Table 16.2  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   | 81,017|   29.8|  9,771|   47.3|  1,869|   61.5|    345|   25.2|  2,013|   44.4|  1,115|   53.3| 65,905|   27.5|
|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   |138,514|   51.0|  8,745|   42.3|  1,051|   34.6|  1,004|   73.3|  2,428|   53.5|    773|   37.0|124,513|   51.9|
|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 52,212|   19.2|  2,137|   10.3|    120|    3.9|     21|    1.5|     95|    2.1|    203|    9.7| 49,636|   20.7|
|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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   | 39,251|   29.6|  5,033|   47.5|    877|   61.0|    166|   25.3|    960|   44.1|    549|   54.2| 31,665|   27.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   | 67,834|   51.1|  4,475|   42.2|    503|   35.0|    484|   73.6|  1,175|   54.0|    370|   36.5| 60,826|   52.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 25,679|   19.3|  1,085|   10.2|     56|    3.9|      7|    1.1|     42|    1.9|     94|    9.3| 24,394|   20.9|
|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|
|  Metropolitan area, inside      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   | 41,766|   30.1|  4,737|   47.1|    992|   61.9|    178|   25.0|  1,053|   44.6|    566|   52.5| 34,239|   27.8|
|  Metropolitan area, outside     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  central city                   | 70,681|   50.9|  4,269|   42.4|    547|   34.2|    521|   73.0|  1,253|   53.1|    404|   37.4| 63,687|   51.7|
|  Nonmetropolitan area           | 26,533|   19.1|  1,052|   10.5|     63|    3.9|     14|    1.9|     53|    2.2|    109|   10.1| 25,243|   20.5|
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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 1999, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.
Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000