Table 16.2  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   | 80,323|   29.8|  9,353|   47.2|  1,860|   59.7|    361|   27.6|  2,104|   47.4|  1,099|   52.9| 65,546|   27.5|

|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   |136,308|   50.7|  8,082|   40.7|  1,130|   36.2|    932|   71.3|  2,232|   50.3|    724|   34.8|123,209|   51.7|

|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 52,463|   19.5|  2,399|   12.1|    127|    4.1|     14|    1.1|    101|    2.3|    256|   12.3| 49,565|   20.8|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   | 39,076|   29.7|  4,826|   46.7|    908|   60.3|    176|   27.2|  1,072|   48.0|    526|   51.5| 31,567|   27.2|

|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   | 67,113|   51.0|  4,264|   41.2|    532|   35.3|    461|   71.3|  1,117|   50.0|    375|   36.8| 60,365|   52.1|

|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 25,515|   19.4|  1,249|   12.1|     67|    4.5|     10|    1.5|     44|    2.0|    119|   11.7| 24,026|   20.7|

|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|

|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   | 41,247|   30.0|  4,526|   47.7|    952|   59.2|    185|   28.0|  1,032|   46.8|    573|   54.1| 33,979|   27.8|

|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  central city                   | 69,195|   50.4|  3,819|   40.2|    598|   37.2|    471|   71.3|  1,115|   50.6|    349|   33.0| 62,844|   51.4|

|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 26,947|   19.6|  1,150|   12.1|     59|    3.7|      4|    0.7|     57|    2.6|    136|   12.9| 25,540|   20.9|

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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