What percentage of Americans vote?
Voter turnout since 1964
Voting-age populationCitizen voting-age populationfrom 1978
2024Voting-age population 59.3%Citizen voting-age population 65.3%
Percent
Voting · sourced historical data
U.S. voter turnout rate, 1964–2024
The share of U.S. adults and citizens who reported voting in every federal election since 1964.
What this chart says
In 2024, 59.3% of the voting-age population and 65.3% of citizens reported voting.
How to read it
Census CPS self-reported voting estimates for November federal elections.
Important limits
- Self-reported voting is not the same measure as certified ballots cast.
- Citizen voting-age estimates begin in 1978; earlier rows are unavailable, not zero.
The data behind the view
Every plotted value.
| Year | Voting-age population | Citizen voting-age populationAvailable from 1978 |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 69.3% | Not available |
| 1966 | 55.4% | Not available |
| 1968 | 67.8% | Not available |
| 1970 | 54.6% | Not available |
| 1972 | 63.0% | Not available |
| 1974 | 44.7% | Not available |
| 1976 | 59.2% | Not available |
| 1978 | 45.9% | 48.9% |
| 1980 | 59.2% | 64.0% |
| 1982 | 48.5% | 51.9% |
| 1984 | 59.9% | 64.9% |
| 1986 | 46.0% | 49.4% |
| 1988 | 57.4% | 62.2% |
| 1990 | 45.0% | 49.3% |
| 1992 | 61.3% | 67.7% |
| 1994 | 45.0% | 48.3% |
| 1996 | 54.2% | 58.4% |
| 1998 | 41.9% | 45.3% |
| 2000 | 54.7% | 59.5% |
| 2002 | 42.3% | 46.1% |
| 2004 | 58.3% | 63.8% |
| 2006 | 43.6% | 47.8% |
| 2008 | 58.2% | 63.6% |
| 2010 | 41.8% | 45.5% |
| 2012 | 56.5% | 61.8% |
| 2014 | 38.5% | 41.9% |
| 2016 | 56.0% | 61.4% |
| 2018 | 49.0% | 53.4% |
| 2020 | 61.3% | 66.8% |
| 2022 | 47.7% | 52.2% |
| 2024 | 59.3% | 65.3% |