Table 3. Percent of Population Voting by Citizenship Status and
                Selected Demographic Characteristics: November 1994

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


       (Numbers in thousands)
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                                                        Percent voting
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                           All                Non-      All
       Characteristics   persons  Citizens  citizens  persons  Citizens
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       Total:
       18 yrs & over      190,267   177,260    13,007     45.0     48.3

       White              160,317   151,432     8,885     47.3     50.0
       Black               21,799    20,829       970     37.1     38.9
       Asian or Pac Is      4,849     2,684     2,165     21.8     39.4
       Hisp origin 1/      17,476    10,350     7,126     20.2     34.0

       Male                91,006    84,534     6,472     44.7     48.2
       Female              99,260    92,725     6,535     45.3     48.5

       18-24 yrs           25,182    22,794     2,388     20.1     22.2
       25-44 yrs           83,006    76,025     6,981     39.4     43.0
       45-64 yrs           50,934    48,273     2,661     56.7     59.8
       65 yrs & over       31,144    30,166       978     61.3     63.3

       Northeast           38,387    35,508     2,879     45.6     49.3
       Midwest             44,507    43,466     1,041     48.9     50.0
       South               66,365    62,830     3,535     40.9     43.2
       West                41,009    35,456     5,553    47.1     54.5

       In labor force     129,076   120,484     8,592     44.7     47.9
       Employed           122,584   114,695     7,889     45.6     48.7
       Unemployed           6,492     5,788       704     28.6     32.1
       Not in lab force    61,191    56,776     4,415     45.8     49.3
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       1/  Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.