Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2015, 5984-5985 [2016-02019]

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5984-5985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02019]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary


Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2015

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, 2015, 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 Humes, 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 52, United States Code, 
Section 30116(e), I hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting 
age population for July 1, 2015, 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, 2015
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                                                Population 18                                     Population 18
                     Area                          and over                   Area                   and over
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United States................................      247,773,709
Alabama......................................        3,755,483  Missouri.......................        4,692,196
Alaska.......................................          552,166  Montana........................          806,529
Arizona......................................        5,205,215  Nebraska.......................        1,425,853
Arkansas.....................................        2,272,904  Nevada.........................        2,221,681
California...................................       30,023,902  New Hampshire..................        1,066,610
Colorado.....................................        4,199,509  New Jersey.....................        6,959,192

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Connecticut..................................        2,826,827  New Mexico.....................        1,588,201
Delaware.....................................          741,548  New York.......................       15,584,974
District of Columbia.........................          554,121  North Carolina.................        7,752,234
Florida......................................       16,166,143  North Dakota...................          583,001
Georgia......................................        7,710,688  Ohio...........................        8,984,946
Hawaii.......................................        1,120,770  Oklahoma.......................        2,950,017
Idaho........................................        1,222,093  Oregon.........................        3,166,121
Illinois.....................................        9,901,322  Pennsylvania...................       10,112,229
Indiana......................................        5,040,224  Rhode Island...................          845,254
Iowa.........................................        2,395,103  South Carolina.................        3,804,558
Kansas.......................................        2,192,084  South Dakota...................          647,145
Kentucky.....................................        3,413,425  Tennessee......................        5,102,688
Louisiana....................................        3,555,911  Texas..........................       20,257,343
Maine........................................        1,072,948  Utah...........................        2,083,423
Maryland.....................................        4,658,175  Vermont........................          506,119
Massachusetts................................        5,407,335  Virginia.......................        6,512,571
Michigan.....................................        7,715,272  Washington.....................        5,558,509
Minnesota....................................        4,205,207  West Virginia..................        1,464,532
Mississippi..................................        2,265,485  Wisconsin......................        4,476,711
                                                                Wyoming........................          447,212
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Vintage 2015 Population Estimates.

    I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election 
Commission.

    Dated: January 21, 2016.
Penny Pritzker,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2016-02019 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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