[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4732-4733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1687]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2008

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.

ACTION: General Notice Announcing Population Estimates.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the voting age population estimates, as 
of July 1, 2008, for each state and the District of Columbia. We are 
providing this notice in accordance with the 1976 amendment to the 
Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States Code, Section 
441a(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enrique Lamas, Chief, Population 
Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-5H174, Washington, DC 20233, at 
(301) 763-2071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, 2008, for each state and the District of 
Columbia are as shown in the following table.

       Estimates of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and the District of Columbia: July 1, 2008
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                                             Population 18                                        Population 18
                   Area                        and over                     Area                    and over
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United States............................       230,117,876
Alabama..................................         3,540,023  Missouri.........................         4,490,136
Alaska...................................           506,417  Montana..........................           747,082
Arizona..................................         4,792,959  Nebraska.........................         1,336,437
Arkansas.................................         2,152,909  Nevada...........................         1,932,366
California...............................        27,392,136  New Hampshire....................         1,022,451
Colorado.................................         3,732,321  New Jersey.......................         6,635,079
Connecticut..............................         2,689,039  New Mexico.......................         1,481,906
Delaware.................................           666,863  New York.........................        15,082,281
District of Columbia.....................           479,817  North Carolina...................         6,978,737
Florida..................................        14,324,069  North Dakota.....................           498,433
Georgia..................................         7,136,903  Ohio.............................         8,755,533
Hawaii...................................         1,002,955  Oklahoma.........................         2,736,326
Idaho....................................         1,111,176  Oregon...........................         2,922,485
Illinois.................................         9,722,303  Pennsylvania.....................         9,686,275
Indiana..................................         4,792,111  Rhode Island.....................           822,248
Iowa.....................................         2,289,942  South Carolina...................         3,413,573
Kansas...................................         2,101,649  South Dakota.....................           605,885
Kentucky.................................         3,261,181  Tennessee........................         4,736,294
Louisiana................................         3,302,823  Texas............................        17,601,203
Maine....................................         1,041,589  Utah.............................         1,886,789
Maryland.................................         4,293,014  Vermont..........................           492,340

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Massachusetts............................         5,070,934  Virginia.........................         5,945,888
Michigan.................................         7,613,224  Washington.......................         5,008,049
Minnesota................................         3,965,749  West Virginia....................         1,428,310
Mississippi..............................         2,171,898  Wisconsin........................         4,313,555
                                                             Wyoming..........................           404,211
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    I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

    Dated: January 12, 2009.
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. E9-1687 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]
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