Census Analysis
(All statistics in thousands)
Year |
Race |
VAP |
CVAP |
REG |
REG % |
TO |
TO % |
REG SHARE |
TO SHARE |
VR POTENTIAL |
2004 |
All |
215,694 |
197,006 |
|
| |
|
n/a |
n/a |
|
White |
176,618 |
162,958 |
|
|
106,588 |
|
|
|
|
Black |
24,910 |
23,346 |
|
|
14,016 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic |
27,129 |
16,088 |
9,308 |
|
7,587 |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
All |
210,421 |
192,656 |
128,154 |
66.5% |
88,903 |
69.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
64,502 |
White |
174,099 |
161,694 |
109,808 |
67.9% |
76,730 |
69.9% |
85.7% |
85.3% |
51,886 |
Black |
24,445 |
22,912 |
14,304 |
62.4% |
9,695 |
67.8% |
11.2% |
10.9% |
8,608 |
Hispanic |
25,162 |
15,601 |
8,196 |
52.5% |
4,747 |
57.9% |
6.4% |
5.3% |
7,405 |
2000 |
All |
202,609 |
186,366 |
129,549 |
69.5% |
110,826 |
85.5% |
n/a |
n/a |
56,817 |
White |
168,733 |
157,291 |
110,773 |
70.4% |
95,098 |
85.8% |
|
|
46,518 |
Black |
24,132 |
22,753 |
15,348 |
67.5% |
12,917 |
84.2% |
|
|
7,404 |
Hispanic |
21,598 |
13,159 |
7,546 |
57.3% |
5,934 |
78.6% |
|
|
5,612 |
1998 |
All |
198,228 |
183,451 |
123,104 |
67.1% |
83,098 |
67.5% |
n/a |
n/a |
60,347 |
White |
165,821 |
155,369 |
105,985 |
68.2% |
71,871 |
67.8% |
86.1% |
86.5% |
49,384 |
Black |
23,305 |
22,074 |
14,031 |
63.6% |
9,223 |
65.7% |
11.4% |
11.1% |
8,043 |
Hispanic |
20,321 |
12,395 |
6,843 |
55.2% |
4,068 |
59.4% |
5.6% |
4.9% |
5,553 |
| 1996 |
All |
193,651 |
179,935 |
127,661 |
70.9% |
105,017 |
82.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
52,274 |
White |
162,779 |
153,057 |
110,259 |
72.0% |
91,208 |
82.7% |
|
|
42,798 |
Black |
22,483 |
21,486 |
14,267 |
66.4% |
11,386 |
79.8% |
|
|
7,219 |
Hispanic |
18,426 |
11,209 |
6,573 |
58.6% |
4,928 |
75.0% |
|
|
4,636 |
| 1994 |
All |
190,267 |
177,260 |
118,994 |
67.1% |
85,702 |
72.0% |
n/a |
n/a |
58,266 |
White |
160,317 |
151,432 |
103,614 |
68.4% |
75,769 |
73.1% |
87.1% |
88.4% |
47,818 |
Black |
21,799 |
20,829 |
12,762 |
61.3% |
8,095 |
63.4% |
10.7% |
9.4% |
8,067 |
Hispanic |
17,476 |
10,350 |
5,473 |
52.9% |
3,522 |
64.4% |
4.6% |
4.1% |
4,877 |
| 1992 |
All |
185,684 |
173,784 |
126,578 |
72.8% |
113,866 |
90.0% |
n/a |
n/a |
47,206 |
White |
157,637 |
149,553 |
110,684 |
74.0% |
100,405 |
90.7% |
|
|
38,889 |
Black |
21,039 |
19,995 |
13,442 |
67.2% |
11,371 |
84.6% |
|
|
6,553 |
Hispanic |
14,688 |
8,778 |
5,137 |
58.5% |
4,238 |
82.5% |
|
|
3,641 |
| 1990 |
All |
182,118 |
171,659 |
