Table 11.  November 1982 Congressional Election Voting & Registration

   Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
   Release date:  August 1996


   (Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional population)
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                                      Registered             Voted
                    Voting-age
   Characteristic   population    Number   Percent      Number   Percent
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   GENDER AND AGE
   Both sexes:        165,483    105,996      64.1      80,310      48.5
   18 - 20 yrs         12,075      4,224      35.0       2,390      19.8
   21 - 24 yrs         16,748      8,003      47.8       4,749      28.4
   25 - 44 yrs         66,881     41,103      61.5      30,343      45.4
   45 - 64 yrs         44,180     33,422      75.6      27,491      62.2
   65 yrs & over       25,598     19,245      75.2      15,336      59.9

   Male:               78,046     49,723      63.7      38,025      48.7
   18 - 20 yrs          5,971      2,089      35.0       1,207      20.2
   21 - 24 yrs          8,103      3,873      47.8       2,320      28.6
   25 - 44 yrs         32,582     19,645      60.3      14,507      44.5
   45 - 64 yrs         20,940     15,874      75.8      13,166      62.9
   65 yrs & over       10,449      8,243      78.9       6,826      65.3

   Female:             87,437     56,273      64.4      42,285      48.4
   18 - 20 yrs          6,104      2,135      35.0       1,183      19.4
   21 - 24 yrs          8,645      4,130      47.8       2,429      28.1
   25 - 44 yrs         34,300     21,458      62.6      15,837      46.2
   45 - 64 yrs         23,239     17,548      75.5      14,324      61.6
   65 yrs & over       15,149     11,002      72.6       8,510      56.2

   RACE
   White              143,607     94,205      65.6      71,679      49.9
   Black               17,624     10,422      59.1       7,581      43.0
   Hispanic 1/          8,765      3,091      35.3       2,217      25.3

   REGION
   Northeast           36,356     22,716      62.5      18,106      49.8
   Midwest             41,891     29,797      71.1      22,905      54.7
   South               55,357     34,152      61.7      23,139      41.8
   West                31,879     19,332      60.6      16,160      50.7

   EDUCATION
   Elem: 0 - 8 yrs     22,365     11,693      52.3       7,980      35.7
   High: 1 - 3 yrs     22,324     11,890      53.3       8,418      37.7
         4 years       65,186     40,977      62.9      30,727      47.1
   Coll: 1 - 3 yrs     28,751     20,114      70.0      15,333      53.3
     4 yrs or more     26,858     21,323      79.4      17,851      66.5

   LABOR FORCE
   In labor force     107,985     69,032      63.9      52,281      48.4
     Employed          97,225     63,673      65.5      48,610      50.0
     Unemployed        10,760      5,359      49.8       3,670      34.1
   Not in lab force    57,499     36,964      64.3      28,029      48.7
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   1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

   Source: Current Population Reports, Series P20, No. 383.