[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 13167] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-7077] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 1997 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, 1997, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table. I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission. Dated: March 11, 1998. William M. Daly, Secretary of Commerce. Estimate of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and District of Columbia: July 1, 1997 [In thousands] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Population Area 18 and over ------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States............................................... 198,108 Alabama..................................................... 3,247 Alaska...................................................... 421 Arizona..................................................... 3,277 Arkansas.................................................... 1,860 California.................................................. 23,317 Colorado.................................................... 2,877 Connecticut................................................. 2,478 Delaware.................................................... 554 District of Columbia........................................ 422 Florida..................................................... 11,183 Georgia..................................................... 5,498 Hawaii...................................................... 884 Idaho....................................................... 859 Illinois.................................................... 8,722 Indiana..................................................... 4,367 Iowa........................................................ 2,127 Kansas...................................................... 1,907 Kentucky.................................................... 2,947 Louisiana................................................... 3,161 Maine....................................................... 945 Maryland.................................................... 3,826 Massachusetts............................................... 4,666 Michigan.................................................... 7,269 Minnesota................................................... 3,435 Mississippi................................................. 1,978 Missouri.................................................... 3,996 Montana..................................................... 649 Nebraska.................................................... 1,212 Nevada...................................................... 1,234 New Hampshire............................................... 877 New Jersey.................................................. 6,066 New Mexico.................................................. 1,230 New York.................................................... 13,577 North Carolina.............................................. 5,552 North Dakota................................................ 476 Ohio........................................................ 8,348 Oklahoma.................................................... 2,439 Oregon...................................................... 2,433 Pennsylvania................................................ 9,156 Rhode Island................................................ 754 South Carolina.............................................. 2,805 South Dakota................................................ 541 Tennessee................................................... 4,043 Texas....................................................... 13,862 Utah........................................................ 1,371 Vermont..................................................... 443 Virginia.................................................... 5,090 Washington.................................................. 4,156 West Virginia............................................... 1,404 Wisconsin................................................... 3,823 Wyoming..................................................... 348 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233, March 1998. For a description of methodology see Current Population Reports, P25-1127. [FR Doc. 98-7077 Filed 3-16-98; 10:05 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-M