Table 18.1  Population by Region, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution by Region:  March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)

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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           |282,082|  100.0| 37,438|  100.0|194,822|  100.0| 49,823|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|   18.9|  4,991|   13.3| 40,029|   20.5|  8,280|   16.6|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|   22.6|  2,878|    7.7| 52,609|   27.0|  8,293|   16.6|
|  South           |100,652|   35.7| 13,037|   34.8| 64,845|   33.3| 22,770|   45.7|
|  West            | 64,351|   22.8| 16,532|   44.2| 37,339|   19.2| 10,479|   21.0|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 19,126|  100.0| 95,386|  100.0| 23,359|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|   18.7|  2,456|   12.8| 19,535|   20.5|  3,826|   16.4|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|   22.5|  1,520|    7.9| 25,652|   26.9|  3,824|   16.4|
|  South           | 49,052|   35.6|  6,773|   35.4| 31,640|   33.2| 10,638|   45.5|
|  West            | 32,006|   23.2|  8,376|   43.8| 18,559|   19.5|  5,071|   21.7|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 18,312|  100.0| 99,436|  100.0| 26,464|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|   19.1|  2,535|   13.8| 20,494|   20.6|  4,454|   16.8|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|   22.7|  1,357|    7.4| 26,957|   27.1|  4,469|   16.9|
|  South           | 51,600|   35.8|  6,263|   34.2| 33,205|   33.4| 12,132|   45.8|
|  West            | 32,344|   22.4|  8,156|   44.5| 18,780|   18.9|  5,409|   20.4|
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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 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.