| Table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 5 through 6. | | | | | | | | | |
| Resident Population plus Armed Forces Overseas--Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race: July 1, 1956 | | | | | | | | | |
| (Includes Alaska and Hawaii) | | | | | | | | | |
| Age | All races | | | White | | | Nonwhite | | |
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female |
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| All ages | 168,903,031 | 83,779,505 | 85,123,526 | 150,163,163 | 74,616,342 | 75,546,821 | 18,739,868 | 9,163,163 | 9,576,705 |
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| 0 | 3,860,003 | 1,963,108 | 1,896,895 | 3,297,745 | 1,682,630 | 1,615,115 | 562,258 | 280,478 | 281,780 |
| 1 | 3,857,934 | 1,966,740 | 1,891,194 | 3,317,883 | 1,695,787 | 1,622,096 | 540,051 | 270,953 | 269,098 |
| 2 | 3,839,092 | 1,950,751 | 1,888,341 | 3,299,590 | 1,681,655 | 1,617,935 | 539,502 | 269,096 | 270,406 |
| 3 | 3,759,958 | 1,910,546 | 1,849,412 | 3,248,705 | 1,655,656 | 1,593,049 | 511,253 | 254,890 | 256,363 |
| 4 | 3,686,410 | 1,879,642 | 1,806,768 | 3,192,810 | 1,632,892 | 1,559,918 | 493,600 | 246,750 | 246,850 |
| 5 | 3,587,147 | 1,823,230 | 1,763,917 | 3,096,630 | 1,578,874 | 1,517,756 | 490,517 | 244,356 | 246,161 |
| 6 | 3,447,168 | 1,753,791 | 1,693,377 | 2,985,408 | 1,523,327 | 1,462,081 | 461,760 | 230,464 | 231,296 |
| 7 | 3,480,478 | 1,772,187 | 1,708,291 | 3,022,297 | 1,543,010 | 1,479,287 | 458,181 | 229,177 | 229,004 |
| 8 | 3,438,169 | 1,750,772 | 1,687,397 | 3,010,578 | 1,536,141 | 1,474,437 | 427,591 | 214,631 | 212,960 |
| 9 | 3,699,221 | 1,885,697 | 1,813,524 | 3,280,609 | 1,675,938 | 1,604,671 | 418,612 | 209,759 | 208,853 |
| 10 | 2,719,985 | 1,385,294 | 1,334,691 | 2,370,821 | 1,210,544 | 1,160,277 | 349,164 | 174,750 | 174,414 |
| 11 | 2,774,962 | 1,414,145 | 1,360,817 | 2,413,580 | 1,233,156 | 1,180,424 | 361,382 | 180,989 | 180,393 |
| 12 | 2,820,730 | 1,436,176 | 1,384,554 | 2,463,511 | 1,256,286 | 1,207,225 | 357,219 | 179,890 | 177,329 |
| 13 | 2,961,160 | 1,507,118 | 1,454,042 | 2,606,967 | 1,328,935 | 1,278,032 | 354,193 | 178,183 | 176,010 |
| 14 | 2,640,702 | 1,341,995 | 1,298,707 | 2,298,927 | 1,170,184 | 1,128,743 | 341,775 | 171,811 | 169,964 |
| 15 | 2,423,680 | 1,224,146 | 1,199,534 | 2,110,430 | 1,069,412 | 1,041,018 | 313,250 | 154,734 | 158,516 |
| 16 | 2,287,083 | 1,153,355 | 1,133,728 | 1,996,015 | 1,010,692 | 985,323 | 291,068 | 142,663 | 148,405 |
| 17 | 2,265,473 | 1,142,830 | 1,122,643 | 1,977,872 | 1,000,926 | 976,946 | 287,601 | 141,904 | 145,697 |
| 18 | 2,244,273 | 1,131,577 | 1,112,696 | 1,964,232 | 993,662 | 970,570 | 280,041 | 137,915 | 142,126 |
| 19 | 2,119,953 | 1,060,805 | 1,059,148 | 1,857,431 | 933,158 | 924,273 | 262,522 | 127,647 | 134,875 |
| 20 | 2,114,781 | 1,057,652 | 1,057,129 | 1,854,409 | 932,326 | 922,083 | 260,372 | 125,326 | 135,046 |
