Table 399.

Voting-Age Population--Reported Registration and Voting by Selected Characteristics

[136.2 represents 136,200,000. As of November. Covers civilian noninstitutional population 18 years old and over.
Includes aliens. Figures are based on Current Population Survey (see text, Section 1, and Appendix III) and differ from
those in Table 397 based on population estimates and official vote counts]
Voting-age population (millions)

Presidential election ye
Characteristics

1972
136.2

1974
141.3

1976
146.5

1978
151.6

1980
157.1

1982
165.5

1984
170.0

1986
173.9

1988
178.1

1990
182.1

1992
185.7

1994
190.3

1996
193.7

1998
198.2

2000
202.6

2002
210.4

2004
215.7

2006
220.6

2008
225.5

2010
229.7

1972
72.3

1976
66.7

1980
66.9

1984
68.3

11.0
13.6
26.9
22.2
42.3
20.1

11.6
14.1
29.3
22.4
43.0
21.0

12.1
14.8
31.7
22.8
43.3
22.0

12.2
15.5
33.4
24.2
43.4
23.0

12.3
15.9
35.7
25.6
43.6
24.1

12.1
16.7
38.8
28.1
44.2
25.6

11.2
16.7
40.3
30.7
44.3
26.7

10.7
15.7
41.9
33.0
44.8
27.7

10.7
14.8
42.7
35.2
45.9
28.8

10.8
14.0
42.7
37.9
46.9
29.9

9.7
14.6
41.6
39.7
49.1
30.8

10.3
14.9
41.1
41.9
50.9
31.1

10.8
13.9
40.1
43.3
53.7
31.9

11.4
14.1
38.6
44.4
57.4
32.3

11.9
14.9
37.3
44.5
61.4
32.8

11.7
15.6
38.5
43.7
66.9
33.9

11.5
16.4
39.0
43.1
71.0
34.7

11.6
16.2
39.4
42.6
75.0
35.8

11.7
16.6
40.2
41.5
78.1
37.5

12.2
16.7
41.2
39.9
80.7
39.0

58.1
59.5
68.4
74.8
79.7
75.6

47.1
54.8
62.3
69.8
75.5
71.4

44.7
52.7
62.0
70.6
75.8
74.6

47.0
54.3
63.3
70.9
76.6
76.9

63.8
72.4

66.4
74.9

69.0
77.6

71.5
80.2

74.1
83.0

78.0
87.4

80.3
89.6

82.4
91.5

84.5
93.6

86.6
95.5

88.6
97.1

91.0
99.3

92.6
101.0

95.2
103.0

97.1
105.5

100.9
109.5

103.8
111.9

106.5
114.1

109.0
116.5

111.1
118.6

73.1
71.6

67.1
66.4

66.6
67.1

67.3
69.3

121.2
13.5
(NA)

125.1
14.2
(NA)

129.3
14.9
(NA)

133.4
15.6
(NA)

137.7
16.4
(NA)

143.6
17.6
(NA)

146.8
18.4
(NA)

149.9
19.0
(NA)

152.9
19.7
(NA)

155.6
20.4
(NA)

157.8
21.0
(NA)

160.3
21.8
(NA)

162.8
22.5
(NA)

165.8
23.3
(NA)

168.7
24.1
8.0

174.1
24.4
9.6

176.6
24.9
9.3

179.9
25.7
9.9

183.2
26.5
10.5

185.8
27.4
11.0

73.4
65.5
(NA)

68.3
58.5
(NA)

68.4
60.0
(NA)

69.6
66.3
(NA)

Hispanic \4

5.6

6.1

6.6

6.8

8.2

8.8

9.5

11.8

12.9

13.8

14.7

17.5

18.4

20.3

21.6

25.2

27.1

29.0

30.9

32.5

44.4

37.8

36.3

40.1

Region \5:
..Northeast
..Midwest
..South
..West

93.7
(NA)
42.6
(NA)

33.3
38.1
44.8
25.0

33.9
39.2
47.1
26.2

35.1
40.3
48.8
27.5

35.5
41.5
50.6
29.5

36.4
41.9
55.4
31.9

36.9
42.1
57.6
33.4

37.3
42.8
59.2
34.6

37.9
43.3
60.7
36.2

38.1
43.9
62.4
37.7

38.3
44.4
63.7
39.3

38.4
44.5
66.4
41.0

38.3
45.2
68.1
42.1

38.5
45.9
70.1
43.7

38.9
46.4
71.8
45.5

41.1
48.8
74.2
46.3

41.0
48.4
77.2
49.1

41.2
49.1
80.0
50.4

41.5
49.4
82.4
52.2

42.3
50.1
84.2
53.2

73.9
(NA)
68.7
(NA)

