[Federal Register: January 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 17)] [Notices] [Page 3782] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr26ja07-34] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of the Secretary Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2006 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, 2006, 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 2, United States Code 441a(e). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enrique Lamas, Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Room HQ-5H174, 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 441a(e), I hereby give notice that the estimates of the voting age population for July 1, 2006, for each state and the District of Columbia are as shown in the following table: Estimates of the Population of Voting Age for Each State and the District of Columbia: July 1, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Population 18 Area and over ------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States........................................... 225,662,922 Alabama................................................. 3,484,729 Alaska.................................................. 488,619 Arizona................................................. 4,538,120 Arkansas................................................ 2,119,686 California.............................................. 26,924,935 Colorado................................................ 3,584,076 Connecticut............................................. 2,686,523 Delaware................................................ 650,110 District of Columbia.................................... 466,649 Florida................................................. 14,068,333 Georgia................................................. 6,908,921 Hawaii.................................................. 987,417 Idaho................................................... 1,072,185 Illinois................................................ 9,616,726 Indiana................................................. 4,735,891 Iowa.................................................... 2,271,891 Kansas.................................................. 2,068,238 Kentucky................................................ 3,206,543 Louisiana............................................... 3,197,767 Maine................................................... 1,040,580 Maryland................................................ 4,255,196 Massachusetts........................................... 4,988,309 Michigan................................................ 7,617,287 Minnesota............................................... 3,909,837 Mississippi............................................. 2,151,135 Missouri................................................ 4,426,121 Montana................................................. 726,784 Nebraska................................................ 1,323,298 Nevada.................................................. 1,861,009 New Hampshire........................................... 1,017,270 New Jersey.............................................. 6,635,222 New Mexico.............................................. 1,445,669 New York................................................ 14,791,841 North Carolina.......................................... 6,701,118 North Dakota............................................ 490,933 Ohio.................................................... 8,707,971 Oklahoma................................................ 2,685,178 Oregon.................................................. 2,844,499 Pennsylvania............................................ 9,635,748 Rhode Island............................................ 830,159 South Carolina.......................................... 3,281,596 South Dakota............................................ 587,238 Tennessee............................................... 4,596,210 Texas................................................... 17,013,818 Utah.................................................... 1,758,865 Vermont................................................. 490,519 Virginia................................................ 5,836,037 Washington.............................................. 4,869,531 West Virginia........................................... 1,429,399 Wisconsin............................................... 4,243,976 Wyoming................................................. 393,210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have certified these counts to the Federal Election Commission. Dated: January 19, 2007. Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary, Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. E7-1192 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P