Pennsylvania Department of State
Electronic Data File Layout
Precinct Voter Registration
Date Extracted: July 31, 2007
Record Count: 9,411
Requested Year: 2000
Requested Election: General
Please find the accompanying data file, prcvot.txt, containing precinct level voter registration statistics. The file is an ASCII text, comma delimited file. The file can also be easily imported into most PC database and spreadsheet applications. The arrangement and types of fields in the files is given in the table below.
Party 1: Republican (REP)
Party 2: Democrat (DEM)
Party 3: Constitutional (CST)
Party 4: Libertarian (LIB)
Party 5: Other (OTH)
Party 6: Empty
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Field Name and Description Length Data Type
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Election Year 4 Numeric
Election Type Code * 1 Character
County Code * 2 Numeric
Precinct Code 7 Numeric
Party 1 rank 2 Numeric
Party 1 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 1 7 Numeric
Party 2 rank 2 Numeric
Party 2 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 2 7 Numeric
Party 3 rank 2 Numeric
Party 3 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 3 7 Numeric
Party 4 rank 2 Numeric
Party 4 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 4 7 Numeric
Party 5 rank 2 Numeric
Party 5 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 5 7 Numeric
Party 6 rank 2 Numeric
Party 6 abbreviation 3 Character
Registered Voters for party 6 7 Numeric
U.S. Congressional District 2 Numeric
Pennsylvania State Senatorial District 2 Numeric
Pennsylvania State House District 3 Numeric
Municipality Type Code * 1 Numeric
Municipality Name 23 Character
Municipality Breakdown Code 1 * 1 Character
Municipality Breakdown Name 1 21 Character
Municipality Breakdown Code 2 * 1 Character
Municipality Breakdown Name 2 21 Character
Bi-County Code ** 2 Numeric
MCD Code 3 Numeric
FIPS Code 3 Numeric
VTD code 4 Numeric
Previous Precinct Code 7 Numeric
Previous U.S. Congressional District 2 Numeric
Previous PA State Senatorial District 2 Numeric
Previous PA State House District 3 Numeric
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* See tables below.
** If a municipality is located in more than 1 county (i.e. it
crosses county lines), this is the code of the other county.
Election Type Table
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P Primary
G General
M Municipal
S Special
County Code Table
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01 Adams
02 Allegheny
03 Armstrong
04 Beaver
05 Bedford
06 Berks
07 Blair
08 Bradford
09 Bucks
10 Butler
11 Cambria
12 Cameron
13 Carbon
14 Centre
15 Chester
16 Clarion
17 Clearfield
18 Clinton
19 Columbia
20 Crawford
21 Cumberland
22 Dauphin
23 Delaware
24 Elk
25 Erie
26 Fayette
27 Forest
28 Franklin
29 Fulton
30 Greene
31 Huntingdon
32 Indiana
33 Jefferson
34 Juniata
35 Lackawanna
36 Lancaster
37 Lawrence
38 Lebanon
39 Lehigh
40 Luzerne
41 Lycoming
42 McKean
43 Mercer
44 Mifflin
45 Monroe
46 Montgomery
47 Montour
48 Northampton
49 Northumberland
50 Perry
51 Philadelphia
52 Pike
53 Potter
54 Schuylkill
55 Snyder
56 Somerset
57 Sullivan
58 Susquehanna
59 Tioga
60 Union
61 Venango
62 Warren
63 Washington
64 Wayne
65 Westmoreland
66 Wyoming
67 York
Municipality Type Codes
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2 City
4 Township
5 Town
6 Borough
Municipality Breakdown Codes
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D District
W Ward
P Precinct
X Other