| 21 | 2,157,495 | 1,077,700 | 1,079,795 | 1,894,940 | 952,934 | 942,006 | 262,555 | 124,766 | 137,789 |
| 22 | 2,044,985 | 1,018,651 | 1,026,334 | 1,783,465 | 895,030 | 888,435 | 261,520 | 123,621 | 137,899 |
| 23 | 2,111,474 | 1,054,058 | 1,057,416 | 1,846,663 | 928,101 | 918,562 | 264,811 | 125,957 | 138,854 |
| 24 | 2,187,004 | 1,090,978 | 1,096,026 | 1,925,527 | 967,563 | 957,964 | 261,477 | 123,415 | 138,062 |
| 25 | 2,251,515 | 1,124,974 | 1,126,541 | 1,992,183 | 1,003,454 | 988,729 | 259,332 | 121,520 | 137,812 |
| 26 | 2,332,479 | 1,160,584 | 1,171,895 | 2,075,711 | 1,040,237 | 1,035,474 | 256,768 | 120,347 | 136,421 |
| 27 | 2,376,674 | 1,179,060 | 1,197,614 | 2,119,340 | 1,058,373 | 1,060,967 | 257,334 | 120,687 | 136,647 |
| 28 | 2,384,752 | 1,180,170 | 1,204,582 | 2,124,116 | 1,058,008 | 1,066,108 | 260,636 | 122,162 | 138,474 |
| 29 | 2,377,271 | 1,170,504 | 1,206,767 | 2,113,003 | 1,046,791 | 1,066,212 | 264,268 | 123,713 | 140,555 |
| 30 | 2,413,901 | 1,187,212 | 1,226,689 | 2,147,494 | 1,062,672 | 1,084,822 | 266,407 | 124,540 | 141,867 |
| 31 | 2,492,691 | 1,228,395 | 1,264,296 | 2,221,392 | 1,101,732 | 1,119,660 | 271,299 | 126,663 | 144,636 |
| 32 | 2,462,517 | 1,208,497 | 1,254,020 | 2,186,023 | 1,079,389 | 1,106,634 | 276,494 | 129,108 | 147,386 |
| 33 | 2,464,261 | 1,205,959 | 1,258,302 | 2,184,897 | 1,074,961 | 1,109,936 | 279,364 | 130,998 | 148,366 |
| 34 | 2,565,674 | 1,260,139 | 1,305,535 | 2,288,408 | 1,129,080 | 1,159,328 | 277,266 | 131,059 | 146,207 |
| 35 | 2,512,341 | 1,233,195 | 1,279,146 | 2,241,220 | 1,103,863 | 1,137,357 | 271,121 | 129,332 | 141,789 |
| 36 | 2,441,990 | 1,199,367 | 1,242,623 | 2,177,593 | 1,071,948 | 1,105,645 | 264,397 | 127,419 | 136,978 |
| 37 | 2,414,743 | 1,185,805 | 1,228,938 | 2,158,032 | 1,060,864 | 1,097,168 | 256,711 | 124,941 | 131,770 |
| 38 | 2,370,532 | 1,166,330 | 1,204,202 | 2,121,123 | 1,044,332 | 1,076,791 | 249,409 | 121,998 | 127,411 |
| 39 | 2,323,075 | 1,146,151 | 1,176,924 | 2,078,672 | 1,026,822 | 1,051,850 | 244,403 | 119,329 | 125,074 |
| 40 | 2,289,541 | 1,127,908 | 1,161,633 | 2,048,055 | 1,010,655 | 1,037,400 | 241,486 | 117,253 | 124,233 |
| 41 | 2,281,709 | 1,126,866 | 1,154,843 | 2,043,397 | 1,011,831 | 1,031,566 | 238,312 | 115,035 | 123,277 |
| 42 | 2,233,007 | 1,101,297 | 1,131,710 | 1,997,963 | 988,457 | 1,009,506 | 235,044 | 112,840 | 122,204 |
| 43 | 2,214,657 | 1,092,206 | 1,122,451 | 1,984,249 | 981,798 | 1,002,451 | 230,408 | 110,408 | 120,000 |
| 44 | 2,175,605 | 1,074,669 | 1,100,936 | 1,952,715 | 967,531 | 985,184 | 222,890 | 107,138 | 115,752 |
| 45 | 2,128,724 | 1,050,636 | 1,078,088 | 1,915,667 | 947,585 | 968,082 | 213,057 | 103,051 | 110,006 |
| 46 | 2,110,423 | 1,043,172 | 1,067,251 | 1,907,447 | 944,382 | 963,065 | 202,976 | 98,790 | 104,186 |
