Rhode Island Latino Voter Statistics

Census Analysis
(All statistics in thousands)

Year
Race
VAP
Reg.
Reg. %
TO
TO %
CVAP
% C
1992
All
757
560
74.0%
522
69.0%
n/a
n/a
White
716
544
76.0%
510
71.2%
n/a
n/a
Black
28
13
46.4%
8
28.6%
n/a
n/a
Hispanic
26
6
23.1%
6
23.1%
n/a
n/a
1994
All
729
475
65.2%
373
51.2%
n/a
n/a
White
684
454
66.3%
358
52.3%
n/a
n/a
Black
27
17
60.8%
12
44.1%
n/a
n/a
Hispanic
36
11
31.6%
6
16%
n/a
n/a
1996
All
725
519
71.7%
439
60.6%
683
94.2%
White
676
503
74.4%
424
62.7%
646
95.6%
Black
38
11
28.8%
10
26.8%
29
76.3%
Hispanic
29
8
27.8%
7
25.3%
20
69.0%
1998
All
726
478
65.9%
352
48.5%
668
91.9%
White
648
456
70.4%
339
52.2%
621
95.8%
Black
34
15
(B)
9
(B)
23
(B)
Hispanic
36
5
(B)
2
(B)
19
(B)
2000
All
729
508
69.7%
438
60.1%
690
94.6%
White
649
483
74.5%
415
64.0%
633
97.6%
Black
38
14
(B)
13
(B)
30
(B)
Hispanic
30
4
(B)
4
(B)
17
(B)
2002
All
803
495
61.6%
372
46.3%
735
91.5%
White
675
459
67.9%
347
51.3%
657
97.2%
Black
37
14
(B)
8
(B)
29
(B)
Hispanic
69
16
(B)
12
(B)
33
(B)

VAP - Voting Age Population
Reg. - Registered
Reg. % - 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
560
522
93.2%
6
6
100.0%
1.1%
1.1%
1994
475
373
78.5%
11
6
54.5%
2.3%
1.6%
1996
519
439
84.6%
8
7
87.5%
1.5%
1.6%
1998
478
352
73.6%
5
2
40.0%
1.0%
0.6%
2000
508
438
86.2%
4
4
100%
0.8%
0.9%
2002
495
372
75.2%
16
12
75.0%
3.2%
3.2%
2004*
430
378
87.9%
18
17
94.4%
4.2%
4.5%

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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