National Center for Education Statistics

Table B-2. Actual and projected numbers for preprimary school-age populations: 1991 through 2016
[In thousands]
Year (July 1) 3- to 5-year-olds 3-year-olds 4-year-olds 5-year-olds

Actual
1991 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,151 3,723 3,722 3,707
1992 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,346 3,824 3,790 3,732
1993 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,692 3,989 3,898 3,805
1994 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,001 4,023 4,066 3,912
1995 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,188 4,004 4,103 4,081
1996 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,141 3,936 4,086 4,119
1997 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,019 3,894 4,021 4,104
1998 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,880 3,862 3,979 4,040
1999 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,768 3,827 3,946 3,996
2000 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,700 3,824 3,905 3,971
2001 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,576 3,815 3,839 3,923
2002 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,507 3,822 3,830 3,856
2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,563 3,882 3,836 3,846
2004 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,795 4,050 3,894 3,851
2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,977 4,007 4,062 3,908
Projected
2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,266 4,101 4,081 4,084
2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,331 4,133 4,109 4,089
2008 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,427 4,170 4,140 4,116
2009 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,534 4,209 4,177 4,148
2010 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,650 4,250 4,216 4,184
2011 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,772 4,293 4,256 4,223
2012 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,901 4,338 4,300 4,263
2013 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,033 4,381 4,345 4,307
2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,160 4,420 4,388 4,352
2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,277 4,455 4,427 4,395
2016 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,381 4,485 4,462 4,435
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Projections are from the U.S.
Census Bureau's middle series.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved October 10 and 11, 2006, from
http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/EST90INTERCENSAL/US-EST90INT-datasets.html and
http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2005_nat_af.html; and Population Projections, retrieved October 10 and 11, 2006, from
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/usinterimproj/. (This table was prepared November 2006.)