Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2016

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#  Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2016

**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, 2016, 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 Battle, Chief, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-6H174, 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, 2016, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table.

| Area | Population |
| --- | --- |
| United States: | 249,485,228 |
| Alabama | 3,766,477 |
| Alaska | 554,567 |
| Arizona | 5,299,579 |
| Arkansas | 2,283,195 |
| California | 30,157,154 |
| Colorado | 4,279,173 |
| Connecticut | 2,823,158 |
| Delaware | 747,791 |
| District of Columbia | 560,277 |
| Florida | 16,465,727 |
| Georgia | 7,798,827 |
| Hawaii | 1,120,541 |
| Idaho | 1,245,967 |
| Illinois | 9,875,430 |
| Indiana | 5,057,601 |
| Iowa | 2,403,962 |
| Kansas | 2,192,338 |
| Kentucky | 3,426,345 |
| Louisiana | 3,567,717 |
| Maine | 1,076,765 |
| Maryland | 4,667,719 |
| Massachusetts | 5,433,677 |
| Michigan | 7,737,243 |
| Minnesota | 4,231,619 |
| Mississippi | 2,267,438 |
| Missouri | 4,706,137 |
| Montana | 814,909 |
| Nebraska | 1,433,791 |
| Nevada | 2,262,631 |
| New Hampshire | 1,074,207 |
| New Jersey | 6,959,717 |
| New Mexico | 1,590,352 |
| New York | 15,564,730 |
| North Carolina | 7,848,068 |
| North Dakota | 581,641 |
| Ohio | 9,002,201 |
| Oklahoma | 2,961,933 |
| Oregon | 3,224,738 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,109,422 |
| Rhode Island | 848,045 |
| South Carolina | 3,863,498 |
| South Dakota | 652,167 |
| Tennessee | 5,149,399 |
| Texas | 20,568,009 |
| Utah | 2,129,444 |
| Vermont | 506,066 |
| Virginia | 6,541,685 |
| Washington | 5,658,502 |
| West Virginia | 1,456,034 |
| Wisconsin | 4,491,015 |
| Wyoming | 446,600 |

I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election Commission.

Dated: January 18, 2017.

Penny Pritzker,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.