Civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, race, and ethnicity

This table also can be found in the article, "Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce," published in the January 2012 Monthly Labor Review.

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Table 3.2 Civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1990, 2000, 2010 and projected 2020
[Numbers in thousands]

Group

Level

Change

Annual rate of change

Percent distribution

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

1990

2000

2010

2020

Total, 16 years and older

189,164

212,577

237,830

263,009

23,413

25,253

25,179

1.2

1.1

1.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

16 to 24

33,421

34,223

37,948

38,055

802

3,725

107

0.2

1.0

0.0

17.7

16.1

16.0

14.5

16 to 19

14,520

15,912

16,901

17,131

1,392

989

230

0.9

0.6

0.1

7.7

7.5

7.1

6.5

20 to 24

18,902

18,311

21,047

20,924

-591

2,736

-123

-0.3

1.4

-0.1

10.0

8.6

8.8

8.0

25 to 54

105,777

120,657

125,291

128,665

14,880

4,634

3,374

1.3

0.4

0.3

55.9

56.8

52.7

48.9

25 to 34

42,976

38,704

40,903

45,215

-4,272

2,199

4,312

-1.0

0.6

1.0

22.7

18.2

17.2

17.2

35 to 44

37,719

44,312

40,090

42,534

6,593

-4,222

2,444

1.6

-1.0

0.6

19.9

20.8

16.9

16.2

45 to 54

25,081

37,641

44,297

40,916

12,560

6,656

-3,381

4.1

1.6

-0.8

13.3

17.7

18.6

15.6

55 and older

49,966

57,696

74,591

96,289

7,730

16,895

21,698

1.4

2.6

2.6

26.4

27.1

31.4

36.6

55 to 64

20,720

24,230

35,885

42,600

3,510

11,655

6,715

1.6

4.0

1.7

11.0

11.4

15.1

16.2

65 to 74

17,648

18,212

21,122

32,032

564

2,910

10,910

0.3

1.5

4.3

9.3

8.6

8.9

12.2

75 and older

11,598

15,254

17,585

21,657

3,656

2,331

4,072

2.8

1.4

2.1

6.1

7.2

7.4

8.2

 

Men, 16 years and older

90,377

101,964

115,174

127,711

11,587

13,210

12,537

1.2

1.2

1.0

47.8

48.0

48.4

48.6

16 to 24

16,667

17,190

19,128

19,145

523

1,938

17

0.3

1.1

0.0

8.8

8.1

8.0

7.3

16 to 19

7,347

8,089

8,578

8,659

742

489

81

1.0

0.6

0.1

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.3

20 to 24

9,320

9,101

10,550

10,486

-219

1,449

-64

-0.2

1.5

-0.1

4.9

4.3

4.4

4.0

25 to 54

51,884

59,155

61,986

64,030

7,271

2,831

2,044

1.3

0.5

0.3

27.4

27.8

26.1

24.3

25 to 34

21,117

19,106

20,465

22,644

-2,011

1,359

2,179

-1.0

0.7

1.0

11.2

9.0

8.6

8.6

35 to 44

18,529

21,684

19,807

21,134

3,155

-1,877

1,327

1.6

-0.9

0.7

9.8

10.2

8.3

8.0

45 to 54

12,238

18,365

21,713

20,252

6,127

3,348

-1,461

4.1

1.7

-0.7

6.5

8.6

9.1

7.7

55 and older

21,826

25,619

34,060

44,536

3,793

8,441

10,476

1.6

2.9

2.7

11.5

12.1

14.3

16.9

55 to 64

9,778

11,583

17,291

20,611

1,805

5,708

3,320

1.7

4.1

1.8

5.2

5.4

7.3

7.8

65 to 74

7,776

8,217

9,758

14,928

441

1,541

5,170

0.6

1.7

4.3

4.1

3.9

4.1

5.7

75 and older

4,273

5,819

7,011

8,998

1,546

1,192

1,987

3.1

1.9

2.5

2.3

2.7

2.9

3.4

 

