Voting-Age Population Projected By State

STATE

1996

2000

POPULATION INCREASE

PERCENT CHANGE

United States

196,789

205,814

9,025

4.6

Alabama

3,221

3,333

112

3.5

Alaska

419

430

11

2.6

Arizona

3,245

3,625

380

11.7

Arkansas

1,852br>

1,929

77

4.2

California

23,002

24,873

1,871

8.1

Colorado

2,837

3,067

230

8.1

Connecticut

2,475

2,499

24

1.0

Delaware

552

582

30

5.4

District of Columbia

428

411

-17

-4.0

Florida

11,078

11,774

696

6.3

Georgia

5,420

5,893

473

8.7

Hawaii

886

909

23

2.6

Idaho

845

921

76

9.0

Illinois

8,787

8,983

196

2.2

Indiana

4,340

4,448

108

2.5

Iowa

2,126

2,165

39

1.8

Kansas

1,902

1,983

81

4.3

Kentucky

2,918

2,993

75

2.6

Louisiana

3,129

3,255

126

4.0

Maine

941

968

27

2.9

Maryland

3,799

3,925

126

3.3

Massachusetts

4,652

4,749

97

2.1

Michigan

7,207

7,358

151

2.1

Minnesota

3,415

3,547

132

3.9

Mississippi

1,960

2,047

87

4.4

Missouri

3,984

4,105

121

3.0

Montana

648

668

20

3.1

Nebraska

1,208

1,234

26

2.2

Nevada

1,199

1,390

191

15.9

New Hampshire

911

869

42

4.8

New Jersey

6,042

6,245

203

3.4

New Mexico

1,214

1,263

49

4.0

New York

13,606

13,805

199

1.5

North Carolina

5,501

5,797

296

5.4

North Dakota

476

477

1

0.2

Ohio

8,332

8,433

101

1.2

Oklahoma

2,427

2,531

104

4.3

Oregon

2,404

2,530

126

5.2

Pennsylvania

9,153

9,155

2

0.0

Rhode Island

751

753

2

0.3

South Carolina

2,802

2,977

175

6.2

South Dakota

535

543

7

1.3

Tennessee

4,007

4,221

214

5.3

Texas

13,643

14,850

1,207

8.8

Utah

1,350

1,465

115

8.5

Vermont

442

460

18

4.1

Virginia

5,066

5,263

197

3.9

Washington

4,109

4,368

259

6.3

West Virginia

1,400

1,416

16

1.1

Wisconsin

3,838

3,930

92

2.4

Wyoming

347

358

11

3.2

United States

196,789

205,814

9,025

4.6

Northeast

38,931

39,545

614

1.6

Midwest

46,150

47,205

1,055

2.3

South

69,203

73,197

3,994

5.8

West

42,505

45,867

3,362

7.9