United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

490 Elections
No. 802. Resident Population of Voting Age. 1972 to 1982, and by Selected
Characteristics, 1980 and 1982—States
[In thousand?, except percent. Estimated population, 18 years old and over, as ol November, except as noted. Includes Armed
Forces stationed In each state, aliens, ana Institutional population. Except as noted, data are consistent with 1980 census
A d v a n c e R e p o rts senes PHCBO-V; see text, pp. 1 and 2]
DIVISION AND
STATE
1972 1976 1978 1980
Total
18-24
years
1982 I960,' PERCENT OF
VOTING-AGE POPULATION
25-44 45-64
65 yr.
years years
and
over Female Black
Spanish
origin3
United
States....... 140,777 152,306 158,369 164,381 169,342 29,917 67,987 44,475 26,963 52.4 10.5 5,5
New England.... 8,262 8,711 8,956 9,148 9,406 1,649 3,665 2,503 1,588 53.2 3.4 1.9
Melne............... 692 759 791 810 831 143 322 219 147 52.5 .3 .4
New
Hampshire.... 525 563 638 671 697 123 289 176 110 52.3 .4 .5
308 337 353 389 .2
Massachusetts.. 3,963 4,132 4,213 4,281 4,394 786 1,704 1,153 751 53*6 3.4 1.9
Rhode Island.... 662 689 707 710 726 129 266 IBB 132 53.5 2.5 1.8
Connecticut...... 2,091 2,201 2.254 2,307 2,378 398 927 666 387 52.8 6.0 3.1
Middle Atlantic.... 25,934 26,643 26,912 27,148 27,580 4,526 10,511 7,818 4,725 53.5 10.7 5.4
New York........ . 12.717 12,892 12,912 12,945 13,153 2,175 5,094 3,674 2,209 53.8 12.4 6,3
New Jersey...... 5.010 5,220 5,326 5,417 5.544 891 2,147, 1,601 906 53.2 11.0 5.7
Pennsylvania..... 8,207 8,531 8,673 8,765 6,883 1,460 3,270 2,543 1.610 53.3 e.i 1.0
East North
Central........ . 27,064 28,469 29,251 29,747 30,061 5,406 11,9961 7,942 4,714 S2.5 9.8 2.1
Ohio................ 7,149 7,461 7,638 7,731 7,793 1,367 3,077 2,122 1,228 52.8 9.2 .9
Indiana... ........ 3,496 3,692 3,812 3,883 3,904 713 1,553 1,025 613 52.5 6.6 1.3
Illinois............ 7,576 7,939 6,132 B.224 8,346 1,478 3.347j 2,208 1,313 52.6 12.9 4.6
Michigan.......... 5,876 6,214 6,406 6,526 6,554 1,208 2,668 1,712 967 52.2 11.7 1.4
Wisconsin........ 2,965 3,163 3,263 3,383 3.464 641 1,354 876 593 51.9 3.2 1.1
West North
Central........ 11,108 11,780 12,122 12,39ft 12,580 2,251 4,882 3,197 2,271 52.3 4.1 1.0
Minnesota........ 2,537 2,726 2,823 2,927 2,968 553 1,210 725 500 51.9 1.1 .6
Iowa................. 1,917 2,026 2,075 2,091 2.094 363 792 539 400 52.4 1.2 .7
Missouri........... 3,240 3,406 3,499 3,577 3,640 636 1.380 955 668 53.1 9.3 .9
North Dakota.... 411 442 455 465 473 90 184 116 83 50.1 .4 .5
South Dakota.... 443 469 480 485 482 88 177 124 94 51.3 .3 .5
Nebraska.... . 1,021 1,081 1,108 1,128 1,144 203 443 287 211 52.1 2.6 t.4
Kansas............ 1,539 1,628 1,681 1,726 1,759 317 675 451 315 51.9 4.6 2.2
South Atlantic.... 21,889 24,586 25,832 27,243 28,523 4,988 11,263 7,564 4,709 52.6 18.5 3.2
Delaware......... 3 7 9 412 426 4 3 2 443 8 6 174 119 64 52.8 14.2 1.3
