74 FR 16 pgs. 4732-4733 - Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2008

Type: NOTICEVolume: 74Number: 16Pages: 4732 - 4733
FR document: [FR Doc. E9-1687 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: Office of the Secretary
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2008

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, Commerce.

ACTION:

General Notice Announcing Population Estimates.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the voting age population estimates, as of July 1, 2008, for each state and the District of Columbia. We are providing this notice in accordance with the 1976 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States Code, Section 441a(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Enrique Lamas, Chief, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-5H174, Washington, DC 20233, at (301) 763-2071.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under the requirements of the 1976 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States Code, Section 441a(e), I hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting age population for July 1, 2008, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table.

Area Population 18 and over Area Population 18 and over
United States 230,117,876
Alabama 3,540,023 Missouri 4,490,136
Alaska 506,417 Montana 747,082
Arizona 4,792,959 Nebraska 1,336,437
Arkansas 2,152,909 Nevada 1,932,366
California 27,392,136 New Hampshire 1,022,451
Colorado 3,732,321 New Jersey 6,635,079
Connecticut 2,689,039 New Mexico 1,481,906
Delaware 666,863 New York 15,082,281
District of Columbia 479,817 North Carolina 6,978,737
Florida 14,324,069 North Dakota 498,433
Georgia 7,136,903 Ohio 8,755,533
Hawaii 1,002,955 Oklahoma 2,736,326
Idaho 1,111,176 Oregon 2,922,485
Illinois 9,722,303 Pennsylvania 9,686,275
Indiana 4,792,111 Rhode Island 822,248
Iowa 2,289,942 South Carolina 3,413,573
Kansas 2,101,649 South Dakota 605,885
Kentucky 3,261,181 Tennessee 4,736,294
Louisiana 3,302,823 Texas 17,601,203
Maine 1,041,589 Utah 1,886,789
Maryland 4,293,014 Vermont 492,340
Massachusetts 5,070,934 Virginia 5,945,888
Michigan 7,613,224 Washington 5,008,049
Minnesota 3,965,749 West Virginia 1,428,310
Mississippi 2,171,898 Wisconsin 4,313,555
Wyoming 404,211

I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

Dated: January 12, 2009.

Carlos M. Gutierrez,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.

[FR Doc. E9-1687 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]

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