Table V.A1.­ Principal Demographic Data, Calendar Years 1940-2000
 
Calendar
year
Total
fertility
rate 1
Age-sex-adjusted death rate 2
per 100,000, by age:
  Net immigration
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      
1942 2.55 1,544.6 610.9 8,083.0      
1943 2.64 1,603.8 612.4 8,546.2      
1944 2.49 1,529.9 594.1 8,082.8      
1945 2.42 1,488.6 584.4 7,820.1      
1946 2.86 1,438.5 552.8 7,641.1      
1947 3.18 1,432.3 523.8 7,794.1      
1948 3.03 1,401.7 511.6 7,634.5      
1949 3.04 1,360.5 494.5 7,424.7      
1950 3.03 1,339.9 480.0 7,361.7   186,890  
1951 3.20 1,328.4 475.3 7,302.6   154,288  
1952 3.29 1,303.8 469.6 7,145.7   199,140  
1953 3.35 1,294.1 456.6 7,158.4   127,818  
1954 3.46 1,228.2 430.7 6,812.7   156,133  
1955 3.50 1,243.0 424.7 6,973.6   178,343  
1956 3.60 1,242.6 423.0 6,982.1   241,219  
1957 3.68 1,263.6 430.6 7,096.9   245,150  
1958 3.63 1,250.8 421.8 7,056.3   189,949  
1959 3.64 1,227.3 416.0 6,909.0   195,515  
1960 3.61 1,237.9 418.8 6,973.1   199,049  
1961 3.56 1,207.3 406.1 6,817.6   203,508  
1962 3.42 1,228.3 410.5 6,954.9   212,822  
1963 3.30 1,247.5 416.6 7,066.2   229,695  
1964 3.17 1,209.7 413.4 6,786.1   219,186  
1965 2.88 1,210.8 411.7 6,806.6   222,523  
1966 2.67 1,214.1 413.2 6,822.8   242,280  
1967 2.53 1,182.3 406.0 6,618.5   271,479  
1968 2.43 1,202.1 416.0 6,707.0   340,836  
1969 2.42 1,166.2 409.4 6,465.8   268,934  
1970 2.43 1,138.4 403.7 6,283.5   279,995  
1971 2.25 1,130.2 391.9 6,300.5   277,859  
1972 1.99 1,126.1 389.3 6,285.1   288,514  
1973 1.86 1,108.8 383.4 6,188.7   300,047  
1974 1.82 1,063.3 367.0 5,939.7   296,146  
1975 1.77 1,020.9 352.5 5,701.7   289,646  
1976 1.74 1,010.1 343.0 5,681.6   376,717  
1977 1.80 981.8 334.4 5,515.1   346,736  
1978 1.76 976.3 328.8 5,510.9   451,082  
1979 1.82 944.8 318.7 5,329.5   345,261  
1980 1.85 961.1 316.8 5,473.1   397,979  
1981 1.83 934.5 308.2 5,320.1   447,450  
1982 1.83 906.4 297.7 5,168.9   445,598  
1983 1.81 916.0 292.7 5,281.2   419,822  
1984 1.80 909.2 290.5 5,241.7   407,927  
1985 1.84 912.3 289.9 5,270.4   427,507  
1986 1.84 904.8 289.6 5,213.2   451,281  
1987 1.87 895.6 287.0 5,157.7   451,137  
1988 1.93 906.0 287.0 5,241.0   482,269  
1989 2.01 882.4 282.9 5,080.2   459,083  
1990 2.07 865.8 277.5 4,985.5   492,083  
1991 2.07 854.8 275.2 4,913.5   528,004  
1992 2.06 843.7 269.7 4,862.5   607,976  
1993 2.04 863.5 273.3 4,996.0   660,011  
1994 2.04 852.4 271.2 4,922.3   598,796  
1995 2.02 850.1 268.3 4,923.8   537,146  
1996 2.03 837.1 257.8 4,894.0   683,449  
1997 2.04 822.5 246.1 4,858.9   596,873  
1998 2.06 816.1 240.0 4,850.3   494,642  
19995 2.07 809.8 237.8 4,815.3   495,000 300,000
20005 2.07 803.0 233.8 4,788.8   540,000 300,000

1The 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 2025.
2The 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.
3Historical 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.
4Other-than-legal net immigration is estimated to average between 225,000 and 300,000 persons per over the period 1980-98.
5Preliminary or estimated.