E9-1687. 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 [phone].

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.

Estimates of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and the District of Columbia: July 1, 2008

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.