EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, DECEMBER 18, 1997 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB97-207 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Larry Sink 301-457-2461 Census Bureau Releases Updated Population Estimates For Individual States and Counties The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released annual population estimates for individual states and counties from 1990 through 1996, by age, gender, race and Hispanic origin. Access here for detailed tables: Table 1. 1990 to 1996 Estimates of States and Counties by Race and Hispanic Origin. Table 2. 1990 to 1996 Estimates of States and Counties by Age, Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin. The data for states include cross-tabulations by single year of age (to age 85 and over), by race (White; African American; American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut; Asian and Pacific Islander), by Hispanic origin (Hispanic and non-Hispanic) and by gender. In addition to Internet, these state tables are available on floppy diskette (PE-57). The state estimates also are summarized in tables showing a limited race/Hispanic-origin breakdown; and these are available as paper listings (PPL-78). The county estimates, available on the Internet and floppy diskette (PE-58), are presented in three data sets corresponding to the following cross-tabulations: - single year of age by gender - race by Hispanic origin - five-year age groups by gender by limited race/Hispanic-origin breakdown. In addition, these estimates are summarized in two sets of tables: one with a limited race/Hispanic-origin breakdown and a second showing age categories. These tables also are available as paper listings (PPL-79 for race/Hispanic origin and PPL-80 for age). The estimates presented in these products were produced by a method still in a developmental stage. They should be used with caution since individual data cells may not be accurate in every case.-X-The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