| 47 | 2,079,532 | 1,028,304 | 1,051,228 | 1,886,536 | 933,828 | 952,708 | 192,996 | 94,476 | 98,520 |
| 48 | 2,042,257 | 1,010,480 | 1,031,777 | 1,857,080 | 919,381 | 937,699 | 185,177 | 91,099 | 94,078 |
| 49 | 1,962,889 | 971,540 | 991,349 | 1,781,687 | 882,048 | 899,639 | 181,202 | 89,492 | 91,710 |
| 50 | 1,896,811 | 938,921 | 957,890 | 1,716,865 | 849,742 | 867,123 | 179,946 | 89,179 | 90,767 |
| 51 | 1,831,199 | 907,791 | 923,408 | 1,652,409 | 818,858 | 833,551 | 178,790 | 88,933 | 89,857 |
| 52 | 1,787,340 | 887,811 | 899,529 | 1,610,419 | 799,455 | 810,964 | 176,921 | 88,356 | 88,565 |
| 53 | 1,721,462 | 855,933 | 865,529 | 1,548,597 | 769,296 | 779,301 | 172,865 | 86,637 | 86,228 |
| 54 | 1,645,282 | 815,888 | 829,394 | 1,479,481 | 732,611 | 746,870 | 165,801 | 83,277 | 82,524 |
| 55 | 1,653,083 | 817,784 | 835,299 | 1,495,833 | 738,738 | 757,095 | 157,250 | 79,046 | 78,204 |
| 56 | 1,620,064 | 799,549 | 820,515 | 1,470,784 | 724,489 | 746,295 | 149,280 | 75,060 | 74,220 |
| 57 | 1,565,753 | 770,756 | 794,997 | 1,424,268 | 699,694 | 724,574 | 141,485 | 71,062 | 70,423 |
| 58 | 1,544,679 | 758,685 | 785,994 | 1,411,335 | 691,915 | 719,420 | 133,344 | 66,770 | 66,574 |
| 59 | 1,510,043 | 739,018 | 771,025 | 1,384,951 | 676,667 | 708,284 | 125,092 | 62,351 | 62,741 |
| 60 | 1,463,365 | 713,965 | 749,400 | 1,346,639 | 656,066 | 690,573 | 116,726 | 57,899 | 58,827 |
| 61 | 1,425,006 | 693,326 | 731,680 | 1,317,490 | 640,278 | 677,212 | 107,516 | 53,048 | 54,468 |
| 62 | 1,399,337 | 678,585 | 720,752 | 1,298,834 | 629,368 | 669,466 | 100,503 | 49,217 | 51,286 |
| 63 | 1,365,289 | 659,417 | 705,872 | 1,267,344 | 611,843 | 655,501 | 97,945 | 47,574 | 50,371 |
| 64 | 1,304,579 | 627,960 | 676,619 | 1,205,851 | 580,273 | 625,578 | 98,728 | 47,687 | 51,041 |
| 65 | 1,235,999 | 592,788 | 643,211 | 1,136,121 | 544,658 | 591,463 | 99,878 | 48,130 | 51,748 |
| 66 | 1,207,122 | 576,972 | 630,150 | 1,105,273 | 527,948 | 577,325 | 101,849 | 49,024 | 52,825 |
| 67 | 1,173,570 | 559,698 | 613,872 | 1,072,447 | 510,929 | 561,518 | 101,123 | 48,769 | 52,354 |
| 68 | 1,111,188 | 528,839 | 582,349 | 1,015,830 | 482,741 | 533,089 | 95,358 | 46,098 | 49,260 |
| 69 | 1,057,235 | 502,097 | 555,138 | 971,390 | 460,633 | 510,757 | 85,845 | 41,464 | 44,381 |
| 70 | 991,438 | 467,634 | 523,804 | 914,957 | 430,872 | 484,085 | 76,481 | 36,762 | 39,719 |
| 71 | 924,740 | 433,215 | 491,525 | 857,528 | 401,067 | 456,461 | 67,212 | 32,148 | 35,064 |
| 72 | 855,929 | 399,087 | 456,842 | 796,738 | 370,886 | 425,852 | 59,191 | 28,201 | 30,990 |
| 73 | 783,343 | 362,660 | 420,683 | 729,925 | 337,195 | 392,730 | 53,418 | 25,465 | 27,953 |
| 74 | 712,341 | 328,378 | 383,963 | 663,200 | 304,754 | 358,446 | 49,141 | 23,624 | 25,517 |
| 75 | 643,966 | 295,806 | 348,160 | 599,398 | 274,012 | 325,386 | 44,568 | 21,794 | 22,774 |
| 76 | 580,409 | 265,575 | 314,834 | 540,610 | 245,707 | 294,903 | 39,799 | 19,868 | 19,931 |
