Age Distribution of College Students 14 Years Old and Over

Table A-6. Age Distribution of College Students 14 Years Old and Over, by Gender, Race, and Hispanic Origin: October 1947 to 1998

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date: October 6, 1999

(Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional population)

ALL RACES	All Students								Male								Female
Year	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 years	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35
1998	15,546	123	3,670	3,092	2,561	2,148	1,266	2,685	6,905	48	1,667	1,517	1,219	979	521	953	8,641	74	2,003	1,574	1,342	1,170	745	1,732
1997	15,436	171	3,362	3,143	2,699	2,154	1,116	2,791	6,843	59	1,561	1,521	1,292	1,052	457	899	8,593	112	1,801	1,622	1,406	1,102	658	1,892
1996	15,226	237	3,309	2,907	2,551	2,215	1,228	2,778	6,820	97	1,489	1,379	1,319	1,038	485	1,013	8,406	140	1,821	1,528	1,233	1,177	743	1,765
1995	14,715	158	3,101	2,940	2,498	2,143	1,206	2,669	6,703	68	1,431	1,423	1,235	1,008	553	985	8,013	90	1,671	1,518	1,263	1,135	653	1,684
1994	15,022	150	3,051	3,028	2,650	2,026	1,393	2,725	6,764	65	1,416	1,414	1,322	972	617	958	8,258	85	1,635	1,613	1,328	1,054	776	1,766
1993r	14,394	130	3,070	2,892	2,668	1,914	1,226	2,493	6,599	55	1,407	1,405	1,425	892	534	880	7,795	75	1,663	1,487	1,243	1,022	692	1,613
1993	13,898	123	2,926	2,734	2,533	1,867	1,227	2,488	6,324	52	1,337	1,312	1,345	872	534	873	7,574	71	1,588	1,422	1,189	995	693	1,616
1992	14,035	205	2,892	2,938	2,512	1,829	1,296	2,364	6,192	97	1,325	1,344	1,243	845	547	789	7,844	107	1,566	1,594	1,269	984	748	1,575
1991	14,057	132	2,929	2,939	2,304	1,983	1,302	2,468	6,439	49	1,326	1,390	1,238	1,018	587	832	7,618	83	1,603	1,549	1,066	965	715	1,636
1990	13,621	178	3,019	2,767	2,178	1,927	1,235	2,319	6,192	86	1,443	1,364	1,115	910	502	772	7,429	91	1,576	1,403	1,063	1,017	732	1,546
1989	13,180	183	3,066	2,570	2,168	1,889	1,192	2,112	5,950	73	1,422	1,228	1,067	926	517	716	7,231	110	1,643	1,342	1,100	964	675	1,396
1988	13,116	182	3,046	2,681	2,064	1,735	1,228	2,179	5,950	58	1,365	1,295	1,110	835	560	727	7,166	124	1,682	1,386	953	900	668	1,452
1987	12,719	239	3,045	2,642	2,006	1,826	1,159	1,802	6,030	116	1,483	1,350	1,034	921	500	625	6,689	123	1,562	1,292	972	905	659	1,176
1986	12,651	201	2,967	2,374	2,136	1,860	1,245	1,867	5,957	82	1,421	1,161	1,120	968	577	628	6,694	120	1,546	1,213	1,016	892	667	1,240
1985	12,524	262	2,907	2,616	2,014	1,884	1,180	1,661	5,906	131	1,349	1,313	1,087	942	522	561	6,618	129	1,559	1,303	926	941	658	1,100
1984	12,304	253	2,867	2,597	2,127	1,857	1,158	1,445	5,989	91	1,373	1,337	1,219	965	527	476	6,315	161	1,494	1,260	908	892	630	970
1983	12,320	260	2,940	2,495	2,042	1,921	1,167	1,495	6,010	108	1,340	1,310	1,170	1,055	521	506	6,310	153	1,600	1,185	872	865	645	989
1982	12,308	254	2,929	2,689	2,060	1,859	1,129	1,389	5,899	112	1,376	1,346	1,115	968	492	490	6,410	141	1,553	1,343	945	891	637	900
1981	12,127	232	3,044	2,545	1,986	1,717	1,211	1,393	5,825	96	1,450	1,239	1,144	909	533	453	6,303	136	1,594	1,305	842	808	677	940
1980	11,387	249	2,933	2,423	1,870	1,641	1,062	1,207	5,430	96	1,369	1,246	989	853	472	405	5,957	153	1,565	1,178	882	788	590	802
