Table 15.2  Population by Region, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1999
            (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           |271,743|  100.0| 20,652|  100.0|  3,039|  100.0|  1,370|  100.0|  4,536|  100.0|  2,091|  100.0|240,054|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 51,876|   19.1|    374|    1.8|  1,999|   65.8|    219|   16.0|  1,514|   33.4|    803|   38.4| 46,967|   19.6|
|  Midwest         | 63,295|   23.3|  1,746|    8.5|    279|    9.2|     53|    3.9|    246|    5.4|     82|    3.9| 60,889|   25.4|
|  South           | 94,887|   34.9|  6,975|   33.8|    601|   19.8|    996|   72.7|  1,358|   29.9|    460|   22.0| 84,496|   35.2|
|  West            | 61,684|   22.7| 11,557|   56.0|    159|    5.2|    102|    7.4|  1,419|   31.3|    746|   35.7| 47,701|   19.9|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |132,764|  100.0| 10,594|  100.0|  1,437|  100.0|    658|  100.0|  2,178|  100.0|  1,013|  100.0|116,885|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 24,920|   18.8|    210|    2.0|    918|   63.9|     98|   15.0|    740|   34.0|    363|   35.8| 22,592|   19.3|
|  Midwest         | 31,173|   23.5|    973|    9.2|    141|    9.8|     21|    3.2|    126|    5.8|     48|    4.7| 29,864|   25.6|
|  South           | 46,105|   34.7|  3,522|   33.2|    297|   20.7|    493|   75.0|    630|   28.9|    239|   23.6| 40,924|   35.0|
|  West            | 30,566|   23.0|  5,889|   55.6|     81|    5.6|     45|    6.9|    682|   31.3|    364|   35.9| 23,505|   20.1|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |138,979|  100.0| 10,058|  100.0|  1,602|  100.0|    713|  100.0|  2,358|  100.0|  1,078|  100.0|123,169|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 26,956|   19.4|    164|    1.6|  1,081|   67.5|    121|   16.9|    774|   32.8|    440|   40.8| 24,376|   19.8|
|  Midwest         | 32,122|   23.1|    773|    7.7|    138|    8.6|     32|    4.6|    120|    5.1|     34|    3.1| 31,025|   25.2|
|  South           | 48,783|   35.1|  3,453|   34.3|    305|   19.0|    503|   70.6|    727|   30.8|    222|   20.6| 43,572|   35.4|
|  West            | 31,118|   22.4|  5,668|   56.3|     78|    4.9|     56|    7.9|    737|   31.2|    383|   35.5| 24,196|   19.6|
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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