U.S. population aged 0-4 year

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Today, the number of children aged 0-4 in the U.S. is 19.7 million. Between 2008 and 2020, the population aged 0-4 years in the United States was declining on average by 0.51 percent every year, although, before that, it rose from 16.6 million persons in 1979 to 21.1 million persons in 2008.

The map below is based on data from the Census that shows the U.S. population aged 0-4 years as a share of the total population in percentage.

Top 10 U.S. counties by the highest percentage of children:

1. Geary (Kansas): 12.0%
2. Dewey (South Dakota): 11.8%
3. Todd (South Dakota): 11.7%
4. Jackson (South Dakota): 11.0%
5. Bethel (Alaska): 10.9%
6. Benson (North Dakota): 10.8%
7. Corson (South Dakota): 10.7%
8. Gaines (Texas): 10.5%
9. Northwest Arctic (Alaska): 10.4%
10. Treasure (Montana): 10.2%

Top 10 U.S. counties by the lowest percentage of children:

1. Forest (Pennsylvania): 0.6%
2. Jeff Davis (Texas): 1.2%
3. Aleutians East (Alaska): 1.7%
4. Sumter (Florida): 1.8%
5. Carton (New Mexico): 2.0%
6. McCormick (South Carolina): 2.2%
7. Storey (Nevada): 2.4%
8. Issaquena (Mississippi): 2.5%
9. Crowley (Colorado): 2.5%
10. Esmeralda (Nevada): 2.5%

Below is the map showing the population of people aged 4 and under changes by county from 2000 to 2020.

Here is the animated version of the map that shows the change of the U.S. population aged 0-4 years from 2000 to 2020.

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