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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 | 9,146,748 | 48.2% | 9,829,709 | 51.8% |
| 0-4 | 634,081 | 3.3% | 605,336 | 3.2% |
| 5-9 | 691,025 | 3.6% | 660,832 | 3.5% |
| 10-14 | 682,849 | 3.6% | 649,584 | 3.4% |
| 15-19 | 661,617 | 3.5% | 625,927 | 3.3% |
| 20-24 | 623,029 | 3.3% | 621,280 | 3.3% |
| 25-29 | 640,315 | 3.4% | 664,410 | 3.5% |
| 30-34 | 715,306 | 3.8% | 737,293 | 3.9% |
| 35-39 | 770,307 | 4.1% | 795,776 | 4.2% |
| 40-44 | 738,969 | 3.9% | 769,246 | 4.1% |
| 45-49 | 649,533 | 3.4% | 691,605 | 3.6% |
| 50-54 | 577,392 | 3.0% | 634,406 | 3.3% |
| 55-59 | 436,363 | 2.3% | 495,645 | 2.6% |
| 60-64 | 349,824 | 1.8% | 406,155 | 2.1% |
| 65-69 | 296,363 | 1.6% | 361,237 | 1.9% |
| 70-74 | 264,899 | 1.4% | 353,547 | 1.9% |
| 75-79 | 204,157 | 1.1% | 309,975 | 1.6% |
| 80-84 | 123,657 | 0.7% | 223,029 | 1.2% |
| 85 | 87,062 | 0.5% | 224,426 | 1.2% |
| Age Distribution by Sex, 1990 | ||||
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total Population | 8,625,673 | 47.9% | 9,364,782 | 52.1% |
| 0-4 | 642,748 | 3.6% | 613,016 | 3.4% |
| 5-9 | 603,086 | 3.4% | 574,920 | 3.2% |
| 10-14 | 582,620 | 3.2% | 557,557 | 3.1% |
| 15-19 | 626,761 | 3.5% | 603,366 | 3.4% |
| 20-24 | 705,729 | 3.9% | 703,170 | 3.9% |
| 25-29 | 774,559 | 4.3% | 790,058 | 4.4% |
| 30-34 | 775,543 | 4.3% | 798,028 | 4.4% |
| 35-39 | 698,556 | 3.9% | 727,905 | 4.0% |
| 40-44 | 625,529 | 3.5% | 672,695 | 3.7% |
| 45-49 | 496,475 | 2.8% | 545,842 | 3.0% |
| 50-54 | 413,813 | 2.3% | 457,790 | 2.5% |
| 55-59 | 382,319 | 2.1% | 429,538 | 2.4% |
| 60-64 | 379,510 | 2.1% | 445,600 | 2.5% |
| 65-69 | 331,502 | 1.8% | 423,840 | 2.4% |
| 70-74 | 244,199 | 1.4% | 348,738 | 1.9% |
| 75-79 | 174,121 | 1.0% | 287,759 | 1.6% |
| 80-84 | 101,650 | 0.6% | 203,740 | 1.1% |
| 85 | 66,953 | 0.4% | 181,220 | 1.0% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).