The following are the percentages of 18-24 year-old citizens in each state who voted in the 1998 election. States are listed from highest to lowest and rounded to the nearest percentage point. States where sample sizes are too small to reliably estimate youth turnout are not included (AK, DE, DC, HI, MT, ND, RI, SD, VT, WY). Nationally, 19%of 18-24 year-old citizens turned out to vote.

 


 

Minnesota 40% Illinois 18%
Alabama 30% Indiana 18%
Wisconsin 29% Nebraska 16%
Colorado 27% New Hampshire 16%
California 26% New Jersey 16%
New Mexico 23% Connecticut 15%
Kentucky 23% North Carolina 15%
Idaho 23% Utah 14%
Missouri 22% Georgia 14%
Massachusetts 22% Pennsylvania 14%
Maryland 21% Oklahoma 14%
Louisiana 21% West Virginia 13%
Washington 21% Kansas 13%
Iowa 21% Tennessee 13%
New York 20% Arkansas 13%
Ohio 20% Florida 13%
South Carolina 20% Nevada 11%
Oregon 19% Texas 10%
Maine 18% Mississippi 9%
Michigan 18% Arizona 9%
Virginia 7%