Table A.  Comparison of Total Population, Present Series with 1994-Based Projections.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  January 13, 2000

(Numbers in thousands.  As of July 1.  Resident population.)
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                          |                    Population                  |         Average Annual Percent Change
           Year           |------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------- 
                          |  Lowest Series   Middle Series  Highest Series | Lowest Series   Middle Series  Highest Series
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1994-Based Projections/1

1998                             268,396         270,002         271,647              --              --              --
2000                             271,237         274,634         278,129            0.53            0.85            1.18
2025                             290,789         335,050         380,781            0.28            0.80            1.26
2050                             282,524         393,931         518,903           -0.12            0.65            1.24
2100                                  --              --              --              --              --              --

New Series (1998-Based)

1998/2                           270,299         270,299         270,299              --              --              --
2000                             274,853         275,306         275,816            0.84            0.92            1.01
2025                             308,229         337,815         380,397            0.46            0.82            1.29
2050                             313,546         403,687         552,757            0.07            0.71            1.49
2100                             282,706         570,954       1,182,390           -0.21            0.69            1.52
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1  Jennifer Cheeseman Day, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Projections of the United States by Age, Sex, Race, and 
    Hispanic Origin: 1995 to 2050, Current Population Reports, P25-1130, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 
    1996.
2  Consistent with population estimates produced by the Bureau of the Census in 1998.