2010-1522. Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2009

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, 2009, 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, 2009, 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, 2009

Area	Population 18 and over	Area	Population 18 and over
United States	232,458,335
Alabama	3,579,844	Missouri	4,556,242
Alaska	514,927	Montana	755,161
Arizona	4,863,759	Nebraska	1,344,978
Arkansas	2,179,482	Nevada	1,962,052
California	27,525,982	New Hampshire	1,035,504
Colorado	3,796,985	New Jersey	6,661,891
Connecticut	2,710,303	New Mexico	1,499,433
Delaware	678,129	New York	15,117,370
District of Columbia	485,621	North Carolina	7,102,917
Florida	14,480,196	North Dakota	502,873
Georgia	7,245,419	Ohio	8,828,304
Hawaii	1,004,817	Oklahoma	2,768,201
Idaho	1,126,611	Oregon	2,952,846
Illinois	9,733,032	Pennsylvania	9,829,635
Indiana	4,833,748	Rhode Island	826,384
Iowa	2,294,701	South Carolina	3,480,510
Kansas	2,113,796	South Dakota	612,767
Kentucky	3,299,790	Tennessee	4,803,002
Louisiana	3,368,690	Texas	17,886,333
Maine	1,047,125	Utah	1,915,748
Maryland	4,347,543	Vermont	495,485
Massachusetts	5,160,585	Virginia	6,035,408
Michigan	7,619,835	Washington	5,094,603
Minnesota	4,005,417	West Virginia	1,433,328
Mississippi	2,184,254	Wisconsin	4,344,524
		Wyoming	412,245
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.

I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

Dated: January 19, 2010.

Gary Locke,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.