Notices. General notice announcing population estimates

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BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of the Secretary Estimates of the Voting Age Population for 2016 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, 2016, 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 52, United States Code, Section 30116(e).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Battle, Chief, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Room HQ-6H174, Washington, DC 20233, at 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, 2016, 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, 2016 Area Population 18 and over United States: 249,485,228 Alabama 3,766,477 Alaska 554,567 Arizona 5,299,579 Arkansas 2,283,195 California 30,157,154 Colorado 4,279,173 Connecticut 2,823,158 Delaware 747,791 District of Columbia 560,277 Florida 16,465,727 Georgia 7,798,827 Hawaii 1,120,541 Idaho 1,245,967 Illinois 9,875,430 Indiana 5,057,601 Iowa 2,403,962 Kansas 2,192,338 Kentucky 3,426,345 Louisiana 3,567,717 Maine 1,076,765 Maryland 4,667,719 Massachusetts 5,433,677 Michigan 7,737,243 Minnesota 4,231,619 Mississippi 2,267,438 Missouri 4,706,137 Montana 814,909 Nebraska 1,433,791 Nevada 2,262,631 New Hampshire 1,074,207 New Jersey 6,959,717 New Mexico 1,590,352 New York 15,564,730 North Carolina 7,848,068 North Dakota 581,641 Ohio 9,002,201 Oklahoma 2,961,933 Oregon 3,224,738 Pennsylvania 10,109,422 Rhode Island 848,045 South Carolina 3,863,498 South Dakota 652,167 Tennessee 5,149,399 Texas 20,568,009 Utah 2,129,444 Vermont 506,066 Virginia 6,541,685 Washington 5,658,502 West Virginia 1,456,034 Wisconsin 4,491,015 Wyoming 446,600 Source:

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Vintage 2016 Population Estimates. I have certified these estimates for the Federal Election Commission. Dated: January 18, 2017. Penny Pritzker, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce. [FR Doc. 2017-01890 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]