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Distribution of Washington Population
by Age and Gender, 1980

Chart: Age Distribution, 1980

  • Population pyramids show the population distribution by age in bar-chart fashion with females on the right and males on the left. Births, deaths, and migration shape the pyramid.
  • The bulge centered on the age range of 20 to 30 years corresponds to the post-World War II Baby Boomers, who in 1980 were young adults at the early labor force age. This early labor force population is at an all-time high.
  • The constriction of the pyramid in the ages younger than the Baby Boom shows smaller population in these ages due to the "Baby Bust" - the marked reduction in births following the boom from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s.

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Last modified: June 5, 2004
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
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