U.S. Census Bureau

Language Minority, Illiteracy and Voting Data Used in Making Determinations for the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-73) (P25-627)

Issued: June 1976

Report [PDF 71k]

Table 1 - Political Subdivisions Covered Under Title II of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975: Data on Citizens of Voting Age, Percent Voting and Percent Language Minority [PDF 24k]

Table 2 - Political Subdivisions Covered Under Title III of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975: Data on Language Minority and Illiteracy From the 1970 Census [PDF 167k]

Table 3 - Political Subdivisions With 400 or More Citizens of Voting Age in Any Language Minority, 1970 Census, with Percent Illiterate [PDF 332k]

Table 4 - Estimates of the Citizen Population of Voting Age and Percent Casting Votes for President: Political Subdivisions, November 1972 [PDF 1.4M]

Appendix - Statement on Methodology for Obtaining Improved Estimates of Percent in a Language Minority and Percent of this Minority Illiterate [PDF 1.4M]

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