Table 18.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, 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 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           |279,517|  100.0| 23,934|  100.0|  3,198|  100.0|  1,320|  100.0|  5,355|  100.0|  2,287|  100.0|243,424|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,046|   19.0|    536|    2.2|  1,929|   60.3|    154|   11.7|  1,725|   32.2|    614|   26.8| 48,088|   19.8|
|  Midwest         | 63,631|   22.8|  2,050|    8.6|    265|    8.3|     30|    2.3|    220|    4.1|    185|    8.1| 60,881|   25.0|
|  South           | 99,420|   35.6|  8,413|   35.2|    832|   26.0|  1,051|   79.6|  1,906|   35.6|    673|   29.4| 86,545|   35.6|
|  West            | 63,420|   22.7| 12,934|   54.0|    173|    5.4|     84|    6.4|  1,504|   28.1|    815|   35.6| 47,910|   19.7|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |136,559|  100.0| 12,497|  100.0|  1,511|  100.0|    666|  100.0|  2,633|  100.0|  1,134|  100.0|118,119|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,555|   18.7|    309|    2.5|    884|   58.5|     76|   11.4|    838|   31.8|    290|   25.5| 23,159|   19.6|
|  Midwest         | 31,306|   22.9|  1,136|    9.1|    128|    8.5|     13|    2.0|    116|    4.4|     84|    7.4| 29,827|   25.3|
|  South           | 48,230|   35.3|  4,469|   35.8|    412|   27.2|    528|   79.2|    943|   35.8|    352|   31.0| 41,527|   35.2|
|  West            | 31,468|   23.0|  6,582|   52.7|     87|    5.8|     49|    7.3|    736|   28.0|    408|   36.0| 23,606|   20.0|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |142,958|  100.0| 11,437|  100.0|  1,687|  100.0|    654|  100.0|  2,721|  100.0|  1,153|  100.0|125,306|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,491|   19.2|    227|    2.0|  1,045|   61.9|     78|   12.0|    887|   32.6|    324|   28.1| 24,930|   19.9|
|  Midwest         | 32,325|   22.6|    914|    8.0|    136|    8.1|     17|    2.6|    104|    3.8|    101|    8.7| 31,054|   24.8|
|  South           | 51,190|   35.8|  3,944|   34.5|    420|   24.9|    524|   80.1|    963|   35.4|    321|   27.8| 45,018|   35.9|
|  West            | 31,952|   22.4|  6,352|   55.5|     86|    5.1|     35|    5.4|    768|   28.2|    407|   35.3| 24,304|   19.4|
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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.