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State's High School Population Growth Rate Beat Other Age Groups

By Capital News Service
Wednesday, March 9, 2005

WASHINGTON - Maryland's overall population grew by 45,748 people from 2003 to 2004, according to new estimates from the Census Bureau, but the pace of growth varied between age groups.

AGE GROUP

2004

 2003 CHANGE FROM '03 to '04 PERCENT CHANGE
Under 18 1,394,808 1,382,877 11,931 0.86
Under 5 374,578 366,953 7,625 2.08
5 to 13 692,878 699,170 -6,292 -0.90
14 to 17 327,352 316,754 10,598 3.35
18 to 64 3,528,507 3,502,782 25,725 0.73
18 to 24 521,202 507,605 13,597 2.68
25 to 44 1,605,417 1,628,496 -23,079 -1.42
45 to 64 1,401,888 1,366,681 35,207 2.58
65+ 634,743 626,651 8,092 1.29
OTHER AGE GROUPINGS        
16+ 4,322,066 4,284,773 37,293 0.87
18+ 4,163,250 4,129,433 33,817 0.82
15 to 44 2,367,913 2,371,231 -3,318 -0.14
TOTAL POPULATION 5,558,058 5,512,310 45,748 0.83

SOURCE: Census Bureau's Annual Estimates of the Population by Sex and Age for Maryland: April 1, 2000, to July 1, 2004

Copyright © 2005 University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism


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