Sex and Age

Population Estimates                                                                               

April 1, 2000

July 1, 2006

July 1, 2005

July 1, 2004

July 1, 2003

July 1, 2002

July 1, 2001

July 1, 2000

Estimates Base

Census

BOTH SEXES

299,398,484

296,507,061

293,638,158

290,796,023

288,125,973

285,226,284

282,216,952

281,424,602

281,421,906

.Under 5 years

20,417,636

20,315,137

20,069,872

19,782,609

19,544,315

19,353,992

19,188,417

19,176,154

19,175,798

.5 to 9 years

19,709,887

19,557,631

19,623,955

19,774,041

19,990,336

20,241,217

20,477,916

20,549,855

20,549,505

.10 to 14 years

20,627,397

20,878,743

21,142,674

21,212,115

21,120,918

20,898,368

20,621,536

20,528,425

20,528,072

.15 to 19 years

21,324,186

21,063,122

20,736,755

20,496,681

20,383,763

20,317,327

20,264,295

20,218,782

20,219,890

.20 to 24 years

21,111,240

21,052,873

20,957,254

20,708,860

20,350,369

19,823,017

19,132,377

18,962,964

18,964,001

.25 to 29 years

20,709,480

20,054,422

19,539,121

19,112,770

18,936,755

18,957,108

19,309,297

19,381,792

19,381,336

.30 to 34 years

19,706,499

20,090,234

20,467,227

20,717,049

20,831,011

20,744,775

20,543,128

20,511,067

20,510,388

.35 to 39 years

21,185,785

21,005,651

21,046,819

21,402,651

21,849,367

22,289,056

22,661,865

22,707,390

22,706,664

.40 to 44 years

22,481,165

22,860,332

23,049,997

22,984,520

22,953,880

22,849,514

22,525,343

22,442,442

22,441,863

.45 to 49 years

22,797,569

22,485,966

22,120,774

21,765,582

21,280,687

20,713,076

20,222,751

20,092,711

20,092,404

.50 to 54 years

20,480,605

20,001,365

19,497,932

19,043,393

18,700,516

18,664,982

17,775,197

17,585,824

17,585,548

.55 to 59 years

18,224,445

17,352,661

16,487,212

15,724,547

15,085,856

13,935,267

13,559,498

13,469,425

13,469,237

.60 to 64 years

13,362,238

13,001,917

12,589,166

12,113,413

11,503,953

11,105,924

10,857,108

10,805,577

10,805,447

.65 to 69 years

10,375,554

10,133,719

9,960,288

9,747,370

9,583,476

9,532,562

9,517,874

9,533,651

9,533,545

.70 to 74 years

8,541,290

8,516,293

8,519,676

8,607,912

8,702,713

8,791,646

8,851,945

8,857,533

8,857,441

.75 to 79 years

7,381,027

7,418,928

7,422,011

7,469,059

7,451,124

7,443,259

7,435,713

7,415,910

7,415,813

.80 to 84 years

5,665,664

5,640,765

5,558,948

5,417,713

5,309,990

5,147,548

4,986,555

4,945,426

4,945,367

.85 to 89 years

3,341,458

3,206,320

3,076,834

3,025,225

2,938,624

2,878,129

2,813,757

2,789,863

2,789,818

.90 to 94 years

1,456,846

1,408,214

1,344,287

1,285,325

1,230,677

1,180,310

1,128,719

1,112,563

1,112,531

.95 to 99 years

424,839

395,653

366,876

348,782

324,623

307,174

292,206

286,794

286,784

.100 years and over

73,674

67,115

60,480

56,406

53,020

52,033

51,455

50,454

50,454

.Median age (years)

