[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12597-12598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6636]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 1996

    Under the requirements of the 1976 amendment to the Federal 
Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States Code, Section 441a(e), I 
hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting age population for 
July 1, 1996, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown 
in the following table.
    I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

    Dated: March 10, 1997.
William M. Daley,
Secretary of Commerce.

    Estimates of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and the    
                   District of Columbia: July 1, 1996                   
                             [In thousands]                             
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Population
                            Area                             18 and over
------------------------------------------------------------------------
United States..............................................      196,235
Alabama....................................................        3,197
Alaska.....................................................          423
Arizona....................................................        3,278
Arkansas...................................................        1,850
California.................................................       23,012
Colorado...................................................        2,825
Connecticut................................................        2,476
Delaware...................................................          549
District of Columbia.......................................          434
Florida....................................................       10,977
Georgia....................................................        5,401
Hawaii.....................................................          877
Idaho......................................................          841
Illinois...................................................        8,691
Indiana....................................................        4,342
Iowa.......................................................        2,132
Kansas.....................................................        1,885
Kentucky...................................................        2,915
Louisiana..................................................        3,117
Maine......................................................          944
Maryland...................................................        3,785
Massachusetts..............................................        4,670
Michigan...................................................        7,057
Minnesota..................................................        3,411
Mississippi................................................        1,960
Missouri...................................................        3,964
Montana....................................................          647
Nebraska...................................................        1,210
Nevada.....................................................        1,186
New Hampshire..............................................          867
New Jersey.................................................        6,001
New Mexico.................................................        1,212
New York...................................................       13,644
North Carolina.............................................        5,489
North Dakota...............................................          475
Ohio.......................................................        8,325

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Oklahoma...................................................        2,420
Oregon.....................................................        2,395
Pennsylvania...............................................        9,161
Rhode Island...............................................          755
South Carolina.............................................        2,761
South Dakota...............................................          528
Tennessee..................................................        3,997
Texas......................................................       13,676
Utah.......................................................        1,322
Vermont....................................................          442
Virginia...................................................        5,044
Washington.................................................        4,096
West Virginia..............................................        1,404
Wisconsin..................................................        3,817
Wyoming....................................................         348 
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Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, Bureau of the
  Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.                                       
For a description of methodology see Current Population Reports, P25-   
  1127.                                                                 

[FR Doc. 97-6636 Filed 3-12-97; 3:13 pm]
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