Table A-2. Reported Voted and Registered by Region, Educational Attainment and Labor Force: November 1964 to 1998 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: July 19, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Region | Educational Attainment | Labor Force ---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------- | Less than 9th to 12th grade, High school Some college/ Bachelor's degree | In civilian Not in Years Northeast Midwest South West | 9th grade no diploma graduate or GED Associate degree or more | labor force Employed Unemployed labor force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Voted 1998 41.2 47.3 38.6 42.3 24.0 24.6 37.1 46.2 57.2 40.7 41.2 28.4 44.5 1996 54.5 59.3 52.2 51.8 29.9 33.8 49.1 60.5 72.6 54.3 55.2 37.2 54.1 1994 45.6 48.9 40.9 47.1 23.6 27.3 40.7 49.5 63.8 44.7 45.6 28.6 45.8 1992 61.2 67.2 59.0 58.5 35.1 41.2 57.5 68.7 81.0 62.6 63.8 46.2 58.7 1990 45.2 48.6 42.4 45.0 27.7 30.9 42.2 50.0 62.5 44.2 45.1 27.9 46.7 1988 57.4 62.9 54.5 55.6 36.7 41.3 54.7 64.5 77.6 57.5 58.4 38.6 57.3 1986 44.4 49.5 43.0 48.4 32.7 33.8 44.1 49.9 62.5 44.7 45.7 31.2 48.4 1984 59.7 65.7 56.8 58.5 42.9 44.4 58.7 67.5 79.1 60.5 61.6 44.0 58.9 1982 49.8 54.7 41.8 50.7 35.7 37.7 47.1 53.3 66.5 48.4 50.0 34.1 48.7 1980 58.5 65.8 55.6 57.2 42.6 45.6 58.9 67.2 79.9 60.4 61.8 41.2 57.0 1978 48.1 50.5 39.6 47.5 34.6 35.1 45.3 51.5 63.9 45.7 46.7 27.4 46.2 1976 59.5 65.1 54.9 57.5 44.1 47.2 59.4 68.1 79.8 60.7 62.0 43.7 56.5 1974 48.7 49.3 36.0 48.1 34.4 35.9 44.7 49.6 61.3 46.3 47.2 27.6 45.8 1972 66.4 NA 55.4 NA 47.4 52.0 65.4 74.9 83.6 65.3 66.0 49.9 59.3 1970 59.0 NA 44.7 NA 43.4 47.1 58.4 61.3 70.2 56.5 57.2 41.1 51.5 1968 71.0 NA 60.1 NA 54.5 61.3 72.5 78.4 84.1 70.6 71.1 52.1 63.2 1966 60.9 NA 43.0 NA 44.6 49.9 60.1 64.8 70.5 57.8 58.3 40.2 51.7 1964 74.4 76.2 56.7 71.9 59.0 65.4 76.1 82.1 87.5 72.4 73.0 58.0 64.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered 1998 60.8 68.2 62.7 56.0 40.2 43.4 58.6 68.3 75.1 62.1 62.6 48.5 62.1 1996 64.7 71.6 65.9 60.8 40.7 47.9 62.2 72.9 80.4 66.3 67.0 52.5 65.1 1994 61.5 68.9 61.1 58.9 40.7 45.0 59.2 68.9 77.2 62.6 63.4 46.9 62.4 1992 67.0 74.6 67.2 63.6 43.9 50.4 64.9 75.4 84.8 68.8 69.9 53.7 66.8 1990 61.0 68.2 61.3 57.7 44.0 47.9 60.0 68.7 77.3 61.6 62.6 44.6 63.4 1988 64.8 72.5 65.6 63.0 47.5 52.8 64.6 73.5 83.1 66.3 67.1 50.4 67.2 1986 62.0 70.7 63.0 60.8 50.5 52.4 62.9 70.0 77.8 63.5 64.4 50.6 65.7 1984 66.6 74.6 66.9 64.7 53.4 54.9 67.3 75.7 83.8 68.4 69.4 54.3 68.1 1982 62.5 71.1 61.7 60.6 52.3 53.3 62.9 70.0 79.4 63.9 65.5 49.8 64.3 1980 64.8 73.8 64.8 63.3 53.0 54.6 66.4 74.4 84.3 67.4 68.7 50.3 65.8 1978 62.3 68.2 60.1 59.1 53.2 52.9 62.0 68.7 76.9 62.1 63.0 44.1 63.4 1976 65.9 72.3 64.6 63.2 54.4 55.6 66.9 75.2 83.7 67.6 68.8 52.1 65.2 1974 62.2 66.6 59.8 59.8 54.1 54.3 61.9 66.9 76.0 62.5 63.5 42.2 64.0 1972 73.9 NA 68.7 NA 61.5 63.0 74.0 81.7 87.8 73.6 74.3 58.7 70.3 1970 70.0 NA 63.8 NA 61.2 62.9 70.6 72.0 78.1 69.0 69.8 52.2 66.5 1968 76.5 NA 69.2 NA 64.6 68.5 77.7 82.9 87.0 76.1 76.6 60.3 71.3 1966 73.8 NA 62.2 NA 63.7 66.7 73.5 75.5 79.0 71.5 72.0 54.9 68.4 1964 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Prior to 1972, data are for people 21 to 24 years of age with the exception of those aged 18 to 24 in Georgia and Kentucky, 19 to 24 in Alaska, and 20 to 24 in Hawaii. Registration data were not collected in the 1964 Current Population Survey. NA Not available. Source: Current Population Reports, Series P20-504, "Voting and Registratrion in the Election of November 1996," and earlier reports.