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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 | 1,948,929 | 48.6% | 2,063,083 | 51.4% |
| 0-4 | 135,874 | 3.4% | 128,805 | 3.2% |
| 5-9 | 145,897 | 3.6% | 139,346 | 3.5% |
| 10-14 | 148,114 | 3.7% | 142,365 | 3.5% |
| 15-19 | 150,793 | 3.8% | 144,584 | 3.6% |
| 20-24 | 143,233 | 3.6% | 138,481 | 3.5% |
| 25-29 | 138,120 | 3.4% | 138,735 | 3.5% |
| 30-34 | 140,592 | 3.5% | 143,384 | 3.6% |
| 35-39 | 154,772 | 3.9% | 159,786 | 4.0% |
| 40-44 | 151,219 | 3.8% | 159,347 | 4.0% |
| 45-49 | 138,873 | 3.5% | 148,905 | 3.7% |
| 50-54 | 127,003 | 3.2% | 135,540 | 3.4% |
| 55-59 | 99,387 | 2.5% | 107,375 | 2.7% |
| 60-64 | 78,318 | 2.0% | 87,831 | 2.2% |
| 65-69 | 66,892 | 1.7% | 78,707 | 2.0% |
| 70-74 | 53,921 | 1.3% | 70,528 | 1.8% |
| 75-79 | 40,392 | 1.0% | 61,053 | 1.5% |
| 80-84 | 22,393 | 0.6% | 41,178 | 1.0% |
| 85 | 13,136 | 0.3% | 37,133 | 0.9% |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total Population | 1,688,510 | 48.4% | 1,798,193 | 51.6% |
| 0-4 | 130,686 | 3.7% | 125,651 | 3.6% |
| 5-9 | 129,687 | 3.7% | 126,389 | 3.6% |
| 10-14 | 129,633 | 3.7% | 124,086 | 3.6% |
| 15-19 | 141,745 | 4.1% | 135,889 | 3.9% |
| 20-24 | 143,622 | 4.1% | 139,345 | 4.0% |
| 25-29 | 148,256 | 4.3% | 148,508 | 4.3% |
| 30-34 | 144,836 | 4.2% | 149,748 | 4.3% |
| 35-39 | 134,650 | 3.9% | 141,033 | 4.0% |
| 40-44 | 121,517 | 3.5% | 126,095 | 3.6% |
| 45-49 | 96,134 | 2.8% | 99,969 | 2.9% |
| 50-54 | 76,399 | 2.2% | 83,108 | 2.4% |
| 55-59 | 69,756 | 2.0% | 79,006 | 2.3% |
| 60-64 | 65,772 | 1.9% | 78,248 | 2.2% |
| 65-69 | 61,581 | 1.8% | 78,874 | 2.3% |
| 70-74 | 44,251 | 1.3% | 61,599 | 1.8% |
| 75-79 | 27,953 | 0.8% | 46,961 | 1.3% |
| 80-84 | 14,309 | 0.4% | 30,658 | 0.9% |
| 85 | 7,723 | 0.2% | 23,026 | 0.7% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).