Table 12.  November 1986 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:        173,890     11,728      64.3      79,954      46.0
   18 - 20 yrs         10,740      3,800      35.4       1,994      18.6
   21 - 24 yrs         15,685      7,309      46.6       3,788      24.2
   25 - 44 yrs         74,927     45,790      61.1      31,003      41.4
   45 - 64 yrs         44,825     33,528      74.8      26,305      58.7
   65 yrs & over       27,712     21,300      76.9      16,865      60.9

   Male:               82,364     52,203      63.4      37,729      45.8
   18 - 20 yrs          5,214      1,792      34.4         950      18.2
   21 - 24 yrs          7,640      3,483      45.6       1,776      23.2
   25 - 44 yrs         36,704     21,797      59.4      14,785      40.3
   45 - 64 yrs         21,369     15,917      74.5      12,577      58.9
   65 yrs & over       11,437      9,215      80.6       7,641      66.8

   Female:             91,526     59,525      65.0      42,225      46.1
   18 - 20 yrs          5,527      2,008      36.3       1,044      18.9
   21 - 24 yrs          8,045      3,827      47.6       2,012      25.0
   25 - 44 yrs         38,223     23,994      62.8      16,217      42.4
   45 - 64 yrs         23,456     17,611      75.1      13,728      58.5
   65 yrs & over       16,276     12,086      74.3       9,224      56.7

   RACE
   White              149,899     97,825      65.3      70,473      47.0
   Black               19,020     12,166      64.0       8,225      43.2
   Hispanic 1/         11,832      4,247      35.9       2,866      24.2

   REGION
   Northeast           37,283     23,097      62.0      16,559      44.4
   Midwest             42,778     30,255      42.7      21,166      49.5
   South               59,201     37,323      63.0      25,467      43.0
   West                34,628     21,052      60.8      16,762      48.4

   EDUCATION
   Elem: 0 - 8 yrs     19,628      9,918      50.5       6,418      32.7
   High: 1 - 3 yrs     21,366     11,191      52.4       7,219      33.8
         4 years       68,550     43,134      62.9      30,255      44.1
   Coll: 1 - 3 yrs     33,030     23,131      70.0      16,495      49.9
     4 yrs or more     31,316     24,354      77.8      19,567      62.5

   LABOR FORCE
   In labor force     115,636     73,444      63.5      51,738      44.7
     Employed         108,456     68,898      64.4      49,559      45.7
     Unemployed         6,629      3,357      50.6       2,067      31.2
   Not in lab force    58,254     38,283      65.7      28,216      48.4
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   1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

   Source: Current Population Reports, Series P20, No. 414.