Population Distribution by Age, Race, and Nativity, 1860–2010
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
The following table lists the U.S. population from 1860 to 2010 according to age, race, and nativity.
| Race and nativity | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | White1 | ||||||||||
| Year | Total | Under 5 | 5–19 | 20–44 | 45–64 | 65 and over | Total | Native born | Foreign born | Black | Other races1 |
| Percent distribution | |||||||||||
| 18602 | 100.0% | 15.4% | 35.8% | 35.7% | 10.4% | 2.7% | 85.6% | 72.6% | 13.0% | 14.1% | 0.3% |
| 18702 | 100.0 | 14.3 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 87.1 | 72.9 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| 18802 | 100.0 | 13.8 | 34.3 | 35.9 | 12.6 | 3.4 | 86.5 | 73.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
| 18903 | 100.0 | 12.2 | 33.9 | 36.9 | 13.1 | 3.9 | 87.5 | 73.0 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| 1900 | 100.0 | 12.1 | 32.3 | 37.7 | 13.7 | 4.1 | 87.9 | 74.5 | 13.4 | 11.6 | 0.5 |
| 1910 | 100.0 | 11.6 | 30.4 | 39.0 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 88.9 | 74.4 | 14.5 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| 1920 | 100.0 | 10.9 | 29.8 | 38.4 | 16.1 | 4.7 | 89.7 | 76.7 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 0.4 |
| 1930 | 100.0 | 9.3 | 29.5 | 38.3 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 89.8 | 78.4 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| 1940 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 26.4 | 38.9 | 19.8 | 6.8 | 89.8 | 81.1 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 0.4 |
| 1950 | 100.0 | 10.7 | 23.2 | 37.6 | 20.3 | 8.1 | 89.5 | 82.8 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
| 1960 | 100.0 | 11.3 | 27.1 | 32.2 | 20.1 | 9.2 | 88.6 | 83.4 | 5.2 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| 19702 | 100.0 | 8.4 | 29.5 | 31.7 | 20.6 | 9.8 | 87.6 | 83.4 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 100.0 | 7.2 | 24.8 | 37.1 | 19.6 | 11.3 | 83.1 | — | — | 11.7 | 5.2 |
| 1990 | 100.0 | 7.6 | 21.3 | 40.1 | 18.6 | 12.5 | 83.9 | — | — | 12.3 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 100.0 | 6.8 | 21.8 | 37.0 | 22.0 | 12.4 | 75.14 | — | — | 12.34 | 10.15 |
| 20056 | 100.0 | 6.8 | 20.7 | 35.4 | 24.6 | 12.4 | 80.2 | — | — | 12.84 | 7.05 |
| 2010 | 100.0 | 6.5 | 17.5 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 13.0 | 75.1 | — | — | 12.94 | 6.2 |
NOTES: Data exclude armed forces overseas.
(—) Data not available.
1. The racial census data for 1980 and all years following are not directly comparable to those of other years because of changes in the way some persons reported their race, as well as changes in procedures relating to racial classification.
2. Excludes persons for whom age is not available.
3. Excludes persons enumerated in the Indian Territory and on Indian reservations.
4. Includes only those claiming one race only.
5. Includes American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, and those claiming more than one race.
6. Estimated.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web: www.census.gov.
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