{"id":6310,"date":"2016-01-19T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:10","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Oklahoma.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey. [3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau&#8217;s 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/resources\/codebooks\/AccuracyACS_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;hispanics-in-oklahomas-eligible-voter-population&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"hispanics-in-oklahomas-eligible-voter-population\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanics in Oklahoma\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_oklahoma-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23576\"><img data-dominant-color=\"ece9ea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #ece9ea;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" class=\"wp-image-23576 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Oklahoma-01.png\" alt=\"Population and Electorate in the United States and Oklahoma, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hispanic population in Oklahoma is the 24th largest in the nation. About 378,000 Hispanics reside in Oklahoma, 0.7% of all Hispanics in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma\u2019s population is 10% Hispanic, the 23rd largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.<\/li>\n<li>There are 138,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Oklahoma\u2014the 25th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.9 million.<\/li>\n<li>Some 5% of Oklahoma eligible voters are Hispanic, the 25th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.<\/li>\n<li>Some 36% of Hispanics in Oklahoma are eligible to vote, ranking Oklahoma 41st nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 80% of the state\u2019s white population is eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_oklahoma-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23577\"><img data-dominant-color=\"788a93\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #788a93;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-23577 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Oklahoma-02.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Oklahoma and the United States, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_oklahoma-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23578\"><img data-dominant-color=\"605d5e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #605d5e;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-23578 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Oklahoma-03.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Oklahoma, by Race and Ethnicity, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0},"categories":[],"bylines":[],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[464],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[],"research-teams":[523],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-6310","fact-sheet","type-fact-sheet","status-publish","hentry","formats-fact-sheet","research-teams-race-and-ethnicity"],"label":false,"post_parent":0,"word_count":309,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-oklahoma\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: Oklahoma","description":"This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. 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