Table 18.1  Population by Region, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution by Region:  March 2001
            (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Region and sex    |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                  |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |279,517|  100.0| 36,093|  100.0|193,931|  100.0| 49,494|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,046|   19.0|  4,958|   13.7| 39,728|   20.5|  8,361|   16.9|
|  Midwest         | 63,631|   22.8|  2,750|    7.6| 52,514|   27.1|  8,368|   16.9|
|  South           | 99,420|   35.6| 12,875|   35.7| 64,375|   33.2| 22,170|   44.8|
|  West            | 63,420|   22.7| 15,510|   43.0| 37,315|   19.2| 10,596|   21.4|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |136,559|  100.0| 18,441|  100.0| 94,770|  100.0| 23,349|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,555|   18.7|  2,397|   13.0| 19,259|   20.3|  3,899|   16.7|
|  Midwest         | 31,306|   22.9|  1,479|    8.0| 25,855|   27.3|  3,972|   17.0|
|  South           | 48,230|   35.3|  6,704|   36.4| 31,196|   32.9| 10,331|   44.2|
|  West            | 31,468|   23.0|  7,862|   42.6| 18,459|   19.5|  5,147|   22.0|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |142,958|  100.0| 17,652|  100.0| 99,161|  100.0| 26,145|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,491|   19.2|  2,561|   14.5| 20,468|   20.6|  4,461|   17.1|
|  Midwest         | 32,325|   22.6|  1,271|    7.2| 26,658|   26.9|  4,395|   16.8|
|  South           | 51,190|   35.8|  6,172|   35.0| 33,179|   33.5| 11,839|   45.3|
|  West            | 31,952|   22.4|  7,648|   43.3| 18,855|   19.0|  5,449|   20.8|
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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 2001, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.