The following are the percentages of 18-24 year-old citizens in each
state who voted in the 2002 mid-term 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 46% Nebraska 19%
Alabama 27% California 19%
Oregon 25% Ohio 19%
South Carolina 25% Massachusetts 19%
Louisiana 24% Utah 19%
Missouri 24% Idaho 18%
Oklahoma 24% New York 18%
Colorado 24% Pennsylvania 17%
Iowa 23% Washington 17%
Kansas 22% Mississippi 16%
Maryland 22% New Mexico 16%
New Hampshire 22% Texas 16%
Wisconsin 22% Indiana 15%
Kentucky 22% Tennessee 15%
Michigan 22% Virginia 15%
Maine 21% Arkansas 14%
Connecticut 21% New Jersey 14%
Georgia 21% West Virginia 13%
Florida 21% North Carolina 12%
Illinois 20% Arizona 11%
Nevada 20%