Table 10.  November 1978 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:        151,646     94,883      62.6      69,587      45.9
   18 - 20 yrs         12,161      4,217      34.7       2,443      20.1
   21 - 24 yrs         15,517      6,998      45.1       4,072      26.2
   25 - 44 yrs         57,536     34,652      60.2      24,775      43.1
   45 - 64 yrs         43,431     32,264      74.3      25,428      58.5
   65 yrs & over       23,001     16,752      72.8      12,868      55.9

   Male:               71,465     44,756      62.6      33,281      46.6
   18 - 20 yrs          5,963      2,019      33.9       1,206      20.2
   21 - 24 yrs          7,439      3,271      44.0       1,902      25.6
   25 - 44 yrs         27,826     16,547      59.5      11,830      42.5
   45 - 64 yrs         20,756     15,558      75.0      12,404      59.8
   65 yrs & over        9,482      7,361      77.6       5,940      62.6

   Female:             80,181     50,127      62.5      36,306      45.3
   18 - 20 yrs          6,198      2,198      35.5       1,238      20.0
   21 - 24 yrs          8,078      3,727      46.1       2,170      26.9
   25 - 44 yrs         29,710     18,105      60.9      12,946      43.6
   45 - 64 yrs         22,676     16,706      73.7      13,024      57.4
   65 yrs & over       13,520      9,391      69.5       6,929      51.3

   RACE
   White              133,370     85,095      63.8      63,107      47.3
   Black               15,636      8,921      57.1       5,812      37.2
   Hispanic 1/          6,788      2,233      32.9       1,593      23.5

   REGION
   Northeast           35,107     21,865      62.3      16,899      48.1
   Midwest             40,258     24,471      68.2      20,317      50.5
   South               48,752     29,284      60.1      19,282      39.6
   West                27,529     16,263      59.1      13,089      47.5

   EDUCATION
   Elem: 0 - 8 yrs     23,634     12,571      53.2       8,188      34.6
   High: 1 - 3 yrs     22,251     11,766      52.9       7,814      35.1
         4 years       58,449     36,218      62.0      26,471      45.3
   Coll: 1 - 3 yrs     25,128     17,268      68.7      12,931      51.5
     4 yrs or more     22,184     17,060      76.9      14,182      63.9

   LABOR FORCE
   In labor force      98,162     60,954      62.1      44,854      45.7
      Employed         93,229     58,779      63.0      43,503      46.7
      Unemployed        4,933      2,175      44.1       1,350      27.4
   Not in lab force    53,484     33,929      63.4      24,733      46.2
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   1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

   Source: Current Population Reports, Series P20, No. 344.