U.S. Census Bureau

Historical Voting and Registration Reports

Listed by date of issue, from oldest to newest date. All historical reports issued before 1994 are scanned images of the old paper reports.

These reports include the following types:

Current Population Survey

Definitions and Explanations

Reports Issued from 1965 to 1969

  1. 1960 Population of Voting Age and Votes Cast for President, 1964 and 1960, for States and Counties (P23-14)
    Issued: April 21, 1965

  2. Voter Participation in the National Election: November 1964 (P20-143)
    Issued: October 25, 1965

  3. Characteristics of Persons of Voting Age: 1964 to 1968 (P20-172)
    Issued: May 3, 1968

  4. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1966 (P20-174)
    Issued: August 8, 1968

  5. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1968 (P20-192)
    Issued: December 2, 1969

Reports Issued from 1970 to 1979

  1. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1970 (P20-228)
    Issued: December 1971

  2. Characteristics of New Voters: 1972 (P20-230)
    Issued: December 1971

  3. Voter Participation in November 1972 (Advance statistics) (P20-244)
    Issued: December 1972

  4. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1972 (P20-253)
    Issued: October 1973

  5. Voter Participation in November 1974 (Advance report) (P20-275)
    Issued: January 1975

  6. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1974 (P20-293)
    Issued: April 1976

  7. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1976 (P20-322)
    Issued: March 1978

  8. Registration and Voting in November 1976 - Jurisdictions Covered by the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 (P23-74)
    Issued: September 1978

  9. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1978 (P20-344)
    Issued: September 1979

Reports Issued from 1980 to 1989

  1. Nonvoting Americans (P23-102) [PDF 1.1M]
    Issued: April 1980

  2. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980 (Advance Report) (P20-359)
    Issued: January 1981

  3. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980 (P20-370)
    Issued: April 1982

  4. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1982 (P20-383)
    Issued: November 1983

  5. Voting and Registration Highlights From the Current Population Survey: 1964 to 1980 (P23-131)
    Issued: February 1984

  6. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1984 (Advance Report) (P20-397)
    Issued: January 1985

  7. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1984 (P20-405)
    Issued: March 1986

  8. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1986 (P20-414)
    Issued: September 1987

  9. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1988 (P20-440)
    Issued: October 1989

Reports Issued from 1990 to 1999

  1. Studies in the Measurement of Voter Turnout (P23-168)
    Issued: November 1990

  2. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1990 (P20-453)
    Issued: October 1991

  3. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1992 (P20-466)
    Issued: April 1993

  4. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1994 (PPL-25RV)
    Issued: September 1996

  5. Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996 (P20-504)
    Issued: July 1998

Estimates/Projections of the Voting Age Population

  1. Estimates of the Population of Voting Age, by States: 1948 (P25-15) [PDF 175k]
    Issued: October 10, 1948

  2. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age for States: November 1952 (P25-63) [PDF 90k]
    Issued: August 31, 1952

  3. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age for States: November 1954 (P25-100) [PDF 133k]
    Issued: August 22, 1954

  4. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1956 and 1952 (P25-143) [PDF 110k]
    Issued: October 5, 1956

  5. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1958 (P25-185) [PDF 81k]
    Issued: October 22, 1958

  6. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1960 (P25-221) [PDF 77k]
    Issued: October 7, 1960

  7. Estimates of the Civilian Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1962 (P25-255) [PDF 89k]
    Issued: October 12, 1962

  8. Estimates of the Population of Voting Age and the Percent Voting in General Elections 1920 to 1964 (P25-315) [PDF 156k]
    Issued: August 19, 1965

  9. Projections of the Population of Voting Age November 1966 and 1968 (P25-325) [PDF 107k]
    Issued: January 25, 1966

  10. Projections of the Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1966 and 1968 (P25-342) [PDF 249k]
    Issued: June 27, 1966

  11. Estimates of the Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1, 1968 (P25-406)
    Issued: October 4, 1968

  12. Projections of the Population of Voting Age for States: November 1972 (P25-479)
    Issued: March 1972

  13. Projections of the Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1974 (P25-526)
    Issued: September 1974

  14. Projections of the Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1976 (P25-626)
    Issued: May 1976

  15. Language Minority, Illiteracy and Voting Data Used in Making Determinations for the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-73) (P25-627)
    Issued: June 1976

  16. Projections of the Population of Voting Age for States: November 1978 (P25-732)
    Issued: September 1978

  17. Projections of the Population of Voting Age for States: November 1980 (P25-879)
    Issued: March 1980

  18. Projections of the Population of Voting Age for States: November 1982 (P25-916)
    Issued: July 1982

  19. Projections of the Population of Voting Age, for States: November 1984 (P25-948)
    Issued: April 1984

  20. Projections of the Voting-Age Population, for States: November 1988 (P25-1019)
    Issued: January 1988

  21. Projections of the Voting-Age Population, for States: November 1990 (P25-1059)
    Issued: April 1990

  22. Projections of the Voting-Age Population, for States: November 1992 (P25-1085)
    Issued: April 1992

  23. Projections of the Voting-Age Population, for States: November 1994 (P25-1117)
    Issued: May 1994

Decennial Census

  1. 1970 Population of Voting Age for States (PC(S1)-3)
    Issued: December 1971

Statistical Brief/Census Brief

  1. The Decline in American Voter Turnout (SB/91-23) [PDF 114k]
    Issued: November 1991

  2. Election ’96 -- Counting the American Electorate (SB/96-2) [PDF 114k]
    Issued: April 1996

  3. "Too Busy" to Vote (CENBR/98-4) [PDF 46k]
    Issued: July 1998

Current Voting and Registration Reports

For Further Information

Contact: The Education and Social Stratification Branch, U.S. Census Bureau, 301-763-2464.

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Created: July 22, 2004
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