Table 18.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, with Percent Distribution by Region:  March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Region and sex    |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 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           |276,804|  100.0| 22,927|  100.0|  3,172|  100.0|  1,366|  100.0|  5,079|  100.0|  2,229|  100.0|242,030|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 52,953|   19.1|    404|    1.8|  2,027|   63.9|    131|    9.6|  1,656|   32.6|    764|   34.3| 47,972|   19.8|
|  Midwest         | 63,860|   23.1|  2,106|    9.2|    303|    9.6|     42|    3.1|    249|    4.9|    117|    5.3| 61,043|   25.2|
|  South           | 97,079|   35.1|  7,504|   32.7|    659|   20.8|  1,100|   80.5|  1,781|   35.1|    563|   25.2| 85,473|   35.3|
|  West            | 62,911|   22.7| 12,913|   56.3|    183|    5.8|     93|    6.8|  1,394|   27.4|    786|   35.2| 47,542|   19.6|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |135,110|  100.0| 11,955|  100.0|  1,596|  100.0|    673|  100.0|  2,443|  100.0|  1,090|  100.0|117,353|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,318|   18.7|    228|    1.9|    969|   60.7|     68|   10.2|    784|   32.1|    370|   33.9| 22,899|   19.5|
|  Midwest         | 31,295|   23.2|  1,130|    9.5|    161|   10.1|     14|    2.1|    129|    5.3|     59|    5.4| 29,802|   25.4|
|  South           | 47,449|   35.1|  3,901|   32.6|    368|   23.1|    549|   81.5|    824|   33.7|    282|   25.9| 41,525|   35.4|
|  West            | 31,048|   23.0|  6,696|   56.0|     97|    6.1|     42|    6.2|    706|   28.9|    379|   34.7| 23,128|   19.7|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |141,694|  100.0| 10,971|  100.0|  1,576|  100.0|    693|  100.0|  2,636|  100.0|  1,139|  100.0|124,677|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,635|   19.5|    176|    1.6|  1,058|   67.1|     63|    9.0|    872|   33.1|    394|   34.6| 25,073|   20.1|
|  Midwest         | 32,565|   23.0|    976|    8.9|    142|    9.0|     28|    4.1|    120|    4.5|     58|    5.1| 31,242|   25.1|
|  South           | 49,630|   35.0|  3,602|   32.8|    291|   18.5|    551|   79.5|    957|   36.3|    280|   24.6| 43,948|   35.2|
|  West            | 31,863|   22.5|  6,218|   56.7|     85|    5.4|     51|    7.4|    688|   26.1|    407|   35.7| 24,414|   19.6|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South 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 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.