Table V.A1.--Principal Demographic Data, Calendar Years 1940-2002
Historical Period




Age-sex-adjusted death rate 2
per 100,000, by age:

Net immigration
Calendar
year
Total
fertility
rate 1
Total Under 65 65 and over
Legal 3 Other-
than-legal 4

1940 2.23 1,672.6 656.1 8,791.1      
1941 2.33 1,599.2 634.2 8,357.2   30,212  
1942 2.55 1,544.6 610.9 8,083.0   19,682  
1943 2.64 1,603.8 612.4 8,546.2   19,605  
1944 2.49 1,529.9 594.1 8,082.8   25,002  
1945 2.42 1,488.6 584.4 7,820.1   55,069  
1946 2.86 1,438.5 552.8 7,641.1   96,005  
1947 3.18 1,432.3 523.8 7,794.1   119,196  
1948 3.03 1,401.7 511.6 7,634.5   134,582  
1949 3.04 1,360.5 494.5 7,424.7   164,062  
1950 3.03 1,339.9 480.0 7,361.7   170,594  
1951 3.20 1,328.4 475.3 7,302.6   176,717  
1952 3.29 1,303.8 469.6 7,145.7   163,481  
1953 3.35 1,294.1 456.6 7,158.4   141,976  
1954 3.46 1,228.2 430.7 6,812.7   167,240  
1955 3.50 1,243.0 424.7 6,973.6   209,779  
1956 3.60 1,242.6 423.0 6,982.1   243,188  
1957 3.68 1,263.6 430.6 7,096.9   217,547  
1958 3.63 1,250.8 421.8 7,056.3   192,731  
1959 3.64 1,227.3 416.0 6,909.0   197,283  
1960 3.61 1,237.9 418.8 6,973.1   201,276  
1961 3.56 1,207.3 406.1 6,817.6   208,167  
1962 3.42 1,228.3 410.5 6,954.9   221,255  
1963 3.30 1,247.5 416.6 7,066.2   224,439  
1964 3.17 1,209.7 413.4 6,786.1   220,853  
1965 2.88 1,210.8 411.7 6,806.6   232,400  
1966 2.67 1,214.1 413.2 6,822.8   256,878  
1967 2.53 1,182.3 406.0 6,618.5   306,155  
1968 2.43 1,202.1 416.0 6,707.0   304,886  
1969 2.42 1,166.2 409.4 6,465.8   274,465  
1970 2.43 1,138.4 403.7 6,283.5   278,928  
1971 2.25 1,130.3 391.9 6,300.5   283,185  
1972 1.99 1,126.1 389.3 6,285.1   294,282  
1973 1.86 1,108.8 383.4 6,188.7   298,096  
1974 1.82 1,063.3 367.0 5,939.7   292,893  
1975 1.77 1,020.9 352.5 5,701.7   294,303  
1976 1.74 1,010.1 343.0 5,681.6   313,919  
1977 1.80 981.8 334.4 5,515.1   372,824  
1978 1.76 976.3 328.8 5,510.9   424,628  
1979 1.82 944.8 318.7 5,329.5   358,437  
1980 1.82 961.1 316.8 5,473.1   410,348  
1981 1.80 934.5 308.2 5,320.1   446,989  
1982 1.81 906.4 297.7 5,168.9   439,152  
1983 1.78 916.0 292.7 5,281.2   416,848  
1984 1.79 909.2 290.5 5,241.7   412,825  
1985 1.84 912.3 289.9 5,270.4   433,449  
1986 1.83 904.8 289.6 5,213.2   451,247  
1987 1.86 895.6 287.0 5,157.7   458,922  
1988 1.92 906.0 287.0 5,241.0   476,472  
1989 2.00 882.4 282.9 5,080.2   467,334  
1990 2.07 865.9 277.6 4,985.5   501,065  
1991 2.06 854.1 274.4 4,913.5   548,000  
1992 2.04 842.5 268.4 4,862.5   620,986  
1993 2.02 861.8 271.4 4,996.0   644,696  
1994 2.00 850.2 268.7 4,922.3   583,390  
1995 1.98 847.4 265.3 4,923.8   573,719  
1996 1.98 834.1 254.3 4,894.0   662,284  
1997 1.97 819.2 242.3 4,858.9   571,800  
1998 2.00 812.2 235.7 4,849.5   489,360  
1999 2.01 816.4 233.6 4,897.8   523,037  
2000 2.06 810.3 234.7 4,841.4   677,579 400,000
2001 2.05 804.2 229.2 4,830.8   798,243 400,000
2002 2.04 800.0 226.5 4,816.3   825,000 400,000

1 The total fertility rate for any year is the average number of children who would be born to a woman in her lifetime if she were to experience the birth rates by age observed in, or assumed for, the selected year, and if she were to survive the entire childbearing period. The ultimate total fertility rate is assumed to be reached in 2027.
2 The age-sex-adjusted death rate is the crude rate that would occur in the enumerated total population as of April 1, 1990, if that population were to experience the death rates by age and sex observed in, or assumed for, the selected year.
3 Historical estimates of net legal immigration assume a 25 percent reduction in legal immigration due to legal emigration. Estimates do not include persons legalized under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
4 Other-than-legal net immigration is estimated to average between 225,000 and 550,000 persons per year over the period 1980-99.
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