Table with row headers in column A and column headers in row 5.,,,,,,,,,,,
Table A-7.  Reported Voting Rates in Congressional Election Years by Selected Characteristics:  November 1966 to 2006,,,,,,,,,,,

(Numbers in thousands),,,,,,,,,,,
Characteristic,2006,2002,1998,1994,1990,1986,1982,1978,1974,1970,1966
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United States,,,,,,,,,,,
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".Total, voting age","220,603","210,421","198,228","190,267","182,118","173,890","165,483","151,646","141,299","120,701","112,800"
..Total voted,"96,119","88,903","83,098","85,702","81,991","79,954","80,310","69,587","63,164","65,888","62,518"
..Percent voted,43.6,42.3,41.9,45.0,45.0,46.0,48.5,45.9,44.7,54.6,55.4
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.Race and Hispanic Origin,,,,,,,,,,,
..White,45.8,44.1,43.3,47.3,46.7,47.0,49.9,47.3,46.3,56.0,57.0
...White non-Hispanic,50.5,48.0,46.5,50.1,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Black,38.6,39.7,39.6,37.1,39.2,43.2,43.0,37.2,33.8,43.5,41.7
..Asian and Pacific Islander,21.8,19.4,19.2,21.8,20.3,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Hispanic (of any race),19.3,18.9,20.0,20.2,21.0,24.2,25.3,23.5,22.9,NA,NA
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.Sex,,,,,,,,,,,
..Male,42.5,41.4,41.4,44.7,44.6,45.8,48.7,46.6,46.2,56.8,58.2
..Female,44.7,43.0,42.4,45.3,45.4,46.1,48.4,45.3,43.4,52.7,53.0
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.Age,,,,,,,,,,,
..18 to 24 years1,19.9,17.2,16.7,20.1,20.4,21.9,24.8,23.5,23.8,30.4,31.1
..25 to 44 years,34.4,34.1,34.8,39.4,40.7,41.4,45.4,43.1,42.2,51.9,53.1
..45 to 64 years,54.3,53.1,53.6,56.7,55.8,58.7,62.2,58.5,56.9,64.2,64.5
..65 years and over,60.5,61.0,59.5,61.3,60.3,60.9,59.9,55.9,51.4,57.0,56.1
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"Northeast, Midwest, and West",,,,,,,,,,,
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".Total, voting age","140,626","136,212","128,104","123,903","119,740","114,689","110,126","102,894","96,505","83,515","78,355"
..Total voted,"63,887","58,046","56,058","58,574","55,558","54,487","57,171","50,305","47,058","49,264","47,712"
..Percent voted,45.4,42.6,43.8,47.3,46.4,47.5,51.9,48.9,48.8,59.0,60.9
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.Race and Hispanic Origin,,,,,,,,,,,
..White,48.0,44.7,45.4,49.3,48.2,48.7,53.1,50.0,50.0,59.8,61.7
...White non-Hispanic,52.5,48.6,48.6,52.1,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Black,38.0,39.3,40.4,40.2,38.4,44.2,48.5,41.3,37.9,51.4,52.1
..Asian and Pacific Islander,23.3,20.0,21.1,22.5,22.1,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Hispanic (of any race),21.4,18.2,21.4,20.8,20.5,23.8,25.8,23.9,NA,NA,NA
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South,,,,,,,,,,,
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".Total, voting age","79,977","74,208","70,124","66,365","62,378","59,201","55,357","48,752","44,794","37,186","34,445"
..Total voted,"32,232","30,857","27,040","27,128","26,433","25,467","23,139","19,282","16,105","16,624","14,806"
..Percent voted,43.9,41.6,38.6,40.9,42.4,43.0,41.8,39.6,36.0,44.7,43.0
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.Race and Hispanic Origin,,,,,,,,,,,
..White,45.4,42.9,39.2,43.0,43.5,43.5,42.9,41.1,37.4,46.4,45.1
...White non-Hispanic,47.4,46.9,42.1,45.9,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Black,40.9,39.9,38.9,34.6,39.8,42.5,38.3,33.5,30.0,36.8,32.9
..Asian and Pacific Islander,24.7,17.2,10.1,17.7,8.4,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
..Hispanic (of any race),27.7,20.1,17.3,19.1,22.1,25.0,24.2,22.5,NA,NA,NA
Footnotes:,,,,,,,,,,,
NA Not available,,,,,,,,,,,
"1/ Prior to 1972, data are for people 21 to 24 years of age with the exception of those aged 18 to 24 in Georgia and Kentucky, 19 to 24 in Alaska, ",,,,,,,,,,,
and 20 to 24 in Hawaii.,,,,,,,,,,,
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys 1966-2006.",,,,,,,,,,,
"Internet Release date:  February, 2008",,,,,,,,,,,