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Trends in ACT-taking population, 1970-2017: White and Black ACT Test-takers in thousands, 1970-2017

Total, Male and Female ACT test-takers in thousands, 1970—2017

Year All students Male Female
1970 788 410 378
1980 822 370 452
1990 817 376 441
1995 945 416 529
2000 1,065 458 607
2005 1,186 522 664
2010 1,569 714 852
2011 1,623 739 880
2012 1,666 762 901
2013 1,799 835 955
2014 1,846 857 977
2015 1,924 896 1013
2016 2,090 971 1074
2017 2,030 940 1047
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White and Black ACT Test-takers in thousands, 1970—2017

Year White Black
1970 32
1980 682 66
1990 596 74
1995 652 85
2000 767 107
2005 783 142
2010 979 215
2011 982 223
2012 983 222
2013 1035 240
2014 1038 242
2015 1058 253
2016 1119 272
2017 1062 257
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Notes: Through 1980, numbers are based on 10 percent sample; thereafter, numbers are based on all ACT tested graduating seniors. Beginning 1985, data are for seniors who graduated in year shown and had taken the ACT in their junior or senior years. Data by race are for those responding to the race question.

Source: U.S. Department of Education 1995; U.S. Department of Education 2013; Annual High School Profile Reports published by the ACT.

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