[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7077]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 1997

    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, 1997, 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 11, 1998.
William M. Daly,
Secretary of Commerce.

 Estimate of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and District of
                         Columbia: July 1, 1997                         
                             [In thousands]                             
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                                                              Population
                            Area                                18 and  
                                                                 over   
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United States...............................................     198,108
Alabama.....................................................       3,247
Alaska......................................................         421
Arizona.....................................................       3,277
Arkansas....................................................       1,860
California..................................................      23,317
Colorado....................................................       2,877
Connecticut.................................................       2,478
Delaware....................................................         554
District of Columbia........................................         422
Florida.....................................................      11,183
Georgia.....................................................       5,498
Hawaii......................................................         884
Idaho.......................................................         859
Illinois....................................................       8,722
Indiana.....................................................       4,367
Iowa........................................................       2,127
Kansas......................................................       1,907
Kentucky....................................................       2,947
Louisiana...................................................       3,161
Maine.......................................................         945
Maryland....................................................       3,826
Massachusetts...............................................       4,666
Michigan....................................................       7,269
Minnesota...................................................       3,435
Mississippi.................................................       1,978
Missouri....................................................       3,996
Montana.....................................................         649
Nebraska....................................................       1,212
Nevada......................................................       1,234
New Hampshire...............................................         877
New Jersey..................................................       6,066
New Mexico..................................................       1,230
New York....................................................      13,577
North Carolina..............................................       5,552
North Dakota................................................         476
Ohio........................................................       8,348
Oklahoma....................................................       2,439
Oregon......................................................       2,433
Pennsylvania................................................       9,156
Rhode Island................................................         754
South Carolina..............................................       2,805
South Dakota................................................         541
Tennessee...................................................       4,043
Texas.......................................................      13,862
Utah........................................................       1,371
Vermont.....................................................         443
Virginia....................................................       5,090
Washington..................................................       4,156
West Virginia...............................................       1,404
Wisconsin...................................................       3,823
Wyoming.....................................................         348
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    Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, Bureau 
of the Census, Washington, DC 20233, March 1998.
    For a description of methodology see Current Population Reports, 
P25-1127.
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