Table 1.15  Population by Metropolitan - Nonmetropolitan Residence by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands. 1/)

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|SEX AND METROPOLITAN AND NONMETROPOLITAN  |               |              CITIZENSHIP STATUS               |
|RESIDENCE                                 |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                          |               |               |  Naturalized  |               |
|                                          |     Total     |    Native     |    Citizen    | Not a Citizen |
|                                          |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                          |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                   |276,804|  100.0|246,819|  100.0| 11,067|  100.0| 18,918|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 81,603|   29.5| 68,048|   27.6|  4,615|   41.7|  8,939|   47.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city |142,596|   51.5|127,701|   51.7|  5,882|   53.2|  9,012|   47.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 52,605|   19.0| 51,069|   20.7|    569|    5.1|    966|    5.1|
|Male                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                   |135,110|  100.0|119,970|  100.0|  5,283|  100.0|  9,857|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 39,770|   29.4| 32,863|   27.4|  2,264|   42.9|  4,643|   47.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 69,686|   51.6| 62,209|   51.9|  2,760|   52.3|  4,717|   47.9|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 25,654|   19.0| 24,899|   20.8|    258|    4.9|    497|    5.0|
|Female                                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                   |141,694|  100.0|126,849|  100.0|  5,784|  100.0|  9,061|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city  | 41,833|   29.5| 35,185|   27.7|  2,351|   40.6|  4,296|   47.4|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city | 72,910|   51.5| 65,493|   51.6|  3,122|   54.0|  4,295|   47.4|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                    | 26,951|   19.0| 26,171|   20.6|    311|    5.4|    469|    5.2|
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1/ For geographic definitions as they relate to the foreign born, see 'Profile of the Foreign-Born Population in the
   United States, 2000' P23-206.


SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000 (reweighted)
        Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division

                     (Table last updated 1/3/03)