65.9
72.3
64.6
63.2

64.8
73.8
64.8
63.3

66.6
74.6
66.9
64.7

28.1

24.4

24.9

23.6

22.7

22.4

20.6

19.6

19.1

17.7

15.4

14.7

14.1

13.3

12.9

12.3

12.6

12.1

11.1

11.1

61.5

54.4

53.0

53.4

22.3
50.7

21.7
51.7

22.2
55.7

22.3
58.4

22.5
61.2

22.3
65.2

22.1
67.8

21.4
68.6

21.1
70.0

21.0
71.5

21.0
65.3

20.7
64.9

21.0
65.2

21.0
65.6

20.1
66.3

20.9
68.9

20.7
68.5

20.2
70.0

19.1
70.4

18.8
71.0

63.0
74.0

55.6
66.9

54.6
66.4

54.9
67.3

19.3
15.9

23.7
19.8

23.6
20.2

25.1
22.2

26.7
24.0

28.8
26.9

30.9
28.6

33.0
31.3

34.3
33.6

36.3
35.6

46.7
37.4

50.4
39.4

50.9
42.5

52.9
45.4

55.3
48.0

57.3
51.0

58.9
54.9

60.2
58.2

63.8
61.1

65.3
63.5

81.7
87.8

75.2
83.7

74.4
84.3

75.7
83.8

Employed
80.2
83.1
86.0
93.2
95.0
97.2
104.2
108.5
113.8
115.5
116.3
Unemployed
3.7
5.0
6.4
4.9
6.9
10.8
7.4
6.6
5.8
6.7
8.3
Not in labor force
52.3
53.2
54.1
53.5
55.2
57.5
58.4
58.8
58.5
59.9
61.1
SYMBOL:
NA Not available.
FOOTNOTES:
\1 Includes other races not shown separately.
\2 Beginning with the 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS), respondents could choose more than one race. 2004, 2006, 2008
and 2010 data represent persons who selected this race group only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The
CPS in prior years only allowed respondents to report one race group. See also comments on race in the text for Section
1. Arrow down for footnote 3.
\3 Prior to 2004, this category was 'Asian and Pacific Islanders,' therefore rates are not comparable with prior years.
\4 The
Persons
of Hispanic
origin
may be any
race.
\6
General
Educational
Development
(GED)
Test measures how well a non-high school graduate has mastered the skills
\5 For
composition
of that
regions,
see map, in
inside
front cover.
and
general
knowledge
are acquired
a four-year
high school education. Successfully passing the exam is a
credential generally considered to be equivalent to a high school diploma.

122.6
6.5
61.2

125.6
6.4
61.6

130.5
5.2
62.5

133.4
4.9
64.2

134.9
7.7
67.8

138.8
7.3
69.6

143.8
6.2
70.5

143.2
9.5
72.8

138.3
13.9
77.5

74.3
58.7
70.3

68.8
52.1
65.2

68.7
50.3
65.8

69.4
54.3
68.1

Total \1
18
21
25
35
45
65

to 20
to 24
to 34
to 44
to 64
years

years old
years old
years old
years old
years old
old and over

Male
Female
White \2
Black \2
Asian \2, \3

School years completed:

..8 years or less
..High school:
....Less than high school graduate
....High school graduate or GED \6
..College:
....Some college or associate's degree
....Bachelor's or advanced degree

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2010, Current Population Reports, P20423, P20-442, P20-552, P20-556, P20-557, P20-562 and earlier reports; and unpublished data.