36.4

36.2

36.0

35.9

35.7

35.5

35.4

35.3

35.3

MALE

147,512,152

145,973,538

144,467,272

142,937,648

141,592,348

140,079,250

138,482,231

138,056,129

138,053,563

.Under 5 years

10,441,759

10,386,943

10,263,864

10,116,289

9,994,122

9,897,189

9,816,144

9,810,907

9,810,733

.5 to 9 years

10,077,345

10,003,078

10,038,541

10,118,439

10,233,550

10,364,247

10,486,669

10,523,479

10,523,277

.10 to 14 years

10,562,775

10,692,773

10,829,786

10,866,423

10,818,003

10,705,669

10,566,199

10,520,392

10,520,197

.15 to 19 years

10,934,864

10,803,526

10,639,641

10,526,491

10,487,870

10,461,038

10,420,513

10,390,766

10,391,004

.20 to 24 years

10,910,090

10,858,108

10,783,847

10,622,308

10,434,842

10,145,834

9,781,930

9,687,506

9,687,814

.25 to 29 years

10,584,270

10,239,042

9,967,363

9,725,816

9,625,645

9,616,720

9,768,277

9,799,097

9,798,760

.30 to 34 years

9,980,383

10,147,355

10,329,400

10,441,305

10,500,642

10,448,199

10,341,337

10,322,266

10,321,769

.35 to 39 years

10,649,913

10,553,764

10,559,301

10,713,554

10,924,013

11,135,712

11,301,451

11,319,210

11,318,696

.40 to 44 years

11,200,369

11,367,101

11,453,369

11,409,706

11,397,053

11,337,484

11,171,172

11,129,514

11,129,102

.45 to 49 years

11,261,856

11,102,043

10,913,334

10,729,875

10,482,259

10,200,785

9,955,175

9,889,711

9,889,506

.50 to 54 years

10,027,772

9,788,208

9,534,546

9,311,264

9,147,390

9,134,024

8,700,874

8,607,914

8,607,724

.55 to 59 years

8,845,291

8,422,608

7,999,003

7,625,976

7,311,047

6,741,168

6,553,822

6,508,835

6,508,729

.60 to 64 years

6,378,589

6,200,604

5,997,495

5,769,221

5,474,602

5,283,579

5,163,229

5,136,709

5,136,627

.65 to 69 years

4,838,842

4,722,352

4,634,863

4,526,673

4,441,031

4,409,273

4,394,682

4,400,429

4,400,362

.70 to 74 years

3,831,425

3,811,416

3,801,419

3,832,659

3,865,615

3,893,772

3,905,318

3,902,969

3,902,912

.75 to 79 years

3,119,130

3,120,477

3,103,618

3,105,230

3,084,403

3,067,283

3,054,968

3,044,493

3,044,456

.80 to 84 years

2,179,201

2,160,188

2,118,291

2,056,302

2,004,336

1,930,410

1,854,262

1,834,916

1,834,897

.85 to 89 years

1,148,864

1,088,852

1,032,183

1,003,213

958,679

924,912

888,504

876,514

876,501

.90 to 94 years

424,109

400,813

373,966

349,941

328,014

307,781

287,968

282,329

282,325

.95 to 99 years

100,838

91,286

81,908

76,306

68,967

63,972

59,562

58,116

58,115

.100 years and over

14,467

13,001

11,534

10,657

10,265

10,199

10,175

10,057

10,057

.Median age (years)

35.1

34.9

34.7

34.5

34.4

34.2

34.1

34.0

34.0

FEMALE

151,886,332

150,533,523

149,170,886

147,858,375

146,533,625

145,147,034

143,734,721

143,368,473

143,368,343

.Under 5 years

9,975,877

9,928,194

9,806,008

9,666,320

9,550,193

9,456,803

9,372,273

9,365,247

9,365,065

.5 to 9 years

9,632,542

9,554,553

9,585,414

9,655,602

9,756,786

9,876,970

9,991,247

10,026,376

10,026,228

.10 to 14 years

10,064,622

10,185,970

10,312,888

10,345,692

10,302,915

10,192,699

10,055,337

10,008,033

10,007,875

.15 to 19 years

10,389,322

10,259,596

10,097,114

9,970,190

9,895,893

9,856,289

9,843,782

9,828,016

9,828,886

.20 to 24 years

10,201,150

10,194,765

10,173,407

10,086,552

9,915,527

9,677,183

9,350,447

9,275,458

9,276,187

.25 to 29 years

10,125,210

9,815,380

9,571,758

9,386,954

9,311,110

9,340,388

9,541,020

9,582,695

9,582,576

.30 to 34 years

9,726,116

9,942,879

10,137,827

10,275,744

10,330,369

10,296,576

10,201,791

10,188,801

10,188,619

.35 to 39 years

10,535,872

10,451,887

10,487,518

10,689,097

10,925,354

11,153,344

11,360,414

11,388,180

11,387,968

.40 to 44 years

11,280,796

11,493,231

11,596,628

11,574,814

11,556,827

11,512,030

11,354,171

11,312,928

11,312,761

.45 to 49 years

11,535,713

11,383,923

11,207,440

11,035,707

10,798,428

10,512,291

10,267,576

10,203,000

10,202,898

.50 to 54 years

10,452,833

10,213,157

9,963,386

9,732,129

9,553,126

9,530,958

9,074,323

8,977,910

8,977,824

.55 to 59 years

9,379,154

8,930,053

8,488,209

8,098,571

7,774,809

7,194,099

7,005,676

6,960,590

6,960,508

.60 to 64 years

6,983,649

6,801,313

6,591,671

6,344,192

6,029,351

5,822,345

5,693,879

5,668,868

5,668,820

.65 to 69 years

5,536,712

5,411,367

5,325,425

5,220,697

5,142,445

5,123,289

5,123,192

5,133,222

5,133,183

.70 to 74 years

4,709,865

4,704,877

4,718,257

4,775,253

4,837,098

4,897,874

4,946,627

4,954,564

4,954,529

.75 to 79 years

4,261,897

4,298,451

4,318,393

4,363,829

4,366,721

4,375,976

4,380,745

4,371,417

4,371,357

.80 to 84 years

3,486,463

3,480,577

3,440,657

3,361,411

3,305,654

3,217,138

3,132,293

3,110,510

3,110,470

.85 to 89 years

2,192,594

2,117,468

2,044,651

2,022,012

1,979,945

1,953,217

1,925,253

1,913,349

1,913,317

.90 to 94 years

1,032,737

1,007,401

970,321

935,384

902,663

872,529

840,751

830,234

830,206

.95 to 99 years

324,001

304,367

284,968

272,476

255,656

243,202

232,644

228,678

228,669

.100 years and over

59,207

54,114

48,946

45,749

42,755

41,834

41,280

40,397

40,397

.Median age (years)

37.7

37.6

37.4

37.2

37.0

36.8

36.6

36.5

36.5

Note: The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates base reflects changes to the Census 2000 population from the Count Question Resolution program and geographic program revisions.  Median age is calculated based on single year of age.

Suggested Citation:

Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population by Five-Year Age Groups and Sex for the United States: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NC-EST2006-01)

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Release Date: May 17, 2007