Table 19.1  Population by Region, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution by Hispanic Origin and Race: 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|   13.3|194,822|   69.1| 49,823|   17.7|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|  100.0|  4,991|    9.4| 40,029|   75.1|  8,280|   15.5|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|  100.0|  2,878|    4.5| 52,609|   82.5|  8,293|   13.0|
|  South           |100,652|  100.0| 13,037|   13.0| 64,845|   64.4| 22,770|   22.6|
|  West            | 64,351|  100.0| 16,532|   25.7| 37,339|   58.0| 10,479|   16.3|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 19,126|   13.9| 95,386|   69.2| 23,359|   16.9|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|  100.0|  2,456|    9.5| 19,535|   75.7|  3,826|   14.8|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|  100.0|  1,520|    4.9| 25,652|   82.8|  3,824|   12.3|
|  South           | 49,052|  100.0|  6,773|   13.8| 31,640|   64.5| 10,638|   21.7|
|  West            | 32,006|  100.0|  8,376|   26.2| 18,559|   58.0|  5,071|   15.8|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 18,312|   12.7| 99,436|   69.0| 26,464|   18.4|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|  100.0|  2,535|    9.2| 20,494|   74.6|  4,454|   16.2|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|  100.0|  1,357|    4.1| 26,957|   82.2|  4,469|   13.6|
|  South           | 51,600|  100.0|  6,263|   12.1| 33,205|   64.4| 12,132|   23.5|
|  West            | 32,344|  100.0|  8,156|   25.2| 18,780|   58.1|  5,409|   16.7|
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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 described 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.