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Table 17. Estimated total and school-age resident populations, by state: Selected years, 1970 to 2003
[In thousands]

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                      |       1970\1\ |       1980\1\  |       1985\2\ |      1990\1\   |      2000\1\   |    2002\2\    |    2003\2\
                      |_______________|________________|_______________|________________|________________|_______________|_______________
State                 |Total, | 5- to |Total, |  5- to |Total, | 5- to |Total, |  5- to |Total, |  5- to |Total, | 5- to |Total, | 5- to
                      |   all |17-year|   all |17-year-|   all |17-year|   all |17-year-|   all |17-year-|   all |17-year|   all |17-year-
                      |  ages |  olds |  ages |   olds |  ages |  olds |  ages |   olds |  ages |   olds |  ages |  olds |  ages |  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|282,224|  53,134|287,974| 53,271|290,811| 53,274
                      |_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______
Alabama ..............|  3,444|    934|  3,894|     866|  3,973|    798|  4,040|     774|  4,452|     818|  4,479|    814|  4,501|    811
Alaska ...............|    303|     88|    402|      92|    532|    112|    550|     117|    628|     142|    641|    142|    649|    141
Arizona ..............|  1,775|    486|  2,718|     578|  3,184|    601|  3,665|     686|  5,167|   1,021|  5,441|  1,057|  5,581|  1,083
Arkansas .............|  1,923|    498|  2,286|     496|  2,327|    461|  2,351|     455|  2,679|     499|  2,706|    497|  2,726|    496
California ...........| 19,971|  4,999| 23,668|   4,681| 26,441|  4,752| 29,786|   5,344| 34,010|   6,803| 35,002|  6,859| 35,484|  6,876
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Colorado .............|  2,210|    589|  2,890|     592|  3,209|    599|  3,294|     607|  4,327|     821|  4,501|    825|  4,551|    825
Connecticut ..........|  3,032|    768|  3,108|     638|  3,201|    549|  3,287|     520|  3,412|     631|  3,459|    624|  3,483|    624
Delaware .............|    548|    148|    594|     125|    618|    113|    666|     114|    787|     140|    806|    142|    817|    145
District of Columbia .|    757|    164|    638|     109|    635|     88|    607|      80|    572|      78|    569|     77|    564|     75
Florida ..............|  6,791|  1,609|  9,746|   1,789| 11,351|  1,792| 12,938|   2,011| 16,051|   2,785| 16,692|  2,830| 17,019|  2,869
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Georgia ..............|  4,588|  1,223|  5,463|   1,231|  5,963|  1,195|  6,478|   1,230|  8,234|   1,593|  8,544|  1,623|  8,685|  1,638
Hawaii ...............|    770|    204|    965|     198|  1,040|    194|  1,108|     196|  1,213|     214|  1,241|    213|  1,258|    212
Idaho ................|    713|    200|    944|     213|    994|    223|  1,007|     228|  1,300|     273|  1,343|    271|  1,366|    270
Illinois .............| 11,110|  2,859| 11,427|   2,401| 11,400|  2,192| 11,431|   2,095| 12,441|   2,358| 12,586|  2,354| 12,654|  2,344
Indiana ..............|  5,195|  1,386|  5,490|   1,200|  5,459|  1,087|  5,544|   1,056|  6,092|   1,159|  6,157|  1,168|  6,196|  1,174
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Iowa .................|  2,825|    743|  2,914|     604|  2,830|    543|  2,777|     525|  2,929|     532|  2,936|    520|  2,944|    512
Kansas ...............|  2,249|    573|  2,364|     468|  2,427|    452|  2,478|     472|  2,693|     517|  2,712|    511|  2,724|    506
Kentucky .............|  3,221|    844|  3,661|     800|  3,695|    745|  3,687|     703|  4,049|     701|  4,090|    723|  4,118|    723
Louisiana ............|  3,645|  1,041|  4,206|     969|  4,408|    937|  4,222|     891|  4,470|     888|  4,476|    866|  4,496|    853
Maine ................|    994|    260|  1,125|     243|  1,163|    222|  1,228|     223|  1,277|     222|  1,295|    223|  1,306|    220
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Maryland .............|  3,924|  1,038|  4,217|     895|  4,413|    788|  4,781|     803|  5,312|   1,005|  5,451|  1,012|  5,509|  1,014
Massachusetts ........|  5,689|  1,407|  5,737|   1,153|  5,881|    989|  6,016|     940|  6,362|   1,079|  6,422|  1,089|  6,433|  1,089
Michigan .............|  8,882|  2,450|  9,262|   2,067|  9,076|  1,824|  9,295|   1,754|  9,956|   1,909| 10,043|  1,903| 10,080|  1,891
