United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Voter Registration and Persons Voting 491
No. 803. V o t e r R e g i s t r a t i o n a n d P e r s o n s V o t in g , b y S t a t e s : 1 9 7 2 t o 1 9 8 0
[For 1972 and 1976, total persons voting restricted to number of ballots recorded by Secretaries of State as having been cast for
arty electoral office or referendum; or In those States which do not count total number of ballots (which are noted), the largest
number of votes cast for a particular office. For I960, total persons voting are total votes cast for President. For total resident
voting-age population, see table 802]
P E R S O N S R E G IS T E R E D
P E R S O N S V O T IN G
DIVISION AND Total Percent of voting* Total Percent o f Percent o f voting-
S T A T E (1,000) age population (1,000) registered age population
1972 1976 1980 1972 1976 1980 1972 1976 1980 1972 1976 1980 1972 1976 1980
U.S............. 92,702 105,837 112,945 (X) '70.4 ‘ 70.4 78,902 62,645 86,515 (X) >77.1 ‘ 74.3 56.0 54.3 62.6
N.E.................... 6,615 6,584 7,020 80.1 75.6 76.7 5,293 5,452 5,467 80.0 82.8 77,9 64.1 62.6 59.8
Maine............. 616 696 760 89.0 91.7 93.8 “421 *486 523 68,3 69.8 68.8 60.8 64.0 64.6
N.H................. 450 478 551 85.7 80.6 82.2 345 359 384 76.7 75.1 69.6 65.7 60.5 57.2
V t.................. 273 284 312 86.6 84.3 84.6 194 194 213 71.1 68.3 68.4 63.0 57.6 57.8
Mass.............. 3,096 2,912 3,143 78.1 70.5 73.4 2,508 2,594 2,524 81.0 89.1 80.3 63.3 62.8 59,0
R.l.................. 532 545 547 78.0 79.1 77.1 3416 3411 416 78.2 75.4 78.0 61.0 59.7 58.6
Conn.............. 1,648 1,669 1,706 78.8 75.8 74.0 1,409 1,408 1,400 85.5 84.4 82.4 67.4 64.0 61.0
M.A................... 18,752 17,719 17,385 72.3 66.5 64.0 14,945 14,326 13,739 79.7 80.9 79.0 57.6 53.8 50.6
N.Y.. 8,207 8,199 7,870 72.4 63.6 60.8 7 ,3 2 3 8,668 6,202 79.5 81.3 78.8 57.6 51.7 47.9
N.J., 3,673 3,770 3,761 73.3 72.2 69.4 3,030 3,037 2,976 82.5 80.6 79.1 60.5 58.2 54.9
Pa..., 5,672 5,750 5,754 71.5 67.4 65.5 34,592 34,621 4,562 78.2 80.4 79.3 56.0 54.2 51.9
E.N.C................. 18,625 21,723 20,769 (X) 76.3 >78.8 16,572 17,139 17,458 (X) 78.9 >73.1 61.2 60.2 56,7
Ohio 4,628 4,693 5,887 64.7 62.9 76.2 4,220 4,195 4,284 91.2 89.4 72.8 59.0 56.2 55.4
Ind... 3,019 3,010 2,944 86.3 81.5 75.8 32,126 2,279 2,242 70.4 75.7 76.1 60.8 61.7 57.7
hi... 6,215 6,252 6,212 82.0 78.8 75.6 4,883 4,839 4,750 78.6 77.4 76.5 64.5 61.0 57.8
Mich............... 4,763 5,202 5,726 81.1 83.7 87.7 33,490 3,722 3,910 73.3 71.5 68.3 59.4 59.9 59.9
Wis. c) 2,566 (*) (X ) 81.1 (X ) 31,853 32,104 2,273 (X) 82.0 (X) 62.5 66.5 67.2
W.N.C................ 1,104 8,906 9,970 (X) ‘ 78.6 >83.5 8,977 7,404 7,719 (X) ‘79.7 ‘ 74.4 62.8 62.9 62.3
Minn............... o 2,566 2,787 (X ) 94.1 95.2 1,774 1,979 2,052 (X) 77.5 73.6 69.9 72.6 70.1
Iowa............... o 1,407 1,747 (X ) 69.4 83.5 31,226 31,279 1,318 (X) 90.9 75.4 64.0 63.1 63.0
Mo.................. (•) 2,553 2,841 (X ) 74.9 79.4 51,866 31,954 2,100 (X) 7U.5 73.9 57.6 57.3 58.7
N. Dak...........