Table 14.  November 1994 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 & AGE
    Both sexes:           190,267    118,994     62.5     85,702     45.0
    18 - 20 yrs            10,258      3,835     37.4      1,707     16.6
    21 - 24 yrs            14,924      6,824     45.7      3,343     22.4
    25 - 44 yrs            83,006     48,023     57.9     32,689     39.4
    45 - 64 yrs            50,934     36,541     71.7     28,878     56.7
    65 yrs & over          31,144     23,771     76.3     19,086     61.3

    Male:                  91,006     55,737     61.2     40,716     44.7
    18 - 24 yrs             5,139      1,871     36.4        809     15.7
    21 - 24 yrs             7,371      3,249     44.1      1,520     20.6
    25 - 44 yrs            40,896     22,876     55.9     15,766     38.6
    45 - 64 yrs            24,620     17,462     70.9     13,991     56.8
    65 yrs & over          12,981     10,279     79.2      8,629     66.5

    Female:                99,260     63,257     63.7     44,986     45.3
    18 - 20 yrs             5,119      1,964     38.4        898     17.5
    21 - 24 yrs             7,553      3,576     47.3      1,822     24.1
    25 - 44 yrs            42,110     25,147     59.7     16,923     40.2
    45 - 64 yrs            26,314     19,079     72.5     14,887     56.6
    65 yrs & over          18,164     13,491     74.3     10,456     57.6

    RACE
    White                 160,317    103,614     64.6     75,769     47.3
    Black                  21,799     12,762     58.5      8,095     37.1
    Hispanic 1/            17,476      5,473     31.3      3,522     20.2

    REGION
    Northeast              38,387     23,599     61.5     17,513     45.6
    Midwest                44,507     30,675     68.9     21,752     48.9
    South                  66,365     40,552     61.1     27,128     40.9
    West                   41,009     24,167     58.9     19,309     47.1

    EDUCATION
    Elem: 0 - 8 yrs        14,734      5,996     40.7      3,479     23.6
    High: 1 - 3 yrs        20,717      9,326     45.0      5,661     27.3
          4 years          64,929     38,465     59.2     26,436     40.7
    Coll: 1 - 3 yrs        50,441     34,770     68.9     24,966     49.5
       4 yrs or more       39,446     30,437     77.2     25,160     63.8

    LABOR FORCE
    In labor force        129,076     80,799     62.6     57,702     44.7
      Employed            122,584     77,756     63.4     55,844     45.6
      Unemployed            6,492      3,043     46.9      1,858     28.6
    Not in lab force       61,191     38,195     62.4     28,000     45.8
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    1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

    Source:  November 1994 Current Population Survey