| Population Projection Series | |||||||||||||||
| June 29, 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| City of Wilmington | |||||||||||||||
| Total Population | |||||||||||||||
| [As of July 1] | |||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | |
| 0 - 4 | 5219 | 5234 | 5227 | 5176 | 5128 | 5019 | 4927 | 4866 | 4809 | 4748 | 4690 | 4388 | 4138 | 4068 | 4079 |
| 5 - 9 | 5175 | 5177 | 5162 | 5133 | 5146 | 5121 | 5135 | 5150 | 5129 | 5119 | 5104 | 4750 | 4439 | 4174 | 4109 |
| 10 - 14 | 4816 | 4905 | 4981 | 5027 | 5074 | 5061 | 5063 | 5069 | 5074 | 5073 | 5077 | 5190 | 4820 | 4489 | 4226 |
| 15 - 19 | 4461 | 4259 | 4148 | 4106 | 4099 | 4092 | 4167 | 4246 | 4309 | 4379 | 4446 | 4342 | 4433 | 4103 | 3827 |
| 20 - 24 | 5396 | 5325 | 5184 | 4976 | 4746 | 4532 | 4350 | 4263 | 4240 | 4183 | 4146 | 4609 | 4492 | 4576 | 4246 |
| 25 - 29 | 7084 | 7001 | 6873 | 6756 | 6663 | 6631 | 6549 | 6390 | 6169 | 5980 | 5786 | 5449 | 6061 | 5877 | 5997 |
| 30 - 34 | 6640 | 6670 | 6650 | 6606 | 6553 | 6503 | 6439 | 6341 | 6254 | 6158 | 6070 | 5463 | 5117 | 5663 | 5505 |
| 35 - 39 | 5714 | 5893 | 6074 | 6252 | 6409 | 6568 | 6611 | 6616 | 6594 | 6577 | 6558 | 6333 | 5693 | 5304 | 5876 |
| 40 - 44 | 4617 | 4760 | 4767 | 4836 | 4920 | 5030 | 5199 | 5381 | 5557 | 5738 | 5925 | 6015 | 5830 | 5219 | 4857 |
| 45 - 49 | 3442 | 3527 | 3729 | 3852 | 3981 | 4125 | 4263 | 4287 | 4361 | 4405 | 4466 | 5571 | 5645 | 5459 | 4892 |
| 50 - 54 | 2977 | 3051 | 3139 | 3255 | 3342 | 3431 | 3522 | 3735 | 3863 | 4041 | 4203 | 4588 | 5722 | 5771 | 5608 |
| 55 - 59 | 2739 | 2693 | 2652 | 2634 | 2617 | 2603 | 2665 | 2745 | 2846 | 2938 | 3037 | 3745 | 4081 | 5078 | 5121 |
| 60 - 64 | 2777 | 2724 | 2654 | 2573 | 2492 | 2433 | 2387 | 2352 | 2338 | 2311 | 2291 | 2701 | 3324 | 3610 | 4508 |
| 65 - 69 | 3063 | 2996 | 2941 | 2899 | 2830 | 2773 | 2725 | 2656 | 2583 | 2512 | 2442 | 2247 | 2642 | 3245 | 3515 |
| 70 - 74 | 2672 | 2763 | 2841 | 2895 | 2953 | 2979 | 2926 | 2865 | 2819 | 2764 | 2716 | 2481 | 2275 | 2674 | 3285 |
| 75 - 79 | 2200 | 2235 | 2280 | 2307 | 2337 | 2382 | 2464 | 2528 | 2581 | 2637 | 2694 | 2412 | 2200 | 2021 | 2379 |
| 80 - 84 | 1464 | 1491 | 1523 | 1554 | 1588 | 1631 | 1658 | 1696 | 1729 | 1763 | 1799 | 2099 | 1870 | 1701 | 1555 |
| 85 & up | 1162 | 1190 | 1203 | 1217 | 1242 | 1257 | 1291 | 1316 | 1345 | 1370 | 1398 | 1470 | 1667 | 1598 | 1498 |
| Totals | 71618 | 71894 | 72028 | 72054 | 72120 | 72171 | 72341 | 72502 | 72600 | 72696 | 72848 | 73853 | 74449 | 74630 | 75083 |