| 2000 |
| Reported being registered to vote |
| Total, 18 and older | 69.5 | 68.0 | 70.9 | 71.6 | 67.6 | 57.3 |
| Total, 18 to 24 | 50.7 | 47.9 | 53.4 | 52.9 | 51.5 | 38.5 |
| Enrolled in high school | 30.0 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 35.0 | ‡ | ‡ |
| Enrolled in college | 62.7 | 60.4 | 64.7 | 65.2 | 63.2 | 51.4 |
| Full-time | 63.5 | 61.7 | 64.9 | 66.3 | 61.5 | 52.3 |
| Part-time | 58.6 | 53.7 | 63.5 | 58.2 | 71.5 | 47.3 |
| Not enrolled in school | 50.7 | 47.8 | 53.4 | 52.7 | 51.9 | 39.3 |
| 18 to 20 years old | 43.7 | 41.7 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 43.9 | 32.7 |
| 21 to 24 years old | 55.4 | 52.0 | 58.6 | 57.1 | 57.4 | 44.3 |
| Less than a bachelor's degree | 48.2 | 45.6 | 50.8 | 49.7 | 50.8 | 39.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 75.9 | 75.7 | 76.0 | 78.9 | 70.6 | ‡ |
| Reported voting |
| Total, 18 and older | 59.5 | 58.1 | 60.7 | 61.8 | 56.9 | 45.1 |
| Total, 18 to 24 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 38.2 | 38.1 | 36.2 | 25.6 |
| Enrolled in high school | 24.4 | 27.0 | 20.8 | 29.7 | ‡ | ‡ |
| Enrolled in college | 48.0 | 45.5 | 50.1 | 49.8 | 49.5 | 38.0 |
| Full-time | 48.3 | 46.5 | 49.8 | 50.5 | 48.1 | 37.8 |
| Part-time | 46.4 | 40.3 | 52.4 | 45.4 | 56.4 | ‡ |
| Not enrolled in school | 35.7 | 33.6 | 37.7 | 37.5 | 35.4 | 26.5 |
| 18 to 20 years old | 30.2 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 32.3 | 27.5 | 23.1 |
| 21 to 24 years old | 39.4 | 36.5 | 42.2 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 29.1 |
| Less than a bachelor's degree | 33.1 | 31.4 | 34.9 | 34.5 | 33.9 | 26.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 61.7 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 64.2 | 58.1 | ‡ |
| 2002 |
| Reported being registered to vote |
| Total, 18 and older | 66.5 | 64.8 | 68.0 | 69.4 | 62.7 | 52.5 |
| Total, 18 to 24 | 43.0 | 40.1 | 45.8 | 45.4 | 42.2 | 34.3 |
| Reported voting |
| Total, 18 and older | 46.1 | 45.6 | 46.6 | 49.1 | 42.7 | 30.4 |
| Total, 18 to 24 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 13.3 |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| 1Includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. |
| NOTE: The survey sample includes the civilian, noninstitutionalized population. Information was collected two weeks after the election. These estimates may differ from administrative data or data from exit polls. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Condition of Education 2003; based on U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), November 2000 Voting and Registration Supplement, unpublished tabulations; and Current Population Survey (CPS), November 2002 Voting and Registration Supplement. |
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