US Census Bureau Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex and Age

Intercensal estimates are produced once a decade by adjusting the existing time series of postcensal estimates for a decade to smooth the transition from one decennial census count to the next They differ from the postcensal estimates that are released annually because they rely on a formula that redistributes the difference between the April 1 postcensal estimate and April 1 census count for the end of the decade across the estimates for that decade Meanwhile, the nbsp postcensal estimates nbsp incorporate current data on births, deaths, and migration to produce each new vintage of estimates, and to revise estimates for years back to the last census Note Intercensal Estimates as of July 1 1 The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates base reflects changes to the Census 2000 population from the Count Question Resolution program, legal boundary updates, and other geographic program revisions 2 The data source for April 1, 2010 is the 2010 Census count 3 The values for 2010 were produced by applying estimates of change in the population between April 1 and July 1 of 2010 to the 2010 Census counts Further details on this methodology are available at http www census gov popest methodology intercensal nat meth pdf