Louisiana Latino Voter Statistics

Census Analysis
(All statistics in thousands)

Year
Race
VAP
Reg.
Reg. %
TO
TO %
CVAP
%C
1992
All
2,972
2,290
77.1%
2,040
68.6%
n/a
n/a
White
2,198
1,674
76.2%
1,502
68.3%
n/a
n/a
Black
721
593
82.2%
515
71.4%
n/a
n/a
Hispanic
41
22
53.7%
22
53.7%
n/a
n/a
1994
All
3,013
2,126
70.6%
1,031
34.2%
n/a
n/a
White
2,091
1,521
72.7%
745
35.6%
n/a
n/a
Black
908
597
65.7%
281
30.9%
n/a
n/a
Hispanic
61
32
52.4%
15
24.7%
n/a
n/a
1996
All
3,098
2,275
73.4%
1,915
61.8%
3,053
98.5%
White
2,165
1,613
74.5%
1,355
62.6%
2,133
98.5%
Black
908
653
71.9%
553
60.9%
904
99.6%
Hispanic
60
24
40.7%
13
21.7%
38
63.3%
1998
All
3,114
2,261
72.6%
1,193
38.3%
3,073
98.7%
White
2,000
1,513
75.6%
724
36.2%
1,995
99.8%
Black
980
681
69.5%
450
46%
972
99.2%
Hispanic
66
41
(B)
14
(B)
58
(B)
2000
All
3,143
2,369
75.4%
2,030
64.6%
3,091
98.4%
White
2,142
1,670
78.0%
1,442
67.3%
2,134
99.6%
Black
884
647
73.3%
555
62.8%
884
100.0%
Hispanic
61
38
(B)
22
(B)
50
(B)
2002
All
3,092
2,276
73.6%
1,527
49.4%
3,034
98.1%
White
2,005
1,515
75.6%
1,045
52.1%
1,990
99.3%
Black
902
672
74.5%
431
47.8%
895
99.2%
Hispanic
135
63
46.8%
38
28.0%
106
78.2%

VAP - Voting Age Population
R - Registered
R % - Registered Percentage = (Reg. / VAP)
TO - Turnout
TO% - Turnout Percentage = (TO / VAP)
CVAP - Citizen Voting Age Population
% C - Percentage Citizen = (CVAP / VAP)

Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Reports: Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002.


Note: The symbol B means that the base is too small to show the derived measure.

 

WCVI Analysis
(All statistics in thousands)

Year
TVR
TVC
TT %
LVR
LVC
LT %
Share TVR
Share TVC
1992
2,290
2,040
89.1%
22
22
100.0%
1.0%
1.1%
1994
2,126
1,031
48.5%
32
15
46.9%
1.5%
1.5%
1996
2,275
1,915
84.2%
24
13
54.2%
1.1%
0.7%
1998
2,261
1,193
52.8%
41
14
34.1%
1.8%
1.2%
2000
2,369
2,030
85.7%
38
22
57.9%
1.6%
1.1%
2002
2,276
1,527
67.1%
63
38
60.3%
2.8%
2.5%
2004*
2,264
1,954
86.3%
71
50
70.4%
3.1%
2.6%

TVR - Total Voter Registration
TVC - Total Votes Cast
TT% - Total Turnout = (TVC / TVR)
LVR - Latino Voter Registration
LVC - Latino Votes Cast
LT% - Latino Turnout Percentage = (LVC / LVR)
Share TVR - Share Total Voter Registration = (LVR / TVR)
Share TVC - Share Total Votes Cast = (LVC / TVC)

Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Reports: Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002, *William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI) Projections

 
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