[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 4343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1522]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2009

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, 2009, 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, 2009, 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, 2009
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                                                Population 18                                     Population 18
                     Area                          and over                   Area                   and over
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United States................................      232,458,335
    Alabama..................................        3,579,844  Missouri.......................        4,556,242
    Alaska...................................          514,927  Montana........................          755,161
    Arizona..................................        4,863,759  Nebraska.......................        1,344,978
    Arkansas.................................        2,179,482  Nevada.........................        1,962,052
    California...............................       27,525,982  New Hampshire..................        1,035,504
                                               ...............  ...............................  ...............
    Colorado.................................        3,796,985  New Jersey.....................        6,661,891
    Connecticut..............................        2,710,303  New Mexico.....................        1,499,433
    Delaware.................................          678,129  New York.......................       15,117,370
    District of Columbia.....................          485,621  North Carolina.................        7,102,917
    Florida..................................       14,480,196  North Dakota...................          502,873
    Georgia..................................        7,245,419  Ohio...........................        8,828,304
    Hawaii...................................        1,004,817  Oklahoma.......................        2,768,201
    Idaho....................................        1,126,611  Oregon.........................        2,952,846
    Illinois.................................        9,733,032  Pennsylvania...................        9,829,635
    Indiana..................................        4,833,748  Rhode Island...................          826,384
    Iowa.....................................        2,294,701  South Carolina.................        3,480,510
    Kansas...................................        2,113,796  South Dakota...................          612,767
    Kentucky.................................        3,299,790  Tennessee......................        4,803,002
    Louisiana................................        3,368,690  Texas..........................       17,886,333
    Maine....................................        1,047,125  Utah...........................        1,915,748
    Maryland.................................        4,347,543  Vermont........................          495,485
    Massachusetts............................        5,160,585  Virginia.......................        6,035,408
    Michigan.................................        7,619,835  Washington.....................        5,094,603
    Minnesota................................        4,005,417  West Virginia..................        1,433,328
    Mississippi..............................        2,184,254  Wisconsin......................        4,344,524
                                                                Wyoming........................          412,245
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.

    I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

    Dated: January 19, 2010.
Gary Locke,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2010-1522 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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