Table 21.1  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution
            by Hispanic Origin and Race: March 2000
            (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence and  |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|sex                                         |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                            |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |276,804|  100.0| 34,773|   12.6|192,858|   69.7| 49,172|   17.8|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 81,603|  100.0| 16,129|   19.8| 40,855|   50.1| 24,618|   30.2|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |142,596|  100.0| 15,688|   11.0|108,415|   76.0| 18,493|   13.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,605|  100.0|  2,956|    5.6| 43,588|   82.9|  6,061|   11.5|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |135,110|  100.0| 17,757|   13.1| 94,069|   69.6| 23,284|   17.2|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,770|  100.0|  8,176|   20.6| 20,001|   50.3| 11,593|   29.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 69,686|  100.0|  8,087|   11.6| 52,834|   75.8|  8,766|   12.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,654|  100.0|  1,495|    5.8| 21,234|   82.8|  2,926|   11.4|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |141,694|  100.0| 17,016|   12.0| 98,789|   69.7| 25,888|   18.3|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,833|  100.0|  7,953|   19.0| 20,854|   49.9| 13,025|   31.1|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 72,910|  100.0|  7,602|   10.4| 55,581|   76.2|  9,727|   13.3|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,951|  100.0|  1,462|    5.4| 22,354|   82.9|  3,136|   11.6|
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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.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.