Women, 16 years and older

98,787

110,613

122,656

135,298

11,826

12,043

12,642

1.1

1.0

1.0

52.2

52.0

51.6

51.4

16 to 24

16,754

17,034

18,820

18,909

280

1,786

89

0.2

1.0

0.0

8.9

8.0

7.9

7.2

16 to 19

7,173

7,823

8,323

8,471

650

500

148

0.9

0.6

0.2

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.2

20 to 24

9,582

9,211

10,497

10,438

-371

1,286

-59

-0.4

1.3

-0.1

5.1

4.3

4.4

4.0

25 to 54

53,893

61,502

63,305

64,635

7,609

1,803

1,330

1.3

0.3

0.2

28.5

28.9

26.6

24.6

25 to 34

21,859

19,598

20,438

22,572

-2,261

840

2,134

-1.1

0.4

1.0

11.6

9.2

8.6

8.6

35 to 44

19,190

22,628

20,282

21,400

3,438

-2,346

1,118

1.7

-1.1

0.5

10.1

10.6

8.5

8.1

45 to 54

12,843

19,276

22,584

20,664

6,433

3,308

-1,920

4.1

1.6

-0.9

6.8

9.1

9.5

7.9

55 and older

28,139

32,077

40,531

51,753

3,938

8,454

11,222

1.3

2.4

2.5

14.9

15.1

17.0

19.7

55 to 64

10,942

12,647

18,594

21,989

1,705

5,947

3,395

1.5

3.9

1.7

5.8

5.9

7.8

8.4

65 to 74

9,872

9,995

11,363

17,105

123

1,368

5,742

0.1

1.3

4.2

5.2

4.7

4.8

6.5

75 and older

7,325

9,435

10,574

12,659

2,110

1,139

2,085

2.6

1.1

1.8

3.9

4.4

4.4

4.8

 

White,16 years and older

160,625

176,220

192,075

207,693

15,595

15,855

15,618

0.9

0.9

0.8

84.9

82.9

80.8

79.0

Men

77,369

85,370

94,082

102,057

8,001

8,712

7,975

1.0

1.0

0.8

40.9

40.2

39.6

38.8

Women

83,256

90,850

97,993

105,636

7,594

7,143

7,643

0.9

0.8

0.8

44.0

42.7

41.2

40.2

 

Black, 16 years and older

21,477

24,901

28,708

32,650

3,424

3,807

3,942

1.5

1.4

1.3

11.4

11.7

12.1

12.4

Men

9,573

11,129

12,939

14,894

1,556

1,810

1,955

1.5

1.5

1.4

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.7

Women

11,904

13,772

15,769

17,756

1,868

1,997

1,987

1.5

1.4

1.2

6.3

6.5

6.6

6.8

 

Asian, 16 years and older

7,062

9,330

11,199

14,952

2,268

1,869

3,753

2.8

1.8

2.9

3.7

4.4

4.7

5.7

Men

3,434

4,420

5,315

6,995

986

895

1,680

2.6

1.9

2.8

1.8

2.1

2.2

2.7

Women

3,628

4,910

5,884

7,957

1,282

974

2,073

3.1

1.8

3.1

1.9

2.3

2.5

3.0

 

All other groups1

-

2,126

5,847

7,714

-

-

1,867

-

-

2.8

-

-

2.5

2.9

Men

-

1,045

2,838

3,765

-

-

927

-

-

2.9

-

-

1.2

1.4

Women

-

1,081

3,009

3,949

-

-

940

-

-

2.8

-

-

1.3

1.5

 

Hispanic origin, 16 years and older

15,904

23,938

33,713

46,067

8,034

9,775

12,354

4.2

3.5

3.2

8.4

11.3

14.2

17.5

Men

8,041

12,174

17,359

23,540

4,133

5,185

6,181

4.2

3.6

3.1

4.3

5.7

7.3

9.0

Women

7,863

11,764

16,353

22,527

3,901

4,589

6,174

4.1

3.3

3.3

4.2

5.5

6.9

8.6

 

Other than Hispanic origin, 16 years and older

173,260

188,639

204,117

216,942

15,379

15,478

12,825

0.9

0.8

0.6

91.6

88.7

85.8

82.5

Men

82,336

89,790

97,815

104,171

7,454

8,025

6,356

0.9

0.9

0.6

43.5

42.2

41.1

39.6

Women

90,924

98,849

106,303

112,771

7,925

7,454

6,468

0.8

0.7

0.6

48.1

46.5

44.7

42.9

 

White non-Hispanic, 16 years and older

146,535

153,506

160,811

165,024

6,971

7,305

4,213

0.5

0.5

0.3

77.5

72.2

67.6

62.7

Men

70,220

73,811

77,925

80,199

3,591

4,114

2,274

0.5

0.5

0.3

37.1

34.7

32.8

30.5

Women

76,315

79,695

82,886

84,825

3,380

3,191

1,939

0.4

0.4

0.2

40.3

37.5

34.9

32.3

 

Age of baby-boomers

26 to 44

36 to 54

46 to 64

56 to 74

Footnotes:
  1 The “all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of multiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and Alaska Native and (2b) Native Hawaiiann and Other Pacific Islanders.
Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.

Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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