[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01890]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2016

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, 2016, 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 52, United States Code, Section 
30116(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Battle, Chief, Population 
Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-6H174, Washington, DC 20233, at 
301-763-2071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the requirements of the 1976 amendment 
to the Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 52, United States Code, 
Section 30116(e), I hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting 
age population for July 1, 2016, 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, 2016
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                                                              Population
                            Area                             18 and over
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United States:                                               249,485,228
  Alabama..................................................    3,766,477
  Alaska...................................................      554,567
  Arizona..................................................    5,299,579
  Arkansas.................................................    2,283,195
  California...............................................   30,157,154
  Colorado.................................................    4,279,173
  Connecticut..............................................    2,823,158
  Delaware.................................................      747,791
  District of Columbia.....................................      560,277
  Florida..................................................   16,465,727
  Georgia..................................................    7,798,827
  Hawaii...................................................    1,120,541
  Idaho....................................................    1,245,967
  Illinois.................................................    9,875,430
  Indiana..................................................    5,057,601
  Iowa.....................................................    2,403,962
  Kansas...................................................    2,192,338
  Kentucky.................................................    3,426,345
  Louisiana................................................    3,567,717
  Maine....................................................    1,076,765
  Maryland.................................................    4,667,719
  Massachusetts............................................    5,433,677
  Michigan.................................................    7,737,243
  Minnesota................................................    4,231,619
  Mississippi..............................................    2,267,438
  Missouri.................................................    4,706,137
  Montana..................................................      814,909
  Nebraska.................................................    1,433,791
  Nevada...................................................    2,262,631
  New Hampshire............................................    1,074,207
  New Jersey...............................................    6,959,717
  New Mexico...............................................    1,590,352
  New York.................................................   15,564,730
  North Carolina...........................................    7,848,068
  North Dakota.............................................      581,641
  Ohio.....................................................    9,002,201
  Oklahoma.................................................    2,961,933
  Oregon...................................................    3,224,738
  Pennsylvania.............................................   10,109,422
  Rhode Island.............................................      848,045
  South Carolina...........................................    3,863,498
  South Dakota.............................................      652,167
  Tennessee................................................    5,149,399
  Texas....................................................   20,568,009
  Utah.....................................................    2,129,444
  Vermont..................................................      506,066
  Virginia.................................................    6,541,685
  Washington...............................................    5,658,502
  West Virginia............................................    1,456,034
  Wisconsin................................................    4,491,015
  Wyoming..................................................      446,600
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Vintage 2016 Population
  Estimates.

    I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election 
Commission.

    Dated: January 18, 2017.
Penny Pritzker,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2017-01890 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
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