Percent reporting they registered

Percent reporting they voted

Presidential election years

Congressional election years

Presidential election years

Congressional

1988
66.6

1992
68.2

1996
65.9

2000
63.9

2004
65.9

2008
64.9

1974
62.2

1978
62.6

1982
64.1

1986
64.3

1990
62.2

1994
62.0

1998
62.1

2002
60.9

2006
61.6

2010
59.8

1972
63.0

1976
59.2

1980
59.2

1984
59.9

1988
57.4

1992
61.3

1996
54.2

2000
54.7

2004
58.3

2008
58.2

1974
44.7

1978
45.9

1982
48.5

44.9
50.6
57.8
69.3
75.5
78.4

48.3
55.3
60.6
69.2
75.3
78.0

45.6
51.2
56.9
66.5
73.5
77.0

40.5
49.3
54.7
63.8
71.2
76.1

50.7
52.1
55.6
64.2
72.7
76.9

49.3
56.2
56.5
61.4
70.4
75.0

36.4
45.3
54.7
66.7
73.6
70.2

34.7
45.1
55.5
66.7
74.3
72.8

35.0
47.8
57.1
67.5
75.6
75.2

35.4
46.6
55.8
67.9
74.8
76.9

35.4
43.3
52.0
65.5
71.4
76.5

37.2
45.5
51.5
63.3
71.0
75.6

32.1
35.0
52.4
62.4
71.1
75.4

32.6
42.5
50.2
60.0
69.4
75.8

37.0
44.9
50.3
59.3
69.6
75.4

34.4
47.2
49.8
57.3
66.3
72.5

48.3
50.7
59.7
66.3
70.8
63.5

38.0
45.6
55.4
63.3
68.7
62.2

35.7
43.1
54.6
64.4
69.3
65.1

36.7
43.5
54.5
63.5
69.8
67.7

33.2
38.3
48.0
61.3
67.9
68.8

38.5
45.7
53.2
63.6
70.0
70.1

31.2
33.4
43.1
54.9
64.4
67.0

28.4
35.4
43.7
55.0
64.1
67.6

41.0
42.5
46.9
56.9
66.6
68.9

41.0
46.6
48.5
55.2
65.0
68.1

20.8
26.4
37.0
49.1
56.9
51.4

20.1
26.2
38.0
50.1
58.5
55.9

19.8
28.4
40.4
52.2
62.2
59.9

65.2
67.8

66.9
69.3

64.4
67.3

62.2
65.6

64.0
67.6

62.6
67.0

62.8
61.7

62.6
62.5

63.7
64.4

63.4
65.0

61.2
63.1

60.8
63.2

60.6
63.5

58.9
62.8

59.5
63.5

57.9
61.5

64.1
62.0

59.6
58.8

59.1
59.4

59.0
60.8

56.4
58.3

60.2
62.3

52.8
55.5

53.1
56.2

56.3
60.1

55.7
60.4

46.2
43.4

46.6
45.3

48.7
48.4

67.9
64.5
(NA)

70.1
63.9
(NA)

67.7
63.5
(NA)

65.6
63.6
30.7

67.9
64.4
34.9

66.6
65.5
37.3

63.5
54.9
(NA)

63.8
57.1
(NA)

65.6
59.1
(NA)

65.3
64.0
(NA)

63.8
58.8
(NA)

64.2
58.3
(NA)

63.9
60.2
(NA)

63.1
58.8
30.7

64.0
57.4
32.9

61.6
58.8
34.1

64.5
52.1
(NA)

60.9
48.7
(NA)

60.9
50.5
(NA)

61.4
55.8
(NA)

59.1
51.5
(NA)

63.6
54.0
(NA)

56.0
50.6
(NA)

56.4
53.5
25.4

60.3
56.3
29.8

59.6
60.8
32.1

46.3
33.8
(NA)

47.3
37.2
(NA)

49.9
43.0
(NA)

35.5

35.0

35.7

34.9

34.3

37.6

34.9

32.9

35.3

35.9

32.3

30.0

33.7

32.6

32.1

33.8

37.5

31.8

29.9

32.6

28.8

28.9

26.7

27.5

28.0

31.6

22.9

23.5

25.3

64.8
72.5
65.6
63.0

67.0
74.6
67.2
63.6

64.7
71.6
65.9
60.8

63.7
70.2
64.5
56.9

65.3
72.8
65.5
60.1

63.7
70.6
65.5
59.4

62.2
66.6
59.8
59.8

62.3
68.2
60.1
59.1

62.5
71.1
61.7
60.6

62.0
70.7
63.0
60.8

61.0
68.2
61.3
57.7

60.9
68.7
60.7
58.1

60.8
68.2
62.7
56.0

60.8
66.5
61.6
54.0

60.3
68.3
62.0
55.4

59.7
65.0
59.4
55.5

66.4
(NA)
55.4
(NA)