| 77 | 522,902 | 238,275 | 284,627 | 487,730 | 220,378 | 267,352 | 35,172 | 17,897 | 17,275 |
| 78 | 475,657 | 214,584 | 261,073 | 444,636 | 198,673 | 245,963 | 31,021 | 15,911 | 15,110 |
| 79 | 428,091 | 190,878 | 237,213 | 400,528 | 176,894 | 223,634 | 27,563 | 13,984 | 13,579 |
| 80 | 385,155 | 169,711 | 215,444 | 360,483 | 157,526 | 202,957 | 24,672 | 12,185 | 12,487 |
| 81 | 336,042 | 145,761 | 190,281 | 314,038 | 135,274 | 178,764 | 22,004 | 10,487 | 11,517 |
| 82 | 280,499 | 119,207 | 161,292 | 261,186 | 110,382 | 150,804 | 19,313 | 8,825 | 10,488 |
| 83 | 236,421 | 98,547 | 137,874 | 219,890 | 91,379 | 128,511 | 16,531 | 7,168 | 9,363 |
| 84 | 191,237 | 77,547 | 113,690 | 177,340 | 72,039 | 105,301 | 13,897 | 5,508 | 8,389 |
| 85+ | 804,375 | 330,493 | 473,882 | 741,767 | 304,261 | 437,506 | 62,608 | 26,232 | 36,376 |
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| Notes about the National Population Estimates by Age, Sex, and Race: 1900 to 1979 | | | | | | | | | |
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| The worksheets for 1900-1929 represent the resident population of the United States, by single year of age (0 to 75+), race (White, Nonwhite), and sex. Data for these years exclude the Armed Forces overseas and the population residing in Alaska and Hawaii. Unrounded data for these years is not available. | | | | | | | | | |
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| The worksheets for 1930-1939 represent the resident population of the United States, by single year of age (0 to 75+), race (White, Nonwhite), and sex. Data for these years exclude the Armed Forces overseas and the population residing in Alaska and Hawaii. | | | | | | | | | |
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| The worksheets for 1940-1949 represent the resident population plus Armed Forces overseas of the United States, by single year of age (0 to 85+), race (White, Nonwhite), and sex. Data for these years exclude the population residing in Alaska and Hawaii. | | | | | | | | | |
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| The worksheets for 1950-1959 represent the resident population plus Armed Forces overseas of the United States, by single year of age (0 to 85+), race (White, Nonwhite), and sex. Data for these years include the population residing in Alaska and Hawaii. | | | | | | | | | |
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| The worksheets for 1960-1979 represent the resident population plus Armed Forces overseas of the United States, by single year of age (0 to 85+), race (White, Black, and Other races), and sex. | | | | | | | | | |
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| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division | | | | | | | | | |
| Internet Release date: October 1, 2004 | | | | | | | | | |