Table 16.1  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 80,323|   29.8| 14,777|   48.0| 42,317|   22.0| 23,229|   50.3|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |136,308|   50.7| 13,099|   42.6|106,527|   55.4| 16,681|   36.2|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,463|   19.5|  2,897|    9.4| 43,334|   22.5|  6,231|   13.5|

|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,076|   29.7|  7,508|   47.7| 20,771|   22.1| 10,797|   49.5|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 67,113|   51.0|  6,748|   42.9| 52,299|   55.5|  8,066|   37.0|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,515|   19.4|  1,490|    9.5| 21,078|   22.4|  2,947|   13.5|

|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

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

|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,247|   30.0|  7,268|   48.4| 21,547|   22.0| 12,432|   51.1|

|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 69,195|   50.4|  6,351|   42.3| 54,228|   55.3|  8,615|   35.4|

|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,947|   19.6|  1,407|    9.4| 22,256|   22.7|  3,284|   13.5|

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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.



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

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000