Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2017

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#  Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2017

**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, 2017 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.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Karen Battle, Chief, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-6H174, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233. Phone: 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, 2017 for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table.

| Area | Population 18 and over |
| --- | --- |
| United States | 252,063,800 |
| Alabama | 3,779,274 |
| Alaska | 554,867 |
| Arizona | 5,382,780 |
| Arkansas | 2,298,739 |
| California | 30,476,517 |
| Colorado | 4,345,321 |
| Connecticut | 2,844,358 |
| Delaware | 757,455 |
| District of Columbia | 569,480 |
| Florida | 16,782,417 |
| Georgia | 7,914,681 |
| Hawaii | 1,121,794 |
| Idaho | 1,273,151 |
| Illinois | 9,904,838 |
| Indiana | 5,093,409 |
| Iowa | 2,413,764 |
| Kansas | 2,200,585 |
| Kentucky | 3,443,650 |
| Louisiana | 3,575,930 |
| Maine | 1,083,273 |
| Maryland | 4,704,671 |
| Massachusetts | 5,489,864 |
| Michigan | 7,785,662 |
| Minnesota | 4,277,949 |
| Mississippi | 2,270,533 |
| Missouri | 4,730,561 |
| Montana | 821,604 |
| Nebraska | 1,444,343 |
| Nevada | 2,312,576 |
| New Hampshire | 1,084,022 |
| New Jersey | 7,026,626 |
| New Mexico | 1,599,980 |
| New York | 15,694,902 |
| North Carolina | 7,971,073 |
| North Dakota | 579,621 |
| Ohio | 9,053,374 |
| Oklahoma | 2,971,579 |
| Oregon | 3,269,157 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,141,022 |
| Rhode Island | 852,307 |
| South Carolina | 3,919,695 |
| South Dakota | 654,810 |
| Tennessee | 5,208,482 |
| Texas | 20,938,557 |
| Utah | 2,175,134 |
| Vermont | 506,832 |
| Virginia | 6,600,844 |
| Washington | 5,759,927 |
| West Virginia | 1,446,139 |
| Wisconsin | 4,512,839 |
| Wyoming | 442,832 |

I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election Commission.

Dated: February 1, 2018.

Wilbur Ross,

Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce.