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Characteristics

Voting-age population (millions)

1 972 1974 19 76 1 978 1980 19 82 1984 198 6 1 988 1990 19 92 1994 1996 19 98 2000 200 2 2 004 20 06 2008 201 0

Presid

1972 1976 1980 1984

136.2 141.3 146.5 151.6 157.1 165.5 170.0 173.9 178.1 182.1 185.7 190.3 193.7 198.2 202.6 210.4 215.7 220.6 225.5 229.7 72.3 66.7 66.9 68.3

18 to 20 years old 11.0 11.6 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.1 11.2 10.7 10.7 10.8 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.4 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.7 12.2 58.1 47.1 44.7 47.0

21 to 24 years old 13.6 14.1 14.8 15.5 15.9 16.7 16.7 15.7 14.8 14.0 14.6 14.9 13.9 14.1 14.9 15.6 16.4 16.2 16.6 16.7 59.5 54.8 52.7 54.3

25 to 34 years old 26.9 29.3 31.7 33.4 35.7 38.8 40.3 41.9 42.7 42.7 41.6 41.1 40.1 38.6 37.3 38.5 39.0 39.4 40.2 41.2 68.4 62.3 62.0 63.335 to 44 years old 22.2 22.4 22.8 24.2 25.6 28.1 30.7 33.0 35.2 37.9 39.7 41.9 43.3 44.4 44.5 43.7 43.1 42.6 41.5 39.9 74.8 69.8 70.6 70.9

45 to 64 years old 42.3 43.0 43.3 43.4 43.6 44.2 44.3 44.8 45.9 46.9 49.1 50.9 53.7 57.4 61.4 66.9 71.0 75.0 78.1 80.7 79.7 75.5 75.8 76.6

65 years old and over 20.1 21.0 22.0 23.0 24.1 25.6 26.7 27.7 28.8 29.9 30.8 31.1 31.9 32.3 32.8 33.9 34.7 35.8 37.5 39.0 75.6 71.4 74.6 76.9

Male 63.8 66.4 69.0 7 1.5 74.1 78.0 80.3 82.4 8 4.5 86.6 88.6 91.0 92.6 95.2 97.1 100.9 103.8 106.5 109.0 111.1 7 3.1 67.1 66.6 6 7.3

Female 72.4 74.9 77.6 80.2 83.0 87.4 89.6 91.5 93.6 95.5 97.1 99.3 101.0 103.0 105.5 109.5 111.9 114.1 116.5 118.6 71.6 66.4 67.1 69.3

121.2 125.1 129.3 133.4 137.7 143.6 146.8 149.9 152.9 155.6 157.8 160.3 162.8 165.8 168.7 174.1 176.6 179.9 183.2 185.8 73.4 68.3 68.4 69.6

13.5 14.2 14.9 15.6 16.4 17.6 18.4 19.0 19.7 20.4 21.0 21.8 22.5 23.3 24.1 24.4 24.9 25.7 26.5 27.4 65.5 58.5 60.0 66.3

8.0 9.6 9.3 9.9 10.5 11.0

5.6 6.1 6.6 6.8 8.2 8.8 9.5 11.8 12.9 13.8 14.7 17.5 18.4 20.3 21.6 25.2 27.1 29.0 30.9 32.5 44.4 37.8 36.3 40.1

93.7 33.3 33.9 35.1 35.5 36.4 36.9 37.3 37.9 38.1 38.3 38.4 38.3 38.5 38.9 41.1 41.0 41.2 41.5 42.3 73.9 65.9 64.8 66.6

38.1 39.2 40.3 41.5 41.9 42.1 42.8 43.3 43.9 44.4 44.5 45.2 45.9 46.4 48.8 48.4 49.1 49.4 50.1 72.3 73.8 74.6

42.6 44.8 47.1 48.8 50.6 55.4 57.6 59.2 60.7 62.4 63.7 66.4 68.1 70.1 71.8 74.2 77.2 80.0 82.4 84.2 68.7 64.6 64.8 66.9

25.0 26.2 27.5 29.5 31.9 33.4 34.6 36.2 37.7 39.3 41.0 42.1 43.7 45.5 46.3 49.1 50.4 52.2 53.2 63.2 63.3 64.7

School years completed:

28.1 24.4 24.9 23.6 22.7 22.4 20.6 19.6 19.1 17.7 15.4 14.7 14.1 13.3 12.9 12.3 12.6 12.1 11.1 11.1 61.5 54.4 53.0 53.4

22.3 21.7 22.2 22.3 22.5 22.3 22.1 21.4 21.1 21.0 21.0 20.7 21.0 21.0 20.1 20.9 20.7 20.2 19.1 18.8 63.0 55.6 54.6 54.9

50.7 51.7 55.7 58.4 61.2 65.2 67.8 68.6 70.0 71.5 65.3 64.9 65.2 65.6 66.3 68.9 68.5 70.0 70.4 71.0 74.0 66.9 66.4 67.3

19.3 23.7 23.6 25.1 26.7 28.8 30.9 33.0 34.3 36.3 46.7 50.4 50.9 52.9 55.3 57.3 58.9 60.2 63.8 65.3 81.7 75.2 74.4 75.7

15.9 19.8 20.2 22.2 24.0 26.9 28.6 31.3 33.6 35.6 37.4 39.4 42.5 45.4 48.0 51.0 54.9 58.2 61.1 63.5 87.8 83.7 84.3 83.8

Employed 80.2 83.1 86.0 93.2 95.0 97.2 104.2 108.5 113.8 115.5 116.3 122.6 125.6 130.5 133.4 134.9 138.8 143.8 143.2 138.3 74.3 68.8 68.7 69.4

Unemployed 3.7 5.0 6.4 4.9 6.9 10.8 7.4 6.6 5.8 6.7 8.3 6.5 6.4 5.2 4.9 7.7 7.3 6.2 9.5 13.9 58.7 52.1 50.3 54.3

Not in labor force 52.3 53.2 54.1 53.5 55.2 57.5 58.4 58.8 58.5 59.9 61.1 61.2 61.6 62.5 64.2 67.8 69.6 70.5 72.8 77.5 70.3 65.2 65.8 68.1

SYMBOL:

NA Not available.

FOOTNOTES:

\1 Includes other races not shown separately.

\3 Prior to 2004, this category was 'Asian and Pacific Islanders,' therefore rates are not comparable with prior years.

\4 Persons of Hispanic origin may be any race.

\5 For composition of regions, see map, inside front cover.

Table 399.Voting-Age Population--Rep orted Registration and Voting by Selected Characteristics

[136.2 represents 136,200,000. As of November. Covers civilian noninstitutional population 18 years old and over.

Includes aliens. Figures are based on Current Population Survey (see text, Section 1, and Appendix III) and differ from

those in Table 397 based on population estimates and official vote counts]

Total \1

White \2

Black \2

Asian \2, \3 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

Hispanic \4

Region \5:

..Northeast

..Midwest (NA) (NA)

..South

..West (NA) (NA)

..8 years or less

..High school:

....Less than high school graduate

....High school graduate or GED \6

..College:

....Some college or associate's degre

....Bachelor's or advanced degree

\ eg nn ng w t t e urrent opu at on urvey ( ), respon ents cou c oose more t an one race. , ,

and 2010 data represent persons who selected this race group only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The

CPS in prior years only allowed respondents to report one race group. See also comments on race in the text for Section

1. Arrow down for footnote 3.

credential generally considered to be equivalent to a high school diploma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2010, Current Population Reports, P20-423, P20-442, P20-552, P20-556, P20-557, P20-562 and earlier reports; and unpublished data.

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Percent reporting they registered Percent reporting they voted

ential election years Congressional election years Presidential election years

19 88 1992 1996 20 00 2004 200 8 1 974 1978 19 82 1986 1990 19 94 1998 2 002 2006 20 10 1972 197 6 1 980 1984 198 8 1 992 1996 200 0 200 4 2008 197 4 1 978 1982

66 .6 68.2 65.9 63 .9 65.9 64. 9 6 2.2 62.6 64 .1 64.3 62.2 62 .0 62.1 6 0.9 61.6 59 .8 63.0 59. 2 5 9.2 59.9 57. 4 6 1.3 54.2 54. 7 58. 3 58.2 44. 7 4 5.9 48.5

44.9 48.3 45.6 40.5 50.7 49.3 36.4 34.7 35.0 35.4 35.4 37.2 32.1 32.6 37.0 34.4 48.3 38.0 35.7 36.7 33.2 38.5 31.2 28.4 41.0 41.0 20.8 20.1 19.8

50.6 55.3 51.2 49.3 52.1 56.2 45.3 45.1 47.8 46.6 43.3 45.5 35.0 42.5 44.9 47.2 50.7 45.6 43.1 43.5 38.3 45.7 33.4 35.4 42.5 46.6 26.4 26.2 28.4

57.8 60.6 56.9 54.7 55.6 56.5 54.7 55.5 57.1 55.8 52.0 51.5 52.4 50.2 50.3 49.8 59.7 55.4 54.6 54.5 48.0 53.2 43.1 43.7 46.9 48.5 37.0 38.0 40.469.3 69.2 66.5 63.8 64.2 61.4 66.7 66.7 67.5 67.9 65.5 63.3 62.4 60.0 59.3 57.3 66.3 63.3 64.4 63.5 61.3 63.6 54.9 55.0 56.9 55.2 49.1 50.1 52.2

75.5 75.3 73.5 71.2 72.7 70.4 73.6 74.3 75.6 74.8 71.4 71.0 71.1 69.4 69.6 66.3 70.8 68.7 69.3 69.8 67.9 70.0 64.4 64.1 66.6 65.0 56.9 58.5 62.2

78.4 78.0 77.0 76.1 76.9 75.0 70.2 72.8 75.2 76.9 76.5 75.6 75.4 75.8 75.4 72.5 63.5 62.2 65.1 67.7 68.8 70.1 67.0 67.6 68.9 68.1 51.4 55.9 59.9

65.2 66.9 64.4 62.2 64.0 62.6 62.8 62.6 63.7 63.4 61.2 60.8 60.6 58.9 59.5 57.9 64.1 59.6 59.1 59.0 56.4 60.2 52.8 53.1 56.3 55.7 46.2 46.6 48.7

67.8 69.3 67.3 65.6 67.6 67.0 61.7 62.5 64.4 65.0 63.1 63.2 63.5 62.8 63.5 61.5 62.0 58.8 59.4 60.8 58.3 62.3 55.5 56.2 60.1 60.4 43.4 45.3 48.4

67.9 70.1 67.7 65.6 67.9 66.6 63.5 63.8 65.6 65.3 63.8 64.2 63.9 63.1 64.0 61.6 64.5 60.9 60.9 61.4 59.1 63.6 56.0 56.4 60.3 59.6 46.3 47.3 49.9

64.5 63.9 63.5 63.6 64.4 65.5 54.9 57.1 59.1 64.0 58.8 58.3 60.2 58.8 57.4 58.8 52.1 48.7 50.5 55.8 51.5 54.0 50.6 53.5 56.3 60.8 33.8 37.2 43.0

30.7 34.9 37.3 30.7 32.9 34.1 25.4 29.8 32.1

35.5 35.0 35.7 34.9 34.3 37.6 34.9 32.9 35.3 35.9 32.3 30.0 33.7 32.6 32.1 33.8 37.5 31.8 29.9 32.6 28.8 28.9 26.7 27.5 28.0 31.6 22.9 23.5 25.3

64.8 67.0 64.7 63.7 65.3 63.7 62.2 62.3 62.5 62.0 61.0 60.9 60.8 60.8 60.3 59.7 66.4 59.5 58.5 59.7 57.4 61.2 54.5 55.2 58.6 57.4 48.7 48.1 49.8

72.5 74.6 71.6 70.2 72.8 70.6 66.6 68.2 71.1 70.7 68.2 68.7 68.2 66.5 68.3 65.0 (NA) 65.1 65.8 65.7 62.9 67.2 59.3 60.9 65.0 63.4 49.3 50.5 54.7

65.6 67.2 65.9 64.5 65.5 65.5 59.8 60.1 61.7 63.0 61.3 60.7 62.7 61.6 62.0 59.4 55.4 54.9 55.6 56.8 54.5 59.0 52.2 53.5 56.4 57.7 36.0 39.6 41.8

63.0 63.6 60.8 56.9 60.1 59.4 59.8 59.1 60.6 60.8 57.7 58.1 56.0 54.0 55.4 55.5 (NA) 57.5 57.2 58.5 55.6 58.5 51.8 49.9 54.4 54.6 48.1 47.5 50.7

47.5 43.9 40.7 36.1 32.5 30.1 54.1 53.2 52.3 50.5 44.0 40.1 40.2 32.4 29.5 27.0 47.4 44.1 42.6 42.9 36.7 35.1 28.1 26.8 23.6 23.4 34.4 34.6 35.7

52.8 50.4 47.9 45.9 45.8 43.2 54.3 52.9 53.3 52.4 47.9 44.7 43.4 41.6 39.6 37.8 52.0 47.2 45.6 44.4 41.3 41.2 33.8 33.6 34.6 33.7 35.9 35.1 37.7

64.6 64.9 62.2 60.1 61.5 59.5 61.9 62.0 62.9 62.9 60.0 58.9 58.6 57.1 57.5 54.0 65.4 59.4 58.9 58.7 54.7 57.5 49.1 49.4 52.4 50.9 44.7 45.3 47.1

73.5 75.4 72.9 70.0 73.7 72.0 66.9 68.7 70.0 70.0 68.7 68.4 68.3 66.7 68.3 65.5 74.9 68.1 67.2 67.5 64.5 68.7 60.5 60.3 66.1 65.0 49.6 51.5 53.3

83.1 84.8 80.4 77.3 78.1 76.8 76.0 76.9 79.4 77.8 77.3 76.3 75.1 74.4 73.9 72.5 83.6 79.8 79.9 79.1 77.6 81.0 73.0 72.0 74.2 73.3 61.3 63.9 66.5

67.1 69.9 67.0 64.7 67.1 66.4 63.8 63.0 65.5 64.4 62.6 62.9 62.6 61.7 62.7 61.5 66.0 62.0 61.8 61.6 58.4 63.8 55.2 55.5 60.0 60.1 46.8 46.7 50.0

50.4 53.7 52.5 46.1 56.3 57.2 44.4 44.1 49.8 50.6 44.6 46.4 48.5 48.1 48.5 52.3 49.9 43.7 41.2 44.0 38.6 46.2 37.2 35.1 46.4 48.8 28.8 27.4 34.1

67.2 66.8 65.1 63.8 64.4 62.9 61.3 63.4 64.3 65.4 63.4 61.9 62.1 60.9 60.7 58.0 59.3 56.5 57.0 58.9 57.3 58.7 54.1 54.5 56.2 55.5 43.0 46.2 48.7

(NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)

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2000 2002 2004 2006 2008

Congressional election years Total citizen population Total citizen population Total citizen population Total citizen population Total citizen population

1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010

46.0 45.0 44.6 41.9 42.3 43.6 41.8 186.4 69.5 59.5 192.7 66.5 46.1 197.0 72.1 63.8 201.1 67.6 47.8 206.1 71.0 63.6

18.6 18.4 16.5 13.5 15.1 17.1 16.4 10.8 44.5 31.3 10.7 35.7 16.5 10.5 55.4 44.8 10.7 40.2 18.6 10.9 53.1 44.1

24.2 22.0 22.3 19.2 18.7 21.9 22.0 13.1 55.7 40.1 13.6 48.8 21.5 14.4 59.2 48.2 14.3 50.8 24.8 14.9 62.4 51.7

35.1 33.8 32.2 28.0 27.1 28.3 26.9 32.2 63.3 50.5 32.9 58.9 31.8 32.8 66.0 55.7 33.2 59.7 33.5 34.2 66.4 57.049.3 48.4 46.0 40.7 40.2 40.1 37.7 40.4 70.2 60.5 39.2 66.8 44.8 38.4 72.1 64.0 37.5 67.4 45.5 36.4 69.9 62.8

58.7 55.8 56.0 53.6 53.1 54.3 51.1 58.0 75.4 67.8 63.3 73.4 56.1 68.4 75.5 69.2 70.8 73.7 57.6 73.4 74.9 69.2

60.9 60.3 60.7 59.5 61.0 60.5 58.9 31.8 78.4 69.6 33.0 78.0 62.7 33.7 79.3 71.0 34.6 78.0 62.5 36.3 77.4 70.3

45.8 44.6 44.4 41.4 41.4 42.4 40.9 88.8 68.0 58.1 91.6 64.8 45.6 94.1 70.5 62.1 96.1 66.0 46.9 98.8 69.1 61.5

46.1 45.4 44.9 42.4 43.0 44.7 42.7 97.6 70.9 60.7 101.0 68.0 46.6 102.9 73.6 65.4 104.9 69.0 48.6 107.3 72.8 65.7

47.0 46.7 46.9 43.3 44.1 45.8 43.4 157.3 70.4 60.5 161.7 67.9 47.5 163.0 73.6 65.4 165.6 69.5 49.7 169.4 72.0 64.4

43.2 39.2 37.0 39.6 39.7 38.6 40.7 22.8 67.5 56.8 22.9 62.4 42.3 23.3 68.7 60.0 24.2 60.9 41.0 24.9 69.7 64.7

19.4 21.8 21.3 4.7 52.4 43.3 6.0 49.2 31.2 6.3 51.8 85.2 6.6 49.1 32.4 7.1 55.3 47.6

24.2 21.0 19.1 20.0 18.9 19.3 20.5 13.2 57.3 45.1 15.6 52.5 30.4 16.1 57.9 47.2 17.3 53.7 32.3 19.5 59.4 49.9

44.4 45.2 45.2 41.2 41.4 42.8 41.6 35.5 69.8 60.5 37.4 66.8 45.5 37.5 71.4 64.1 37.6 66.1 46.9 37.9 69.8 62.9

49.5 48.6 48.8 47.3 47.1 50.7 45.1 44.7 73.0 63.2 46.8 69.4 49.1 46.5 75.9 67.8 46.7 71.7 53.2 47.2 73.9 66.3

43.0 42.4 40.5 38.6 41.6 40.3 39.3 67.2 69.0 57.2 68.8 66.5 44.9 71.4 70.8 61.0 73.4 67.6 43.9 76.0 71.1 62.6

48.4 45.0 46.4 42.3 39.0 42.4 42.7 39.1 66.2 58.1 39.7 62.9 45.4 41.7 70.7 64.0 43.4 64.4 49.2 45.0 68.8 63.3

32.7 27.7 23.2 24.6 19.4 17.1 15.8 8.8 53.0 39.3 8.0 50.0 29.9 7.7 53.4 38.8 7.2 49.8 28.9 6.8 49.1 38.1

33.8 30.9 27.0 25.0 23.3 22.8 20.8 17.8 51.9 38.0 18.2 47.7 26.7 18.0 52.6 39.8 17.2 46.6 26.8 16.2 51.1 39.9

44.1 42.2 40.5 37.1 37.1 37.6 35.2 62.4 63.9 52.5 64.5 61.0 39.6 63.7 66.2 56.4 65.0 61.9 40.5 65.4 64.1 54.9

49.9 50.0 49.1 46.2 45.8 47.3 44.4 52.8 73.3 63.1 54.8 69.8 47.9 56.5 76.9 68.9 57.6 71.3 49.4 61.0 75.3 68.0

62.5 62.5 63.1 57.2 58.5 59.5 57.1 44.6 83.4 77.5 47.2 80.4 63.3 51.1 83.8 79.7 54.2 79.3 63.9 56.7 82.7 78.9

45.7 45.1 45.2 41.2 42.1 43.9 42.5 122.5 70.4 60.5 123.4 67.4 46.0 125.9 74.0 66.1 130.4 69.0 48.4 130.6 72.8 65.9

31.2 27.9 28.3 28.4 27.2 28.0 31.6 4.4 52.3 39.8 6.8 54.7 31.0 6.5 62.4 51.4 5.6 53.9 31.1 8.5 64.1 54.7

48.2 46.7 45.3 44.5 44.2 44.3 42.3 59.5 68.9 58.9 62.4 66.1 48.0 64.1 69.9 61.0 65.0 65.8 48.0 67.0 68.3 60.3

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