Who Voted in the 2012 Election in Florida?

A slightly greater percerntage of eligible Hispanic voters – 62.2 percent – turned out to cast ballots in the 2012 presidential election in Florida than white, non-Hispanic voters. And more eligible female voters went to the polls than men.

The results are among several demographic mesaurements released by the U.S. Census showing the make-up of voters in Florida and across the United States. Just click on Florida on the map above to see the results.

Darker green states had a higher percentage of turnout. If you click on an individual state, you will see percentages of eligible U.S. citizens who voted in that state broken down by gender, race and ethnic group. This information was released from from the US Census Bureau on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

Florida was seen as a swing state in the 2012 election, but President Barack Obama won Florida's electoral and popular vote in his re-election bid. Support from Latino and women voters had been considered key in Florida to a Democratic victory.

Here's who voted in the Sunshine State:

• 60.8 percent of eligible U.S. citizens voted.

• Male: 58.7

• Female: 62.7

• White non-Hispanic: 61.9

• Black: 57.6

• Asian: 43.0

• Hispanic: 62.2

* Some demographic populations of eligible U.S citizen voters were less than 75,000 and too small to make a measure.

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