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Notes:
The data items included in the PL 94-171 tabulations are from the limited number of “short form” items that are asked of all households, that is, age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin.
PL 94-171 specifically requires total population counts. However, since the 1980 census, the Census Bureau has included summaries for the major race groups, the Hispanic-Latino-origin population, and for the Non-Hispanic or Latino population by race.
Beginning with the 1990 census, at the request of State legislatures and the Department of Justice, voting age (18 years and over) was added to the cross-tabulation of race and Hispanic origin.
Now we’ll see examples of the four PL data tables.
