2016-02019. Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2015

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, 2015, 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 52, United States Code, Section 30116(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Humes, 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 52, United States Code, Section 30116(e), I hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting age population for July 1, 2015, 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, 2015

Area	Population 18 and over	Area	Population 18 and over
United States	247,773,709
Alabama	3,755,483	Missouri	4,692,196
Alaska	552,166	Montana	806,529
Arizona	5,205,215	Nebraska	1,425,853
Arkansas	2,272,904	Nevada	2,221,681
California	30,023,902	New Hampshire	1,066,610
Colorado	4,199,509	New Jersey	6,959,192
Connecticut	2,826,827	New Mexico	1,588,201
Delaware	741,548	New York	15,584,974
District of Columbia	554,121	North Carolina	7,752,234
Florida	16,166,143	North Dakota	583,001
Georgia	7,710,688	Ohio	8,984,946
Hawaii	1,120,770	Oklahoma	2,950,017
Idaho	1,222,093	Oregon	3,166,121
Illinois	9,901,322	Pennsylvania	10,112,229
Indiana	5,040,224	Rhode Island	845,254
Iowa	2,395,103	South Carolina	3,804,558
Kansas	2,192,084	South Dakota	647,145
Kentucky	3,413,425	Tennessee	5,102,688
Louisiana	3,555,911	Texas	20,257,343
Maine	1,072,948	Utah	2,083,423
Maryland	4,658,175	Vermont	506,119
Massachusetts	5,407,335	Virginia	6,512,571
Michigan	7,715,272	Washington	5,558,509
Minnesota	4,205,207	West Virginia	1,464,532
Mississippi	2,265,485	Wisconsin	4,476,711
		Wyoming	447,212
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Vintage 2015 Population Estimates.

I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election Commission.

Dated: January 21, 2016.

Penny Pritzker,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.