EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, APRIL 21, 1997 (MONDAY) Public Information Office CB97-64 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Greg Harper 301-457-2385 Census Bureau Releases 1996 Population Estimates For States With Age And Sex Detail The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released state population estimates by various age detail and gender as of July 1, 1996. These estimates are released in three formats--paper, the Internet, and diskette. Not all data items appear in each format. Extracts of the population estimates are available in the population paper listing, "Estimates of the Population of States by Age Groups and Sex: 1990 and 1996," PPL-68. This listing contains the following tables: - Table 1. (ST-96-4) Total Population by Age Groups: April 1, 1990 (revised census population counts) - Table 2. (ST-96-5) Male Population by Age Groups: April 1, 1990 (revised census population counts) - Table 3. (ST-96-6) Female Population by Age Groups: April 1, 1990 (revised census population counts) - Table 4. (ST-96-7) Total Population by Age Groups: July 1, 1996 (estimate) - Table 5. (ST-96-8) Male Population by Age Groups: July 1, 1996 (estimate) - Table 6. (ST-96-9) Female Population by Age Groups: July 1, 1996 (estimate) The entire set of state population estimates by age and gender is available on the Census Bureau's Internet site at http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/statepop.html The titles of the Internet tables are: - ST-96-10 Estimates of the Population of the U.S., Regions, Divisions, and States by Selected Age Groups and Sex: Annual Time Series, July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1996 (includes revised April 1, 1990 census population counts) - ST-96-11 Estimates of the Population of the U.S., Regions, Divisions, and States by 5-Year Age Groups and Sex: Annual Time Series, July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1996 (includes revised April 1, 1990 census population counts) - ST-96-12 through ST-96-19 Estimates of the Population of the U.S. and States by Single Year of Age and Sex, provide one file for each year from April 1, 1990 (revised census population counts) through July 1, 1996 Tables ST-96-12 through ST-96-19 also are available on diskette (PE-56).-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 over 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.