59.5
65.1
54.9
57.5

58.5
65.8
55.6
57.2

59.7
65.7
56.8
58.5

57.4
62.9
54.5
55.6

61.2
67.2
59.0
58.5

54.5
59.3
52.2
51.8

55.2
60.9
53.5
49.9

58.6
65.0
56.4
54.4

57.4
63.4
57.7
54.6

48.7
49.3
36.0
48.1

48.1
50.5
39.6
47.5

49.8
54.7
41.8
50.7

47.5

43.9

40.7

36.1

32.5

30.1

54.1

53.2

52.3

50.5

44.0

40.1

40.2

32.4

29.5

27.0

47.4

44.1

42.6

42.9

36.7

35.1

28.1

26.8

23.6

23.4

34.4

34.6

35.7

52.8
64.6

50.4
64.9

47.9
62.2

45.9
60.1

45.8
61.5

43.2
59.5

54.3
61.9

52.9
62.0

53.3
62.9

52.4
62.9

47.9
60.0

44.7
58.9

43.4
58.6

41.6
57.1

39.6
57.5

37.8
54.0

52.0
65.4

47.2
59.4

45.6
58.9

44.4
58.7

41.3
54.7

41.2
57.5

33.8
49.1

33.6
49.4

34.6
52.4

33.7
50.9

35.9
44.7

35.1
45.3

37.7
47.1

73.5
83.1

75.4
84.8

72.9
80.4

70.0
77.3

73.7
78.1

72.0
76.8

66.9
76.0

68.7
76.9

70.0
79.4

70.0
77.8

68.7
77.3

68.4
76.3

68.3
75.1

66.7
74.4

68.3
73.9

65.5
72.5

74.9
83.6

68.1
79.8

67.2
79.9

67.5
79.1

64.5
77.6

68.7
81.0

60.5
73.0

60.3
72.0

66.1
74.2

65.0
73.3

49.6
61.3

51.5
63.9

53.3
66.5

67.1
50.4
67.2

69.9
53.7
66.8

67.0
52.5
65.1

64.7
46.1
63.8

67.1
56.3
64.4

66.4
57.2
62.9

63.8
44.4
61.3

63.0
44.1
63.4

65.5
49.8
64.3

64.4
50.6
65.4

62.6
44.6
63.4

62.9
46.4
61.9

62.6
48.5
62.1

61.7
48.1
60.9

62.7
48.5
60.7

61.5
52.3
58.0

66.0
49.9
59.3

62.0
43.7
56.5

61.8
41.2
57.0

61.6
44.0
58.9

58.4
38.6
57.3

63.8
46.2
58.7

55.2
37.2
54.1

55.5
35.1
54.5

60.0
46.4
56.2

60.1
48.8
55.5

46.8
28.8
43.0

46.7
27.4
46.2

50.0
34.1
48.7

ed
Congressional election years

2000

2002

2004

Total citizen population

Total citizen population

Total citizen population

Percent
Percent
reported
Number
reported
voted (millions) registered
59.5
192.7
66.5

Percent
Percent
reported
Number
reported
voted (millions) registered
46.1
197.0
72.1

2006

2008

Total citizen population

Percent
Percent
reported
Number
reported
voted (millions) registered
63.8
201.1
67.6

Total citizen population

1986
46.0

1990
45.0

1994
44.6

1998
41.9

2002
42.3

2006
43.6

Percent
Number
reported
2010 (millions) registered
41.8
186.4
69.5

Percent
Percent
reported
Number
reported
voted (millions) registered
47.8
206.1
71.0

