Table 15.1  Population by Region, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1999
            (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           |271,743|  100.0| 31,689|  100.0|193,074|  100.0| 46,980|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 51,876|   19.1|  4,909|   15.5| 38,957|   20.2|  8,010|   17.1|
|  Midwest         | 63,295|   23.3|  2,406|    7.6| 52,925|   27.4|  7,964|   17.0|
|  South           | 94,887|   34.9| 10,391|   32.8| 62,885|   32.6| 21,611|   46.0|
|  West            | 61,684|   22.7| 13,983|   44.1| 38,306|   19.8|  9,395|   20.0|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |132,764|  100.0| 15,879|  100.0| 94,705|  100.0| 22,180|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 24,920|   18.8|  2,328|   14.7| 18,877|   19.9|  3,715|   16.7|
|  Midwest         | 31,173|   23.5|  1,309|    8.2| 26,119|   27.6|  3,746|   16.9|
|  South           | 46,105|   34.7|  5,181|   32.6| 30,781|   32.5| 10,143|   45.7|
|  West            | 30,566|   23.0|  7,061|   44.5| 18,929|   20.0|  4,576|   20.6|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |138,979|  100.0| 15,810|  100.0| 98,368|  100.0| 24,801|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 26,956|   19.4|  2,581|   16.3| 20,080|   20.4|  4,296|   17.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,122|   23.1|  1,097|    6.9| 26,807|   27.3|  4,218|   17.0|
|  South           | 48,783|   35.1|  5,210|   33.0| 32,104|   32.6| 11,468|   46.2|
|  West            | 31,118|   22.4|  6,922|   43.8| 19,377|   19.7|  4,819|   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 1999, Ethnic and Hispanic 
        Statistics Branch, Population Division.
Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000