1979	11,380	311	2,844	2,353	1,794	1,679	996	1,402	5,480	129	1,341	1,192	975	893	463	487	5,900	183	1,503	1,161	818	786	533	914
1978	11,141	274	2,899	2,298	1,798	1,619	950	1,303	5,580	106	1,391	1,202	1,028	922	474	457	5,559	168	1,507	1,096	770	697	476	845
1977	11,546	274	2,913	2,430	1,799	1,809	992	1,329	5,889	112	1,396	1,280	1,036	1,035	511	520	5,657	162	1,517	1,151	763	774	481	809
1976	11,139	281	2,937	2,398	1,846	1,686	803	1,189	5,785	105	1,391	1,209	1,073	1,067	451	489	5,354	176	1,546	1,189	773	619	352	700
1975	10,880	293	2,943	2,313	1,679	1,616	853	1,183	5,911	128	1,426	1,256	1,011	1,025	496	569	4,969	164	1,517	1,058	668	590	357	614
1974	9,852	309	2,597	2,192	1,527	1,482	720	1,025	5,402	145	1,262	1,206	943	951	420	476	4,449	165	1,335	986	584	531	300	548
1973	8,966	295	2,517	2,073	1,465	1,278	551	787	5,048	121	1,293	1,130	937	867	329	371	3,918	174	1,224	944	528	411	222	416
1972	9,096	295	2,680	2,116	1,461	1,229	531	783	5,218	141	1,366	1,170	998	848	330	365	3,877	153	1,314	946	464	381	200	418
1971	8,087	284	2,726	1,997	1,487	1,067	527	(NA)	4,850	129	1,444	1,090	1,065	787	334	(NA)	3,236	154	1,281	906	423	280	192	(NA)
1970	7,413	260	2,594	1,857	1,354	939	410	(NA)	4,401	130	1,346	1,083	902	684	256	(NA)	3,013	130	1,248	774	452	255	154	(NA)
1969	7,435	242	2,601	1,945	1,294	918	435	(NA)	4,448	120	1,397	1,112	883	671	265	(NA)	2,987	122	1,204	833	411	247	171	(NA)
1968	6,801	281	2,501	1,826	1,029	790	373	(NA)	4,124	134	1,357	1,093	702	603	236	(NA)	2,677	147	1,144	733	328	187	138	(NA)
1967	6,401	239	2,286	1,816	998	707	356	(NA)	3,841	96	1,198	1,066	718	524	239	(NA)	2,560	143	1,088	749	280	183	117	(NA)
1966	6,085	254	2,440	1,472	987	679	254	(NA)	3,749	105	1,355	899	722	494	174	(NA)	2,337	149	1,085	573	265	185	80	(NA)
1965	5,675	264	2,215	1,326	940	614	316	(NA)	3,503	113	1,218	804	699	458	211	(NA)	2,172	151	997	522	241	156	105	(NA)
1964	4,643	291	1,616	1,287	670	523	256	(NA)	2,888	165	866	769	510	396	182	(NA)	1,755	126	750	518	160	127	74	(NA)
1963	4,336	180	1,504	1,212	717	482	241	(NA)	2,742	99	796	734	574	365	174	(NA)	1,594	81	708	478	143	117	67	(NA)
1962	4,208	233	1,612	996	630	486	251	(NA)	2,742	125	891	617	508	406	195	(NA)	1,466	108	721	379	122	80	56	(NA)
1961	3,731	213	1,470	892	507	437	212	(NA)	2,356	84	834	554	393	337	154	(NA)	1,375	129	636	338	114	100	58	(NA)
1960	3,570	222	1,299	790	509	491	259	(NA)	2,339	99	734	503	411	399	193	(NA)	1,231	123	565	287	98	92	66	(NA)
1959	3,340	210	1,175	739	489	503	224	(NA)	2,187	92	651	501	355	422	166	(NA)	1,153	118	524	238	134	81	58	(NA)
1958	3,242	167	1,114	1,221		534	206	(NA)	2,129	73	621	850		439	146	(NA)	1,113	94	493	371		95	60	(NA)
1957	3,138	176	989	1,236		553	184	(NA)	2,028	77	538	827		459	127	(NA)	1,110	99	451	409		94	57	(NA)
1956	2,883	167	934	1,105		494	183	(NA)	1,932	77	512	781		429	133	(NA)	951	90	422	324		65	50	(NA)
1955	2,379	147	745	931		406	150	(NA)	1,579	57	432	647		337	107	(NA)	800	90	313	285		69	43	(NA)
1950	2,175	180	733	939		324	(NA)	(NA)	1,474	74	395	692		314	(NA)	(NA)	701	106	338	247		10	(NA)	(NA)
1947	2,311	188	620	1,088		321	94	(NA)	1,687	87	343	872		301	84	(NA)	624	101	277	216		20	10	(NA)

