Table 4.  Percent of Persons 65 Years and Over 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       27,890     62.8    2,538     51.6    1,356     37.6
    1990       26,807     61.7    2,528     51.3    1,072     40.5
    1986       24,982     61.9    2,318     53.3      881     36.5
    1982       23,139     61.1    2,132     50.8      599     29.5
    1978       20,798     57.2    1,943     45.6      511     24.9
    1974       19,058     52.8    1,710     38.5      413     28.1
    1970       17,583     58.6    1,413     39.3       NA       NA
    1966       16,413     57.9    1,316     35.3       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.