Table 6. Percent Reported Voted in Congressional Elections, by Age and Race: November 1966 to 1994 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Release date: August 1996 (Numbers in thousands) _______________________________________________________________________ 18 yrs and over 18 to 44 yrs 45 yrs and over Year White Black White Black White Black _______________________________________________________________________ 1994 Number 160,317 21,799 88,671 14,066 71,647 7,734 Percent voted 47.3 37.1 36.9 29.2 60.1 51.6 1990 Number 155,587 20,371 88,320 13,030 67,267 7,341 Percent voted 46.7 39.2 37.2 33.0 59.1 50.1 1986 Number 149,899 19,020 85,839 12,186 64,059 6,834 Percent voted 47.0 43.2 36.9 36.4 60.6 55.5 1982 Number 143,607 17,624 81,458 11,284 62,149 6,340 Percent voted 49.9 43.0 40.1 37.4 62.8 53.1 1978 Number 133,370 15,636 73,827 9,634 59,543 6,002 Percent voted 47.3 37.2 37.9 30.7 59.0 47.5 1974 Number 125,132 14,175 67,491 8,556 57,641 5,620 Percent voted 46.3 33.8 37.6 27.3 56.5 43.6 1970 Number 107,997 11,472 52,923 6,423 55,074 5,049 Percent voted 56.0 43.5 48.4 38.9 63.2 49.4 1966 Number 101,205 10,533 49,332 5,767 51,873 4,766 Percent voted 57.1 41.8 50.3 39.3 63.6 44.8 __________________________________________________________________________ Note: Data are for persons of voting age, 21 years old and over, in most States prior to 1972. Source: For years prior to 1994, Current Population Reports, Series P20, Nos. 174, 228, 293, 344, 383, 414, and 453.