Table 2.

Census data on the AO population (6)

Year	Population	Year	Population
1990	1,572,233	2000	1,379,733
1991	1,561,772	2001	1,359,777
1992	1,546,208	2002	1,341,541
1993	1,527,902	2003	1,325,289
1994	1,508,073	2004	1,311,233
1995	1,487,116	2005	1,297,956
1996	1,465,475	2006	1,285,779
1997	1,444,381	2007	1,276,032
1998	1,424,010	2008	1,266,956
1999	1,402,242	2009	1,258,242