Return to Election Data Dispatches.
Recent data confirm previous research showing that most election jurisdictions have a relatively small electorate.
According to information from Kimball Brace, president of Election Data Services Inc., there are 10,072 election jurisdictions in the United States:
Two-thirds — 6,691 — of all election jurisdictions have less than 5,000 registered voters, while only 340 jurisdictions have more than 100,000 registered voters. The mean registered population of all jurisdictions is 1,492 voters.