Minnesota ............|  3,806|  1,051|  4,076|     865|  4,184|    796|  4,376|     829|  4,934|     946|  5,025|    934|  5,059|    923
Mississippi ..........|  2,217|    635|  2,521|     599|  2,588|    576|  2,575|     550|  2,849|     561|  2,867|    554|  2,881|    551
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Missouri .............|  4,678|  1,183|  4,917|   1,008|  5,000|    941|  5,117|     944|  5,605|   1,044|  5,670|  1,038|  5,704|  1,035
Montana ..............|    694|    197|    787|     167|    822|    167|    799|     163|    903|     170|    910|    165|    918|    162
Nebraska .............|  1,485|    389|  1,570|     324|  1,585|    305|  1,578|     309|  1,713|     328|  1,728|    324|  1,739|    320
Nevada ...............|    489|    127|    800|     160|    951|    166|  1,202|     204|  2,019|     389|  2,167|    406|  2,241|    418
New Hampshire ........|    738|    189|    921|     196|    997|    182|  1,109|     194|  1,240|     234|  1,274|    234|  1,288|    233
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
New Jersey ...........|  7,171|  1,797|  7,365|   1,528|  7,566|  1,340|  7,748|   1,269|  8,433|   1,532|  8,575|  1,554|  8,638|  1,564
New Mexico ...........|  1,017|    311|  1,303|     303|  1,438|    304|  1,515|     320|  1,822|     373|  1,852|    370|  1,875|    369
New York .............| 18,241|  4,358| 17,558|   3,552| 17,792|  3,173| 17,991|   3,000| 19,000|   3,399| 19,134|  3,361| 19,190|  3,318
North Carolina .......|  5,084|  1,323|  5,882|   1,254|  6,254|  1,175|  6,632|   1,147|  8,082|   1,451|  8,306|  1,479|  8,407|  1,497
North Dakota .........|    618|    175|    653|     136|    677|    133|    639|     127|    641|     116|    634|    112|    634|    110
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Ohio .................| 10,657|  2,820| 10,798|   2,307| 10,735|  2,090| 10,847|   2,012| 11,364|   2,123| 11,409|  2,091| 11,436|  2,075
Oklahoma .............|  2,559|    640|  3,025|     622|  3,271|    635|  3,146|     609|  3,454|     647|  3,490|    638|  3,512|    634
Oregon ...............|  2,092|    534|  2,633|     525|  2,673|    504|  2,842|     521|  3,431|     629|  3,520|    627|  3,560|    626
Pennsylvania .........| 11,801|  2,925| 11,864|   2,376| 11,771|  2,079| 11,883|   1,996| 12,286|   2,176| 12,329|  2,146| 12,365|  2,126
Rhode Island .........|    950|    225|    947|     186|    969|    163|  1,003|     159|  1,051|     181|  1,068|    183|  1,076|    183
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
South Carolina .......|  2,591|    720|  3,122|     703|  3,303|    663|  3,486|     662|  4,024|     726|  4,104|    744|  4,147|    746
South Dakota .........|    666|    187|    691|     147|    698|    139|    696|     144|    756|     149|    760|    146|    764|    144
Tennessee ............|  3,926|  1,002|  4,591|     972|  4,715|    903|  4,877|     882|  5,703|   1,018|  5,790|  1,015|  5,842|  1,012
Texas ................| 11,199|  3,002| 14,229|   3,137| 16,273|  3,318| 16,986|   3,437| 20,955|   4,324| 21,737|  4,390| 22,119|  4,433
Utah .................|  1,059|    312|  1,461|     350|  1,643|    418|  1,723|     457|  2,243|     502|  2,319|    511|  2,351|    513
                      |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |        |       |       |       |
Vermont ..............|    445|    118|    511|     109|    530|    100|    563|     102|    610|     111|    616|    108|    619|    106
Virginia .............|  4,651|  1,197|  5,347|   1,114|  5,715|  1,039|  6,189|   1,060|  7,106|   1,283|  7,288|  1,298|  7,386|  1,308
Washington ...........|  3,413|    881|  4,132|     826|  4,400|    816|  4,867|     893|  5,912|   1,118|  6,067|  1,112|  6,131|  1,107
West Virginia ........|  1,744|    442|  1,950|     414|  1,907|    383|  1,793|     337|  1,807|     298|  1,805|    293|  1,810|    290
Wisconsin ............|  4,418|  1,203|  4,706|   1,011|  4,748|    908|  4,892|     927|  5,374|   1,021|  5,440|  1,001|  5,472|    994
Wyoming ..............|    332|     92|    470|     101|    500|    108|    454|     101|    494|      96|    499|     92|    501|     90
______________________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|_______

\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 because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 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 October 2004.)