Table 15.2  Population by Region, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

            (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Total Population  |               |                                      Hispanic Origin 1/                                       |

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

|                  |               |               |               |               |  Central and  |               |               |

|                  |     Total     |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic  |

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

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

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

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

|  Total           |269,094|  100.0| 19,834|  100.0|  3,117|  100.0|  1,307|  100.0|  4,437|  100.0|  2,079|  100.0|238,320|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 51,296|   19.1|    435|    2.2|  1,950|   62.6|    156|   11.9|  1,583|   35.7|    723|   34.8| 46,449|   19.5|

|  Midwest         | 62,635|   23.3|  1,663|    8.4|    300|    9.6|     43|    3.3|    182|    4.1|     97|    4.7| 60,350|   25.3|

|  South           | 94,445|   35.1|  6,480|   32.7|    685|   22.0|  1,009|   77.3|  1,259|   28.4|    497|   23.9| 84,514|   35.5|

|  West            | 60,718|   22.6| 11,256|   56.7|    182|    5.8|     99|    7.5|  1,413|   31.8|    762|   36.6| 47,007|   19.7|

|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           |131,704|  100.0| 10,339|  100.0|  1,507|  100.0|    647|  100.0|  2,233|  100.0|  1,020|  100.0|115,958|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 24,765|   18.8|    268|    2.6|    918|   60.9|     76|   11.7|    787|   35.2|    341|   33.4| 22,375|   19.3|

|  Midwest         | 30,674|   23.3|    884|    8.6|    153|   10.2|     22|    3.3|    105|    4.7|     64|    6.3| 29,446|   25.4|

|  South           | 45,857|   34.8|  3,290|   31.8|    338|   22.4|    504|   78.0|    608|   27.2|    240|   23.5| 40,878|   35.3|

|  West            | 30,408|   23.1|  5,897|   57.0|     98|    6.5|     45|    7.0|    734|   32.8|    376|   36.8| 23,259|   20.1|

|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total           |137,389|  100.0|  9,495|  100.0|  1,609|  100.0|    660|  100.0|  2,204|  100.0|  1,058|  100.0|122,362|  100.0|

|  Northeast       | 26,531|   19.3|    167|    1.8|  1,032|   64.1|     80|   12.2|    796|   36.1|    382|   36.1| 24,074|   19.7|

|  Midwest         | 31,961|   23.3|    779|    8.2|    146|    9.1|     21|    3.2|     77|    3.5|     33|    3.1| 30,904|   25.3|

|  South           | 48,588|   35.4|  3,190|   33.6|    348|   21.6|    505|   76.5|    651|   29.5|    257|   24.3| 43,637|   35.7|

|  West            | 30,310|   22.1|  5,359|   56.4|     84|    5.2|     53|    8.1|    680|   30.8|    386|   36.5| 23,748|   19.4|

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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