32 VOTING RIGHTS

TABLE B—1.—Voting age population and registered voters classi■ed by race in

those States where use of

ing Rights Act of 1965

tests and devices is susp ended by the proposed Vat.

White voting N onwhiteI

State age populaé White regis- Percent voting ege Nonwhite Percent

tion 1964 1 tration 2 poplléation, reglstratlon 2

labama _______________-_1, 413. 270 3 935, 695 66. 2 501, 730 3 92, 737 18_5

■asks

___________________112, 470 (4)1

........ --25, 560 (4

w __________Georgia _________________-

1, 966, 456 5 1, 124,415 57. 2 669, 544 5 167,663 25.0

Louisiana ______________--1, 353, 495 5 1,037,184 76. 6 539, 505 6 164,601 30.5

Mississippi _______________794, 277 7 525, 000 66. 1 448. 723 7 28, 500 5.4

South Carolina-________-

975, 660 8677, 914 69. 5 404, 340 3 138, 544 34.3

Virginia _________________-2, 060, 751 9 1,133,702 55. O 480, 249 9 177,321 35.g

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TABLE B—2(b).——Voting age population and registered voters classi■ed by racein those Alabama counties in which racial voting suits have been brought

under 42 {1.8.0. 1971A

White voting NonwhiteCounty Per- age popula- White regis- Per- voting age Nonwhite Per-

cent 1 tion, 1960 tration cent 11013111183101},registration cent96

Bullock“..._______--

38.5 2,387 2,631 110 4,450 1,386 31(10/64)

Choctaw.......... _-

31.7 5,192 36269;) 71 3, 982 176 46

Dallas_____________-_

22.6 14, 400 (85:24) 66 15,115 335 2.2

Elmore............ -_

43.7 12,510 ,022 96 4,808 592 12.3(11/64)

Hale............... -_

25.5 3,600 3,674 100 6,000 200 3.3(12/63)

Jefferson___________--

37.3 256,319 134,091,393)52.6 116,160 27,013 23.21 64

Macon_____________-

32.6 2, 818 2,946 100 8, 493 4,188 49(10/64)

Montgomery...... __

31.6 62,911 (1,1232) 64 33,056 7,250 22

Perry.............. -_

29.6 3,441 ,260 94 5,200 364 7(8/64)

Sumter______________

20.8 3,061 ,297 107 6,814 358 5.2(11/64)

Wilcox____________--

22.3 2,647 2, 974 100 6,085 0 0(5164)

1This is the percentage of those of voting age who voted in the presidential election of 1964