Table 18.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, with Percent Distribution by Region:  March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)

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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           |282,082|  100.0| 25,074|  100.0|  3,222|  100.0|  1,376|  100.0|  5,349|  100.0|  2,416|  100.0|244,644|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|   18.9|    595|    2.4|  1,869|   58.0|    184|   13.3|  1,686|   31.5|    657|   27.2| 48,309|   19.7|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|   22.6|  2,189|    8.7|    275|    8.5|     41|    3.0|    246|    4.6|    126|    5.2| 60,902|   24.9|
|  South           |100,652|   35.7|  8,601|   34.3|    871|   27.0|  1,034|   75.1|  1,818|   34.0|    712|   29.5| 87,615|   35.8|
|  West            | 64,351|   22.8| 13,689|   54.6|    207|    6.4|    118|    8.5|  1,599|   29.9|    920|   38.1| 47,818|   19.5|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 13,044|  100.0|  1,515|  100.0|    688|  100.0|  2,698|  100.0|  1,181|  100.0|118,745|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|   18.7|    355|    2.7|    837|   55.3|     79|   11.5|    864|   32.0|    321|   27.2| 23,361|   19.7|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|   22.5|  1,158|    8.9|    142|    9.4|     21|    3.0|    139|    5.1|     60|    5.1| 29,476|   24.8|
|  South           | 49,052|   35.6|  4,535|   34.8|    424|   28.0|    522|   75.8|    952|   35.3|    340|   28.8| 42,278|   35.6|
|  West            | 32,006|   23.2|  6,995|   53.6|    111|    7.3|     67|    9.7|    744|   27.6|    460|   38.9| 23,630|   19.9|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 12,030|  100.0|  1,707|  100.0|    688|  100.0|  2,651|  100.0|  1,235|  100.0|125,899|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|   19.1|    240|    2.0|  1,032|   60.5|    105|   15.2|    822|   31.0|    336|   27.2| 24,948|   19.8|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|   22.7|  1,031|    8.6|    132|    7.7|     21|    3.0|    108|    4.1|     66|    5.4| 31,426|   25.0|
|  South           | 51,600|   35.8|  4,066|   33.8|    447|   26.2|    512|   74.4|    867|   32.7|    372|   30.1| 45,337|   36.0|
|  West            | 32,344|   22.4|  6,694|   55.6|     96|    5.6|     51|    7.4|    855|   32.3|    460|   37.3| 24,188|   19.2|
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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.