4,817 4,732 4,661 4,575 4,478 4,360 4,255 4,140 4,039 3,935  
85 to 89 years 2,734 2,704 2,625 2,554 2,477 2,415 2,352 2,300 2,247 2,178 2,104 2,051  
90 to 94 years 1,196 1,179 1,148 1,116 1,078 1,043 1,017 967 916 865 827 765  
95 to 99 years 369 363 343 323 304 291 268 250 240 231 218 206  
100 years and over 68 65 59 57 54 51 48 45 43 41 40 37  
Special Age Categories
16 years and over 213,454 212,589 210,433 208,195 205,945 203,693 201,520 199,543 197,657 195,683 193,781 192,012  
18 years and over 205,576 204,716 202,491 200,344 198,180 196,121 194,249 192,422 190,737 188,892 187,042 185,287  
15 to 44 years 120,589 120,582 120,522 120,462 120,206 119,826 119,471 119,066 118,772 118,513 118,551 117,824  
65 years and over 34,933 34,817 34,540 34,385 34,185 33,957 33,619 33,211 32,814 32,296 31,779 31,241  
85 years and over 4,368 4,312 4,175 4,049 3,913 3,800 3,685 3,563 3,446 3,315 3,189 3,060  
Note: For more details about this table, see "Sources and methods".  All Population Division publications may be obtained by writing to Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233; calling the Statistical Information Staff at (301) 457-2422; or by e-mailing a message to POP@CENSUS.GOV (please include telephone number).

Table Compiled by the U.S. Administration on Aging
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