Table 19.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, with Percent Distribution by Hispanic Origin Type: 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|    8.9|  3,222|    1.1|  1,376|    0.5|  5,349|    1.9|  2,416|    0.9|244,644|   86.7|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|  100.0|    595|    1.1|  1,869|    3.5|    184|    0.3|  1,686|    3.2|    657|    1.2| 48,309|   90.6|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|  100.0|  2,189|    3.4|    275|    0.4|     41|    0.1|    246|    0.4|    126|    0.2| 60,902|   95.5|
|  South           |100,652|  100.0|  8,601|    8.5|    871|    0.9|  1,034|    1.0|  1,818|    1.8|    712|    0.7| 87,615|   87.0|
|  West            | 64,351|  100.0| 13,689|   21.3|    207|    0.3|    118|    0.2|  1,599|    2.5|    920|    1.4| 47,818|   74.3|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 13,044|    9.5|  1,515|    1.1|    688|    0.5|  2,698|    2.0|  1,181|    0.9|118,745|   86.1|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|  100.0|    355|    1.4|    837|    3.2|     79|    0.3|    864|    3.3|    321|    1.2| 23,361|   90.5|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|  100.0|  1,158|    3.7|    142|    0.5|     21|    0.1|    139|    0.4|     60|    0.2| 29,476|   95.1|
|  South           | 49,052|  100.0|  4,535|    9.2|    424|    0.9|    522|    1.1|    952|    1.9|    340|    0.7| 42,278|   86.2|
|  West            | 32,006|  100.0|  6,995|   21.9|    111|    0.3|     67|    0.2|    744|    2.3|    460|    1.4| 23,630|   73.8|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 12,030|    8.3|  1,707|    1.2|    688|    0.5|  2,651|    1.8|  1,235|    0.9|125,899|   87.3|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|  100.0|    240|    0.9|  1,032|    3.8|    105|    0.4|    822|    3.0|    336|    1.2| 24,948|   90.8|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|  100.0|  1,031|    3.1|    132|    0.4|     21|    0.1|    108|    0.3|     66|    0.2| 31,426|   95.9|
|  South           | 51,600|  100.0|  4,066|    7.9|    447|    0.9|    512|    1.0|    867|    1.7|    372|    0.7| 45,337|   87.9|
|  West            | 32,344|  100.0|  6,694|   20.7|     96|    0.3|     51|    0.2|    855|    2.6|    460|    1.4| 24,188|   74.8|
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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 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.