# Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2004
**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, 2004, 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:**
John F. Long, Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Room 2011, Federal Building 3, 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, 2004, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table.
| Area | Population 18 and over |
| --- | --- |
| United States | 220,377,406 |
| Alabama | 3,435,649 |
| Alaska | 467,206 |
| Arizona | 4,196,574 |
| Arkansas | 2,076,079 |
| California | 26,297,336 |
| Colorado | 3,422,514 |
| Connecticut | 2,664,816 |
| Delaware | 636,858 |
| District of Columbia | 443,976 |
| Florida | 13,393,871 |
| Georgia | 6,496,816 |
| Hawaii | 964,147 |
| Idaho | 1,020,851 |
| Illinois | 9,475,484 |
| Indiana | 4,637,274 |
| Iowa | 2,274,014 |
| Kansas | 2,052,011 |
| Kentucky | 3,165,735 |
| Louisiana | 3,350,809 |
| Maine | 1,035,124 |
| Maryland | 4,163,250 |
| Massachusetts | 4,952,316 |
| Michigan | 7,579,181 |
| Minnesota | 3,860,678 |
| Mississippi | 2,153,397 |
| Missouri | 4,370,076 |
| Montana | 718,772 |
| Nebraska | 1,312,648 |
| Nevada | 1,731,175 |
| New Hampshire | 994,506 |
| New Jersey | 6,542,820 |
| New Mexico | 1,411,002 |
| New York | 14,654,725 |
| North Carolina | 6,422,729 |
| North Dakota | 495,411 |
| Ohio | 8,679,799 |
| Oklahoma | 2,663,683 |
| Oregon | 2,742,229 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,569,283 |
| Rhode Island | 836,819 |
| South Carolina | 3,173,368 |
| South Dakota | 580,009 |
| Tennessee | 4,509,673 |
| Texas | 16,223,243 |
| Utah | 1,648,925 |
| Vermont | 486,500 |
| Virginia | 5,654,927 |
| Washington | 4,717,768 |
| West Virginia | 1,430,713 |
| Wisconsin | 4,201,040 |
| Wyoming | 389,597 |
I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission.
Dated: January 7, 2005.
Donald L. Evans,
Secretary, Department of Commerce.