Here are my growth projection numbers...
1945 127,478 --------
1946 158,034 19.34%
1947 181,071 12.72%
1948 230,532 21.46%
1949 279,421 17.50%
1950 328,572 14.96%
1951 384,694 14.59%
1952 426,704 9.85%
1953 468,106 8.84%
1954 525,924 10.99%
1955 570,694 7.84%
1956 591,556 3.53%
1957 653,273 9.45%
1958 717,088 8.90%
1959 803,482 10.75%
1960 851,378 5.63%
1961 884,587 3.75%
1962 920,920 3.95%
1963 956,648 3.73%
1964 1,001,870 4.51%
1965 1,034,268 3.13%
1966 1,058,675 2.31%
1967 1,094,280 3.25%
1968 1,155,826 5.32%
1969 1,256,784 8.03%
1970 1,384,782 9.24%
1971 1,510,245 8.31%
1972 1,596,442 5.40%
1973 1,656,673 3.64%
1974 1,880,713 11.91%
1975 2,062,449 8.81%
1976 2,138,537 3.56%
1977 2,117,194 -1.01%
1978 2,086,698 -1.46%
1979 2,097,070 0.49%
1980 2,175,404 3.60%
1981 2,247,486 3.21%
1982 2,347,334 4.25%
1983 2,501,722 6.17%
1984 2,680,274 6.66%
1985 2,865,183 6.45%
1986 3,063,289 6.47%
1987 3,237,751 5.39%
1988 3,430,869 5.63%
1989 3,624,773 5.35%
1990 3,846,811 5.77%
1991 4,071,954 5.53%
1992 4,289,737 5.08%
1993 4,483,900 4.33%
1994 4,695,111 4.50%
1995 4,950,344 5.16%
1996 5,167,258 4.20%
1997 5,353,078 3.47%
1998 5,544,059 3.44%
1999 5,653,987 1.94%
2000 5,783,003 2.23%
2001 5,881,776 1.68%
2002 6,047,997 2.75%
2003 6,184,046 2.20%
2004 6,308,341 1.97%
2005 6,391,500 1.30%
2006 6,455,415 1.00% <--- I was off by 0.6% or 36,029 
2007 6,513,514 0.90%
2008 6,552,595 0.60%
2009 6,578,805 0.40%
2010 6,587,029 0.13%
2011 6,567,268 -0.30%
2012 6,534,431 -0.50%
2013 6,488,690 -0.70%
2014 6,423,803 -1.00%
2015 6,340,294 -1.30%
2016 6,245,190 -1.50%
2017 6,139,021 -1.70%
2018 6,016,241 -2.00%
2019 5,877,867 -2.30%
2020 5,725,043 -2.60%
2021 5,564,742 -2.80%
2022 5,397,799 -3.00%
2023 5,219,672 -3.30%
2024 5,036,983 -3.50%