113,248 |
66.0% |
81,991 |
72.4% |
n/a |
n/a |
58,411 |
White |
155,587 |
148,135 |
99,275 |
67.0% |
72,608 |
73.1% |
87.7% |
88.6% |
48,860 |
Black |
20,371 |
19,631 |
11,968 |
61.0% |
7,978 |
66.7% |
10.6% |
9.7% |
9,209 |
Hispanic |
13,756 |
8,566 |
4,442 |
51.9% |
2,894 |
65.2% |
3.9% |
3.5% |
4,114 |
| 1988 |
All |
178,098 |
168,495 |
118,589 |
70.4% |
102,224 |
86.2% |
n/a |
n/a |
49,906 |
White |
152,848 |
145,999 |
103,830 |
71.1% |
90,357 |
87.0% |
|
|
42,169 |
Black |
19,692 |
18,692 |
12,700 |
67.9% |
10,144 |
79.9% |
|
|
6,262 |
Hispanic |
12,893 |
8,078 |
4,573 |
56.6% |
3,710 |
81.1% |
|
|
3,505 |
| 1986 |
All |
173,890 |
165,438 |
111,728 |
67.5% |
79,954 |
71.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
53,710 |
White |
149,899 |
143,817 |
97,825 |
68.0% |
70,473 |
72.0% |
87.6% |
88.1% |
45,992 |
Black |
19,020 |
18,444 |
12,166 |
67.1% |
8,225 |
67.6% |
10.9% |
10.3% |
6,278 |
Hispanic |
11,832 |
7,871 |
4,247 |
54.0% |
2,866 |
67.5% |
3.8% |
3.6% |
3,624 |
| 1984 |
All |
169,963 |
162,627 |
116,106 |
71.4% |
101,878 |
87.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
46,521 |
White |
146,761 |
141,827 |
102,211 |
72.1% |
90,152 |
88.2% |
|
|
39,616 |
Black |
18,432 |
17,809 |
12,223 |
68.6% |
10,293 |
84.2% |
|
|
5,586 |
Hispanic |
9,471 |
6,444 |
3,794 |
58.9% |
3,092 |
81.5% |
|
|
2,650 |
| 1982 |
All |
165,483 |
158,424 |
105,996 |
66.9% |
80,310 |
75.8% |
n/a |
n/a |
52,428 |
White |
143,607 |
138,786 |
94,205 |
67.9% |
71,679 |
76.1% |
88.9% |
89.3% |
44,581 |
Black |
17,624 |
17,055 |
10,422 |
61.1% |
7,581 |
72.7% |
9.8% |
9.4% |
6,633 |
Hispanic |
8,765 |
5,980 |
3,091 |
51.7% |
2,217 |
71.7% |
2.9% |
2.8% |
2,889 |
| 1980 |
All |
157,085 |
150,742 |
105,035 |
69.7% |
93,066 |
88.6% |
n/a |
n/a |
45,707 |
White |
137,676 |
132,914 |
94,112 |
70.8% |
83,855 |
89.1% |
|
|
38,802 |
Black |
16,423 |
15,951 |
9,849 |
61.7% |
8,287 |
84.1% |
|
|
6,102 |
Hispanic |
8,210 |
5,565 |
2,984 |
53.6% |
2,453 |
82.2% |
|
|
2,581 |
| 1978 |
All |
151,646 |
146,268 |
94,883 |
64.9% |
69,587 |
73.3% |
n/a |
n/a |
51,385 |
White |
133,370 |
129,380 |
85,095 |
65.8% |
63,107 |
74.2% |
89.7% |
90.7% |
44,285 |
Black |
15,636 |
15,227 |
8,921 |
58.6% |
5,812 |
65.1% |
9.4% |
8.4% |
6,306 |
Hispanic |
6,788 |
4,651 |
2,233 |
48.0% |
1,593 |
71.3% |
2.4% |
2.3% |
2,418 |
| 1976 |
All |
146,548 |
n/a |
97,761 |
n/a |
86,698 |
88.7% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
White |
129,316 |
n/a |
88,329 |
n/a |
78,808 |
89.2% |
| |