Percent
reported
voted
63.6

18.6
24.2
35.1
49.3
58.7
60.9

18.4
22.0
33.8
48.4
55.8
60.3

16.5
22.3
32.2
46.0
56.0
60.7

13.5
19.2
28.0
40.7
53.6
59.5

15.1
18.7
27.1
40.2
53.1
61.0

17.1
21.9
28.3
40.1
54.3
60.5

16.4
22.0
26.9
37.7
51.1
58.9

10.8
13.1
32.2
40.4
58.0
31.8

44.5
55.7
63.3
70.2
75.4
78.4

31.3
40.1
50.5
60.5
67.8
69.6

10.7
13.6
32.9
39.2
63.3
33.0

35.7
48.8
58.9
66.8
73.4
78.0

16.5
21.5
31.8
44.8
56.1
62.7

10.5
14.4
32.8
38.4
68.4
33.7

55.4
59.2
66.0
72.1
75.5
79.3

44.8
48.2
55.7
64.0
69.2
71.0

10.7
14.3
33.2
37.5
70.8
34.6

40.2
50.8
59.7
67.4
73.7
78.0

18.6
24.8
33.5
45.5
57.6
62.5

10.9
14.9
34.2
36.4
73.4
36.3

53.1
62.4
66.4
69.9
74.9
77.4

44.1
51.7
57.0
62.8
69.2
70.3

45.8
46.1

44.6
45.4

44.4
44.9

41.4
42.4

41.4
43.0

42.4
44.7

40.9
42.7

88.8
97.6

68.0
70.9

58.1
60.7

91.6
101.0

64.8
68.0

45.6
46.6

94.1
102.9

70.5
73.6

62.1
65.4

96.1
104.9

66.0
69.0

46.9
48.6

98.8
107.3

69.1
72.8

61.5
65.7

47.0
43.2
(NA)

46.7
39.2
(NA)

46.9
37.0
(NA)

43.3
39.6
(NA)

44.1
39.7
19.4

45.8
38.6
21.8

43.4
40.7
21.3

157.3
22.8
4.7

70.4
67.5
52.4

60.5
56.8
43.3

161.7
22.9
6.0

67.9
62.4
49.2

47.5
42.3
31.2

163.0
23.3
6.3

73.6
68.7
51.8

65.4
60.0
85.2

165.6
24.2
6.6

69.5
60.9
49.1

49.7
41.0
32.4

169.4
24.9
7.1

72.0
69.7
55.3

64.4
64.7
47.6

24.2

21.0

19.1

20.0

18.9

19.3

20.5

13.2

57.3

45.1

15.6

52.5

30.4

16.1

57.9

47.2

17.3

53.7

32.3

19.5

59.4

49.9

44.4
49.5
43.0
48.4

45.2
48.6
42.4
45.0

45.2
48.8
40.5
46.4

41.2
47.3
38.6
42.3

41.4
47.1
41.6
39.0

42.8
50.7
40.3
42.4

41.6
45.1
39.3
42.7

35.5
44.7
67.2
39.1

69.8
73.0
69.0
66.2

60.5
63.2
57.2
58.1

37.4
46.8
68.8
39.7

66.8
69.4
66.5
62.9

45.5
49.1
44.9
45.4

37.5
46.5
71.4
41.7

71.4
75.9
70.8
70.7

64.1
67.8
61.0
64.0

37.6
46.7
73.4
43.4

66.1
71.7
67.6
64.4

46.9
53.2
43.9
49.2

37.9
47.2
76.0
45.0

69.8
73.9
71.1
68.8

62.9
66.3
62.6
63.3

32.7

27.7

23.2

24.6

19.4

17.1

15.8

8.8

53.0

39.3

8.0

50.0

29.9

7.7

53.4

38.8

7.2

49.8

28.9

6.8

49.1

38.1

33.8
44.1

30.9
42.2

27.0
40.5

25.0
37.1

23.3
37.1

22.8
37.6

20.8
35.2

17.8
62.4

51.9
63.9

38.0
52.5

18.2
64.5

47.7
61.0

26.7
39.6

18.0
63.7

52.6
66.2

39.8
56.4

17.2
65.0

46.6
61.9

26.8
40.5

16.2
65.4

51.1
64.1

39.9
54.9

49.9
62.5

50.0
62.5

49.1
63.1

46.2
57.2

45.8
58.5

47.3
59.5

44.4
57.1

52.8
44.6

73.3
83.4

63.1
77.5

54.8
47.2

69.8
80.4

47.9
63.3

56.5
51.1

76.9
83.8

68.9
79.7

57.6
54.2

71.3
79.3

49.4
63.9

61.0
56.7

75.3
82.7

68.0
78.9

45.7
31.2
48.2

45.1
27.9
46.7

45.2
28.3
45.3

41.2
28.4
44.5

42.1
27.2
44.2

43.9
28.0
44.3

42.5
31.6
42.3

122.5
4.4
59.5

70.4
52.3
68.9

60.5
39.8
58.9

123.4
6.8
62.4

67.4
54.7
66.1

46.0
31.0
48.0

125.9
6.5
64.1

74.0
62.4
69.9

66.1
51.4
61.0

130.4
5.6
65.0

69.0
53.9
65.8

48.4
31.1
48.0

130.6
8.5
67.0

72.8
64.1
68.3

65.9
54.7
60.3