Table 19.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, with Percent Distribution by Hispanic Origin Type: 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|    8.3|  3,172|    1.1|  1,366|    0.5|  5,079|    1.8|  2,229|    0.8|242,030|   87.4|
|  Northeast       | 52,953|  100.0|    404|    0.8|  2,027|    3.8|    131|    0.2|  1,656|    3.1|    764|    1.4| 47,972|   90.6|
|  Midwest         | 63,860|  100.0|  2,106|    3.3|    303|    0.5|     42|    0.1|    249|    0.4|    117|    0.2| 61,043|   95.6|
|  South           | 97,079|  100.0|  7,504|    7.7|    659|    0.7|  1,100|    1.1|  1,781|    1.8|    563|    0.6| 85,473|   88.0|
|  West            | 62,911|  100.0| 12,913|   20.5|    183|    0.3|     93|    0.1|  1,394|    2.2|    786|    1.2| 47,542|   75.6|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |135,110|  100.0| 11,955|    8.8|  1,596|    1.2|    673|    0.5|  2,443|    1.8|  1,090|    0.8|117,353|   86.9|
|  Northeast       | 25,318|  100.0|    228|    0.9|    969|    3.8|     68|    0.3|    784|    3.1|    370|    1.5| 22,899|   90.4|
|  Midwest         | 31,295|  100.0|  1,130|    3.6|    161|    0.5|     14|    0.0|    129|    0.4|     59|    0.2| 29,802|   95.2|
|  South           | 47,449|  100.0|  3,901|    8.2|    368|    0.8|    549|    1.2|    824|    1.7|    282|    0.6| 41,525|   87.5|
|  West            | 31,048|  100.0|  6,696|   21.6|     97|    0.3|     42|    0.1|    706|    2.3|    379|    1.2| 23,128|   74.5|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |141,694|  100.0| 10,971|    7.7|  1,576|    1.1|    693|    0.5|  2,636|    1.9|  1,139|    0.8|124,677|   88.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,635|  100.0|    176|    0.6|  1,058|    3.8|     63|    0.2|    872|    3.2|    394|    1.4| 25,073|   90.7|
|  Midwest         | 32,565|  100.0|    976|    3.0|    142|    0.4|     28|    0.1|    120|    0.4|     58|    0.2| 31,242|   95.9|
|  South           | 49,630|  100.0|  3,602|    7.3|    291|    0.6|    551|    1.1|    957|    1.9|    280|    0.6| 43,948|   88.6|
|  West            | 31,863|  100.0|  6,218|   19.5|     85|    0.3|     51|    0.2|    688|    2.2|    407|    1.3| 24,414|   76.6|
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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 described 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.