Table 3.  Percent of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old Voting in
              Congressional Elections, by Race and Hispanic Origin:
              November 1966 to 1994

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


    (Numbers in thousands)
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                  White              Black          Hisp Origin 1/
                       Percent           Percent            Percent
    Year       Number    voted   Number    voted   Number     voted
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    1994       20,151     21.1    3,638     17.4    3,512     10.1
    1990       20,357     20.8    3,525     20.2    2,711      8.7
    1986       21,957     21.6    3,651     25.1    2,543     11.6
    1982       24,133     25.0    3,850     25.5    2,019     14.2
    1978       23,669     24.2    3,462     20.1    1,606     11.5
    1974       22,187     25.2    3,113     16.1    1,481     13.3
    1970       11,345     31.5    1,542     22.4       NA       NA
    1966        9,405     32.6    1,208     21.9       NA       NA
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    Note: Data are for persons of voting age, 21 years old and over,
          in most States prior to 1972.
    NA  Not available
    1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

    Source: For years prior to 1994, Current Population Reports,
        Series P20, Nos. 174, 228, 293, 344, 383, 414, and 453.