Maryland......... 2,721 2,920 3,014 3,082 3,190 571 1,342 853 423 52.6 20.8 1.4
District of
Columbia...... 537 525 515 493 487 90 204 119 74 54.9 65.8 2.8
Virginia............ 3,257 3,613 3,794 3,920 4,078 768 1.719 1,050 541 51.8 17.5 1.4
West Virginia.... 1,219 1,314 1,363 1,395 1,408 227 646 386 246 52.6 3.2 .6
North Carolina... 3.54B 3,907 4,088 4,265 4,417 620 1.774 1,168 655 52.4 20.3 ,9
South Carolina.. 1,762 1,693 2,104 2,204 2,291 452 946 581 313 52.4 27.3 1.0
Georgia............ 3,153 3,494 3,687 3,868 4,040 753 1,717 1,016 554 52.9 24.3 1.1
Florida............. 5,313 6,408 6,862 7,585 8,169 1,221 2,841 2,271 1,836 53.0 11.3 8.5
East South
Central......... 8,773 9,624 10,046 10,367 10,552 1,895 4,165 2,750 1,741 52.8 17.4 A
Kentucky.......... 2.223 2,434 2,528 2,590 2,620 476 1.045 673 427 52.2 6.7 .7
Tennessee......... 2.763 3,033 3,179 3,313 3,375 583 1,352 891 548 52.9 14.2 .1
Alabama.......... 2.325 2,554j 2.669 2,748 2,812 504 1,099 745 46S 53.2 22.9 .8
Mississippi........ 1.462 1,603 1,672 1,716 1,745 333 670 442 3 0 1 53.2 31.0 .9
West South
central.......- 13,281 14,904 15,766 16,860 17,798 3,324 7,394 4,492 2,588 52.0 13.4 11.3
Arkansas......... 1.354 1.502 1,575 1,629 1,650 273 618 432 326 52.9 14.1 .7
Louisiana.......... 2,369 2.623 2,760 2,915 3,055 602 1,266 764 423 52.6 26.6 2.3
Oklahoma........ 1,818 1,990 2,081 2,199 2,299 409 903 600 387 52.2 6.0 1.5
Texas............ . 7,719 8,789 9,350 10,117 10,793 2,039 4,607 2.697 1,450 51.6 11.1 17.7
Mountain............ 5,829 6,634 7,413 8,036 6,454 1,567 3,657 2,066 1,164 50.9 2.2 10.9
Montana.......... 470 519 548 559 569 98 237 144 90 50.7 .2 1.0
Idaho............... 490 567 613 643 661 117 281 161 102 50.7 .3 3.2
Wyoming.......... 226 267 298 332 354 65 166 63 39 48.9 .7 4.4
Colorado......... 1,604 1,838 1,974 2,114 2,225 421 1,024 517 263 50.9 3.2 9.6
New Mexico..... 669 783 841 B96 936 180 393 236 127 51.5 1.7 33.1
Arizona............ 1,315 1,611 1,766 1,956 2,061 366 826 522 345 61.5 2.5 13.3
Utah................ 669 791 858 936 986 209 438 222 118 51.3 .7 3.6
Nevada............ 367 457 520 601 661 112 291 180 78 49.6 5.3 5,8
P a c ific ................ 1 6 ,8 3 7 20,758 22,070 23,436 24,389 4,311 10,473 6,143 3,463 61.2 5.8 12.7
Washington...... 2,330 2,601 2,792 3,030 3,154 547 1.368 775 465 50.9 2.4 2.3
Oregon........... 1,495 1,679 1,808 1,921 1,954 307 844 477 326 51.5 1.2 2.0
California.......... 14,062 15,598 16,546 17,513 18,277 3,259 7.792 4,653 2,573 51.4 7.1 18.1
Alaska............. 203 257 269 274 267 60 156 58 13 46.3 3.4 2.1
Hawaii....... 547 624 657 696 716 138 312 181 05 48.8 1.9 6.0
■Based on enumerated population as of Aprif t. Data are consistent with final census reports, series PC80-1-B; see text. PP- **
and 2.
1 Persons of Spanish origin may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rren t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-25, No. 916.