Index - V

VAP. See Voting-age population

Victimization
     homicide victimization rates per 100,000 population by age, race, gender, 1976-2000, 146 (t 8.2)
     of minorities, 145
     property crime victimization, by race, Hispanic origin, household income, home ownership of households victimized, 2001, 147 (t 8.4)
     violent victimization rates, of selected demographic categories, 1993-2000, 146 (t 8.1)

Vieth vs. Jubelirer, 162

Vietnam War, 16

Vietnamese, 16-17
     See also Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 152

Violent Street Gangs in America (Wiley), 152

"Voces del Pueblo" campaign, 161

Voter registration
     voting age in population/voter registration, 156t
     voting and registration, reported, by selected characteristics, November 2000, 157t-158t

Voter turnout
     minorities and, 156, 158
     presidential election of 2000, 159-160
     voting and registration, reported, by selected characteristics, November 2000, 157t-158t
     voting in presidential election years, by demographic characteristics, November 1964-2000, 159t
     voting rates and citizenship, by race/ethnicity, 2000, 156f
     voting, reasons for not, 2000, 160f

Voting-age population (VAP)
     of Hispanic Americans, 160
     voter registration and, 156t
     voter turnout and, 156, 158

Voting, electoral districts and, 161-162

Voting rights, 150-151

Voting Rights Act of 1965, 155, 161

Vouchers, school, 142-143