America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011
Population Figures
Indicator Pop1: Number of children ages 0–17 in the United States, 1950–2010 and projected 2011–2050
NOTE: Population projections are based on the Census 2000 counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Censuses and Population Estimates and Projections.
Indicator Pop2: Children ages 0–17 and adults ages 65 and older as a percentage of the U.S. population, 1950–2010 and projected 2011–2050
NOTE: Population projections are based on the Census 2000 counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Censuses and Population Estimates and Projections.
Indicator Pop3: Percentage of children ages 0–17 in the United States by race and Hispanic origin, 1980–2010 and projected 2011–2050
NOTE: Data from 2000 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately; Hispanics may be any race. In 1980 and 1990, following the 1977 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the decennial census gave respondents the option to identify with one race from the following: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The Census Bureau also offered an "Other" category. Beginning in 2000, following the 1997 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the decennial census gave respondents the option to identify with one or more races from the following: White, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. In addition, a "Some other race" category was included with OMB approval. Those who chose more than one race were classified as "Two or more races." Except for the "All other races" category, all race groups discussed from 2000 onward refer to people who indicated only one racial identity. (Those who were "Two or more races" were included in the "All other races" category, along with American Indians or Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders.)
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates and Projections.