What information does the Census Bureau provide on U.S. elections?

Information on reported Voting and Registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation and states in November of each Congressional and Presidential election year. Our most recent data comes from the November Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement.

You can access our most current release of State Estimates of Voting-Age Population in Tables 4a, 4b, and 4c which provide the total citizen voting age population, the voting age population by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, and the total voting population by age.

The U.S. Census Bureau does not collect any data on political candidates, elected officials, party affiliation, or campaign financing.

Other sources of official vote counts include:

• The U.S. Statistical Abstract includes data on voter registration and turnout, the voting-age population, and voting patterns in Congressional, Gubernatorial, and Presidential elections. Go to the section on Elections.
• Data from the states and territories for all federal elections from 1920 to the present are available from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.