[Federal Register: January 23, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 15)]
[Notices]               
[Page 3923-3924]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

 
Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2007

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.

ACTION: General Notice announcing population estimates.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the voting age population estimates, as 
of July 1, 2007, for each state and the District of Columbia. We are 
giving 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, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Room HQ-5H174, 
Washington, DC 20233, telephone 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, 2007, 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, 2007
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                                                             Population
                           Area                              18 and over
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United States.............................................   227,719,424
    Alabama...............................................     3,504,314
    Alaska................................................       501,260
    Arizona...............................................     4,668,889
    Arkansas..............................................     2,134,260
    California............................................    27,169,291
    Colorado..............................................     3,668,836
    Connecticut...........................................     2,682,093
    Delaware..............................................       659,118
    District of Columbia..................................       474,572
    Florida...............................................    14,207,683
    Georgia...............................................     7,013,141
    Hawaii................................................       997,694
    Idaho.................................................     1,091,690
    Illinois..............................................     9,653,389
    Indiana...............................................     4,758,771
    Iowa..................................................     2,276,643
    Kansas................................................     2,079,915
    Kentucky..............................................     3,237,501

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    Louisiana.............................................     3,213,644
    Maine.................................................     1,037,740
    Maryland..............................................     4,259,547
    Massachusetts.........................................     5,016,899
    Michigan..............................................     7,624,966
    Minnesota.............................................     3,937,339
    Mississippi...........................................     2,150,081
    Missouri..............................................     4,453,585
    Montana...............................................       738,363
    Nebraska..............................................     1,328,426
    Nevada................................................     1,905,380
    New Hampshire.........................................     1,017,642
    New Jersey............................................     6,622,131
    New Mexico............................................     1,469,639
    New York..............................................    14,884,315
    North Carolina........................................     6,843,352
    North Dakota..........................................       496,906
    Ohio..................................................     8,715,043
    Oklahoma..............................................     2,717,809
    Oregon................................................     2,884,547
    Pennsylvania..........................................     9,646,073
    Rhode Island..........................................       824,717
    South Carolina........................................     3,347,792
    South Dakota..........................................       599,324
    Tennessee.............................................     4,685,233
    Texas.................................................    17,281,014
    Utah..................................................     1,828,508
    Vermont...............................................       489,901
    Virginia..............................................     5,885,912
    Washington............................................     4,932,056
    West Virginia.........................................     1,424,654
    Wisconsin.............................................     4,280,361
    Wyoming...............................................       397,465
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    I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.

     Dated: January 16, 2008.
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. E8-1098 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]

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