APRIL 30, 2025 — In the 2024 presidential election, 73.6% (or 174 million people) of the citizen voting-age population was registered to vote and 65.3% (or 154 million people) voted according to new voting and registration tables released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. These data come from the 2024 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement for the November 2024 presidential election, which surveyed the civilian noninstitutionalized population in the United States.

The table package shows patterns of voter turnout by race, Hispanic origin, age and other characteristics such as educational attainment and family income.

Highlights:

63.7% of men voted, compared to 66.9% of women.
Voter turnout varied by educational attainment with 82.5% of those with an advanced degree voting, compared to 77.2% of bachelor’s degree holders and 52.5% of high school graduates.
Voting methods also varied, with 39.6% of people voting in person on Election Day, 30.7% voting in person before Election Day, and 29.0% voting by mail.

The Census Bureau has collected voting and registration data since 1964 and has fielded the Voting and Registration Supplement to the CPS every two years. This survey is the most comprehensive data source available on the social and demographic composition of the electorate in federal elections. Examining these characteristics and how they have changed over the years provides a better understanding of the social and demographic characteristics of American voters. For more information on methodology, confidentiality protection, sampling and nonsampling error, and definitions, refer to https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsnov24.pdf.

The estimates presented in this table package may differ from those based on administrative data or exit polls due to factors such as survey nonresponse, vote misreporting and methodological issues related to question wording and survey administration.

For data from previous presidential election years, visit the Voting and Registration page.

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