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AGE DISTRIBUTION
Drawn as a "population pyramid," an area's age-sex structure hints at its patterns of growth. A top heavy pyramid, like the one for Grant County, North Dakota , suggests negative population growth that might be due to any number of factors, including high death rates, low birth rates, and increased emigration from the area. A bottom heavy pyramid, like the one drawn for Orange County, Florida , suggests high birthrates, falling or stable death rates, and the potential for rapid population growth. Most areas, however, fall somewhere between these two extremes and have a population pyramid that resembles a square, indicating slow and sustained growth with the birth rate exceeding the death rate, though not by a great margin.
| Age Distribution by Sex, 2000 | ||||
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total Population | 894,317 | 49.2% | 924,729 | 50.8% |
| 0-4 | 66,191 | 3.6% | 64,437 | 3.5% |
| 5-9 | 71,777 | 3.9% | 69,394 | 3.8% |
| 10-14 | 75,254 | 4.1% | 72,055 | 4.0% |
| 15-19 | 74,747 | 4.1% | 71,004 | 3.9% |
| 20-24 | 61,346 | 3.4% | 59,945 | 3.3% |
| 25-29 | 57,653 | 3.2% | 57,734 | 3.2% |
| 30-34 | 59,140 | 3.3% | 59,564 | 3.3% |
| 35-39 | 69,404 | 3.8% | 70,974 | 3.9% |
| 40-44 | 69,488 | 3.8% | 72,143 | 4.0% |
| 45-49 | 63,689 | 3.5% | 67,311 | 3.7% |
| 50-54 | 56,234 | 3.1% | 58,585 | 3.2% |
| 55-59 | 41,949 | 2.3% | 45,191 | 2.5% |
| 60-64 | 34,246 | 1.9% | 37,366 | 2.1% |
| 65-69 | 30,126 | 1.7% | 33,101 | 1.8% |
| 70-74 | 25,098 | 1.4% | 29,420 | 1.6% |
| 75-79 | 19,028 | 1.0% | 24,701 | 1.4% |
| 80-84 | 11,330 | 0.6% | 16,115 | 0.9% |
| 85 | 7,617 | 0.4% | 15,689 | 0.9% |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total Population | 745,253 | 49.2% | 769,816 | 50.8% |
| 0-4 | 64,169 | 4.2% | 61,709 | 4.1% |
| 5-9 | 66,612 | 4.4% | 64,447 | 4.3% |
| 10-14 | 62,064 | 4.1% | 59,568 | 3.9% |
| 15-19 | 58,207 | 3.8% | 55,731 | 3.7% |
| 20-24 | 53,482 | 3.5% | 52,576 | 3.5% |
| 25-29 | 63,103 | 4.2% | 62,980 | 4.2% |
| 30-34 | 64,626 | 4.3% | 66,040 | 4.4% |
| 35-39 | 60,113 | 4.0% | 61,850 | 4.1% |
| 40-44 | 52,641 | 3.5% | 53,113 | 3.5% |
| 45-49 | 39,676 | 2.6% | 41,114 | 2.7% |
| 50-54 | 32,162 | 2.1% | 34,496 | 2.3% |
| 55-59 | 29,842 | 2.0% | 32,196 | 2.1% |
| 60-64 | 28,002 | 1.8% | 31,488 | 2.1% |
| 65-69 | 25,744 | 1.7% | 29,734 | 2.0% |
| 70-74 | 19,231 | 1.3% | 22,898 | 1.5% |
| 75-79 | 13,429 | 0.9% | 18,294 | 1.2% |
| 80-84 | 7,571 | 0.5% | 11,929 | 0.8% |
| 85 | 4,579 | 0.3% | 9,653 | 0.6% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).