Table 1.  Characteristics of the Voting-Age Population Reported
                Having Registered or Voted: November 1994

      Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
      Release date:  September 1996


      (Numbers in thousands)
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                                            1994

                                Number     Percent
                                  of        regis-    Percent
      Characteristic            persons     tered      voted
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      TOTAL:
      18 yrs & over               190,267      62.5      45.0

      RACE:
      White                       160,317      64.6      47.3
      Black                        21,799      58.5      37.1
      Hispanic 1/                  17,476      31.3      20.2

      GENDER:
      Male                         91,006      61.2      44.7
      Female                       99,260      63.7      45.3

      AGE:
      18 - 24 yrs                  25,182      42.3      20.1
      25 - 44 yrs                  83,006      57.9      39.4
      45 - 64 yrs                  50,934      71.7      56.7
      65 yrs & over                31,144      76.3      61.3

      REGION:
      Northeast                    38,387      61.5      45.6
      Midwest                      44,507      68.9      48.9
      South                        66,365      61.1      40.9
      West                         41,009      58.9      47.1

      EDUCATION:
      Elem: 0 - 8 yrs              14,734      40.7      23.6
      High: 1 - 3 yrs              20,717      45.0      27.3
            4 years                64,929      59.2      40.7
      Coll: 1 - 3 yrs              50,441      68.9      49.5
        4 or more yrs              39,446      77.2      63.8

      LABOR FORCE:
      In civ lab force            129,076      62.6      44.7
        Employed                  122,584      63.4      45.6
          Agri                      3,388      62.0      45.0
          Nonagri                 119,196      63.5      45.6
          Private                  91,772      59.9      41.2
          Gov't                    18,367      78.9      63.7
          Self 2/                   9,057      68.4      53.2
        Unemployed                  6,492      46.9      28.6
      Not in lab force             61,191      62.4      45.8

      FAMILY INCOME 3/:
      Under $5,000                  4,510      40.6      20.0
      $5,000-$9,999                 8,086      43.2      23.5
      $10,000-$14,999              11,477      51.0      33.0
      $15,000-$24,999              20,267      58.0      40.4
      $25,000-$34,999              21,837      63.1      44.9
      $35,000-$49,999              25,902      68.1      50.1
      $50,000 & over               44,530      76.8      60.6
      Not reported                 10,788      54.6      41.3

      TENURE 4/:
      Owner occupied              130,636      70.9      53.4
      Renter occupied              56,237      43.7      26.3
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      1/ Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
      2/ Includes unpaid family workers.
      3/ Restricted to members of families.  Income in current dollars.
      4/ Excludes persons with no cash rent and not reported on home
         ownership.