PARTICIPATION BY RACE		All Students								Male								Female
Race	Year	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35 years	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35	Total	14 to 17	18 and 19	20 and 21	22 to 24	25 to 29	30 to 34	35
NonHispanic White	1998	11,004	82	2,703	2,247	1,754	1,388	828	2,003	5,035	28	1,274	1,104	893	663	346	728	5,969	54	1,429	1,143	861	726	482	1,275
NonHispanic White	1997	11,185	79	2,475	2,354	1,870	1,491	770	2,144	5,007	33	1,178	1,161	930	725	314	666	6,178	46	1,297	1,194	940	767	456	1,478
NonHispanic Black	1998	1,965	22	447	351	282	322	211	331	752	12	194	159	83	134	67	102	1,213	9	252	192	199	188	144	229
NonHispanic Black	1997	1,861	21	371	314	375	253	158	368	712	7	138	137	143	105	65	117	1,149	14	233	177	232	149	93	252
NonHispanic Asian and Pacific Islanders	1998	1,005	6	198	185	237	187	82	111	485	6	83	90	126	86	52	41	520	-	115	95	111	100	30	70
NonHispanic Asian and Pacific Islanders	1997	939	20	163	186	187	201	91	90	504	4	92	80	109	128	47	44	435	16	71	106	78	73	43	46
WHITE	1998	12,401	93	2,994	2,537	2,010	1,604	964	2,199	5,602	30	1,376	1,256	1,002	746	396	795	6,799	63	1,618	1,281	1,008	858	567	1,405
WHITE	1997	12,442	127	2,792	2,602	2,101	1,666	856	2,289	5,552	48	1,314	1,289	1,030	802	345	725	6,890	79	1,479	1,313	1,071	864	511	1,573
BLACK	1998	2,016	22	461	354	300	328	211	340	770	12	194	162	88	140	67	105	1,247	9	267	192	212	188	144	234
BLACK	1997	1,903	24	381	321	383	258	165	372	723	7	142	137	146	110	65	117	1,180	17	238	184	237	149	100	255
Hispanic	1998	1,363	9	288	263	269	206	130	198	550		97	139	110	86	54	64	814	9	191	124	159	120	77	134
Hispanic	1997	1,260	49	316	254	236	174	80	151	555	15	133	132	106	78	31	60	704	34	183	123	130	96	49	91

r = Revised, controlled to 1990 census based population estimates; previous 1993 data controlled to 1980 census based population estimates.
Data for 1955 to 1963 are for Black and other races.
Hispanics may be of any race.

Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey.
Contact: Education and Social Stratification Branch, (301)457-2464.