Characteristics of New Voters: 1972

There will be 25 million young people under the age of 25 who will be old enough to vote for President for the first time in the November 1972 Presidential election. 1 These young adults will comprise 18 percent of the total resident population of voting age. About 11 million of these new age-eligible voters will be 18 to 20 years old and about 14 million will be 21 to 24 years old. The exceptionally large number of new voters is the result of the Voting Rights Act Amendment of 1970 which lowered the voting age in National elections to 18 in all States after January 1, 1971. California and New York are expected to have the greatest number of potential new voters in 1972–more than 2 million each. Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan will each have more than 1 million potential new voters.

Table 1. Estimates of the Population of Voting Age, by Age and State, for November 1972 [<1.0 MB]

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Table 9. School Enrollment Status of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, by Age, Race, and Sex: October 1970 [<1.0 MB]

Table 10. Enrollment Status and Level of Education of Primary Family Members 18 to 24 Years Old, by Marital Status, Race, and Sex: October 1970 [<1.0 MB]

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Table 19. Reported Voter Participation and Registration of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, by Race, Residence, and Region: November 1968 [<1.0 MB]

Table 20. Reported Voter Participation and Registration of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, by Years of School Completed, Sex, and Race: November 1968 [ [<1.0 MB]

Table 21. Reported Voter Participation and Registration of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, by Employment Status, Class of Worker, Sex, and Race: November 1968 [<1.0 MB]

Table 22. Reported Voter Participation and Registration of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, by Broad Occupation Group, Race, and Sex: November 1968 [<1.0 MB]

Table 23. Reported Voter Participation and Registration of Persons 18 to 24 Years Old, in Primary Families, by Family Income and Race: November 1968 [<1.0 MB]

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PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 1971

Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1971

Detailed tabulations provide statistics on the marital status and living arrangements of the United States population using data from the 1971 CPS.

PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 1971

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1970

Slightly more than half of the civilian population of voting age were reported as having voted in the November 1970 Congressional election.

PUBLICATION | APRIL 01, 1972

Mobility of the Population of the U.S.: March 1970 to March 1971

This report analyzes migration in the U.S. between 1970 and 1971 using the Current Population Survey and provides detailed tables.

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