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.
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
Area
Population 18 and over
Area
Population 18 and over
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
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
I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.