Table 23.  Voting and Registration: November 1996
  
  Source:  U.S.  Bureau of Census
  Internet release date:  October 17, 1997
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
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                                           Registered            Voted
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                            Voting-age
  Characteristics           population   Number  Percent     Number  Percent
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  GENDER AND AGE
  
     Both sexes                193,651  127,661     65.9    105,017     54.2
  18 - 20 yrs                   10,785    4,919     45.6      3,366     31.2
  21 - 24 yrs                   13,865    7,099     51.2      4,630     33.4
  25 - 44 yrs                   83,393   51,606     61.9     41,050     49.2
  45 - 64 yrs                   53,721   39,489     73.5     34,615     64.4
  65 yrs and over               31,888   24,547     77.0     21,356     67.0
  
     Male                       92,632   59,672     64.4     48,909     52.8
  18 - 20 yrs                    5,372    2,294     42.7      1,521     28.3
  21 - 24 yrs                    6,901    3,417     49.5      2,140     31.0
  25 - 44 yrs                   41,005   24,453     59.6     19,211     46.8
  45 - 64 yrs                   25,945   18,829     72.6     16,530     63.7
  65 yrs and over               13,408   10,680     79.7      9,507     70.9
  
     Female                    101,020   67,989     67.3     56,108     55.5
  18 - 20 yrs                    5,413    2,625     48.5      1,845     34.1
  21 - 24 yrs                    6,964    3,681     52.9      2,490     35.8
  25 - 44 yrs                   42,388   27,153     64.1     21,840     51.5
  45 - 64 yrs                   27,776   20,662     74.4     18,085     65.1
  65 yrs and over               18,480   13,867     75.0     11,849     64.1
  
  RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
  
  White                        162,779  110,259     67.7     91,208     56.0
  Black                         22,483   14,267     63.5     11,386     50.6
  
  Hispanic1/                    18,426    6,573     35.7      4,928     26.7
  
  REGION
  
  Northeast                     38,263   24,772     64.7     20,852     54.5
  Midwest                       45,177   32,364     71.6     26,798     59.3
  South                         68,080   44,891     65.9     35,550     52.2
  West                          42,131   25,634     60.8     21,816     51.8
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Less than high school         13,986    5,697     40.7      4,188     29.9
  Some high school              21,002   10,059     47.9      7,099     33.8
  High school graduate          65,208   40,542     62.2     32,019     49.1
  Some college, including
     Associate degree           50,939   37,160     72.9     30,835     60.5
  Bachelor's degree or higher   42,517   34,203     80.4     30,877     72.6
  
  LABOR FORCE
  
  In labor force               132,043   87,532     66.3     71,682     54.3
     Employed                  125,634   84,166     67.0     69,300     55.2
     Unemployed                  6,409    3,365     52.5      2,383     37.2
  Not in labor force            61,608   40,129     65.1     33,335     54.1
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  1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
  
  Source:  Current Population Reports, Series P20-504, "Voting and Registration
           in the Election of November 1996."
  
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