Table 18.1  Population by Region, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution by Region:   2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Region and sex    |               |          Hispanic origin and race 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                  |     Total     |   Hispanic    |  White alone  |   all Other   |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |285,933|  100.0| 39,384|  100.0|194,424|  100.0| 52,126|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 54,139|   18.9|  5,579|   14.2| 39,642|   20.4|  8,918|   17.1|
|  Midwest         | 64,581|   22.6|  3,442|    8.7| 52,300|   26.9|  8,839|   17.0|
|  South           |101,800|   35.6| 13,583|   34.5| 64,807|   33.3| 23,410|   44.9|
|  West            | 65,413|   22.9| 16,780|   42.6| 37,675|   19.4| 10,958|   21.0|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |139,876|  100.0| 20,190|  100.0| 95,152|  100.0| 24,534|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 26,275|   18.8|  2,724|   13.5| 19,319|   20.3|  4,232|   17.3|
|  Midwest         | 31,595|   22.6|  1,851|    9.2| 25,613|   26.9|  4,130|   16.8|
|  South           | 49,512|   35.4|  6,985|   34.6| 31,639|   33.3| 10,888|   44.4|
|  West            | 32,495|   23.2|  8,630|   42.7| 18,581|   19.5|  5,283|   21.5|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |146,057|  100.0| 19,193|  100.0| 99,271|  100.0| 27,592|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,864|   19.1|  2,855|   14.9| 20,323|   20.5|  4,686|   17.0|
|  Midwest         | 32,987|   22.6|  1,591|    8.3| 26,686|   26.9|  4,709|   17.1|
|  South           | 52,288|   35.8|  6,598|   34.4| 33,167|   33.4| 12,522|   45.4|
|  West            | 32,918|   22.5|  8,150|   42.5| 19,094|   19.2|  5,674|   20.6|
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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, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2003, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio