Table 15.1  Population by Region, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Total Population  |               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |

|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|

|                  |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |

|                  |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |

|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           |269,094|  100.0| 30,773|  100.0|192,178|  100.0| 46,142|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 51,296|   19.1|  4,847|   15.8| 38,851|   20.2|  7,597|   16.5|

|  Midwest         | 62,635|   23.3|  2,285|    7.4| 52,630|   27.4|  7,720|   16.7|

|  South           | 94,445|   35.1|  9,931|   32.3| 63,175|   32.9| 21,340|   46.2|

|  West            | 60,718|   22.6| 13,711|   44.6| 37,522|   19.5|  9,485|   20.6|

|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           |131,704|  100.0| 15,746|  100.0| 94,148|  100.0| 21,810|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 24,765|   18.8|  2,390|   15.2| 18,850|   20.0|  3,525|   16.2|

|  Midwest         | 30,674|   23.3|  1,228|    7.8| 25,763|   27.4|  3,684|   16.9|

|  South           | 45,857|   34.8|  4,979|   31.6| 30,847|   32.8| 10,030|   46.0|

|  West            | 30,408|   23.1|  7,149|   45.4| 18,688|   19.8|  4,571|   21.0|

|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           |137,389|  100.0| 15,027|  100.0| 98,031|  100.0| 24,332|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 26,531|   19.3|  2,457|   16.4| 20,002|   20.4|  4,072|   16.7|

|  Midwest         | 31,961|   23.3|  1,057|    7.0| 26,868|   27.4|  4,036|   16.6|

|  South           | 48,588|   35.4|  4,952|   33.0| 32,327|   33.0| 11,309|   46.5|

|  West            | 30,310|   22.1|  6,561|   43.7| 18,834|   19.2|  4,914|   20.2|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other

   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

2/ Regions are decribed in the CPS glossary of subject concepts at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000