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TABLE 503. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACTIVE PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1960-2000

YEAR
ALL ACTIVE
PHARMACISTS 1/
RESIDENT
POPULATION
(THOUSANDS) 2/
PHARMACISTS
PER 100,000
POPULATION
1960 101,000 179,979 56.1
1965 104,100 193,526 53.8
1970 112,600 203,984 55.2
1975 121,800 215,465 56.5
1980 142,400 227,225 62.7
1981 145,600 229,466 63.5
1982 148,300 231,664 64.0
1983 150,500 233,792 64.4
1984 152,100 235,825 64.5
1985 153,500 237,924 64.5
1986 156,000 240,133 65.0
1987 158,600 242,289 65.5
1988 161,400 244,499 66.0
1989 164,600 246,819 66.7
1990 168,000 249,464 67.3
1991 171,600 252,153 68.1
1992 173,700 255,030 68.1
1993 176,000 257,783 68.3
1994 178,400 260,327 68.5
1995 181,000 262,803 68.9
1996 184,600 265,229 69.6
1997 188,000 267,784 70.2
1998 190,900 270,248 70.6
1999 193,400 272,691 70.9
2000 196,100 275,130 71.3

1/ Includes pharmacists in Federal service.
2/ Resident population estimates based on 1990 Census.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service. Health Manpower Source Book. PHS Publication 263 (Section 17), 1969; Bureau of Health Professions Pharmacy Supply Model; Vector Research, Inc. 1991 Census of Pharmacists Licensed in the United States(Draft report); U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001.