Table 1
Percentage of Youth Ages 18 to 24 Who Reported That They Had Registered to Vote and Percentage Who Reported That They Had Voted in Presidential Election Years, 1972-2004
	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004
Registered
Total	59	51	49	51	48	53	49	45	52
Gender
Male	58	51	48	50	46	51	47	42	48
Female	59	52	50	53	51	54	51	49	55
Race/Ethnicity1
White	61	54	51	52	49	55	50	46	-
White alone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53
Black	48	39	41	54	50	49	49	48	-
Black alone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53
Hispanic	39	29	23	30	25	25	28	23	28
Voted
Total	50	42	40	41	36	43	32	32	42
Gender
Male	49	41	39	39	34	41	30	30	39
Female	50	43	41	43	38	45	35	35	45
Race/Ethnicity1
White	52	45	42	42	37	45	33	33	-
White alone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43
Black	35	28	30	41	35	37	32	34	-
Black alone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44
Hispanic	31	22	16	22	17	18	15	15	20
1 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.  Estimates for whites and blacks include Hispanics of those races.
Note: Current Population Survey figures routinely overestimate voter registration and turnout when compared with official rates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Education & Social Stratification Branch.  "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004." Table 2. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/cps2004.html