Table 18.2  Population by Region, Sex, and Hispanic Origin Type, with Percent Distribution by Region:   2003
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Region and sex    |               |                                    Hispanic origin type 1/                                    |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               |               |               |    Central    |    South      |    Other      |
|                  |Total Hispanic |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |   American    |   American    |  Hispanic 2/  |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 3/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 39,384|  100.0| 26,293|  100.0|  3,851|  100.0|  1,436|  100.0|  2,843|  100.0|  2,062|  100.0|  2,900|  100.0|
|  Northeast       |  5,579|   14.2|    552|    2.1|  2,280|   59.2|    173|   12.1|    529|   18.6|    836|   40.5|  1,208|   41.7|
|  Midwest         |  3,442|    8.7|  2,698|   10.3|    302|    7.9|     25|    1.7|    190|    6.7|    102|    4.9|    126|    4.4|
|  South           | 13,583|   34.5|  9,183|   34.9|  1,024|   26.6|  1,115|   77.6|    949|   33.4|    817|   39.6|    495|   17.1|
|  West            | 16,780|   42.6| 13,859|   52.7|    244|    6.3|    124|    8.6|  1,175|   41.3|    307|   14.9|  1,070|   36.9|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 20,190|  100.0| 13,658|  100.0|  1,856|  100.0|    734|  100.0|  1,543|  100.0|  1,063|  100.0|  1,336|  100.0|
|  Northeast       |  2,724|   13.5|    317|    2.3|  1,049|   56.5|     92|   12.5|    294|   19.0|    428|   40.2|    545|   40.8|
|  Midwest         |  1,851|    9.2|  1,444|   10.6|    165|    8.9|     13|    1.7|    100|    6.5|     60|    5.6|     69|    5.1|
|  South           |  6,985|   34.6|  4,731|   34.6|    504|   27.1|    580|   79.0|    525|   34.0|    429|   40.3|    217|   16.2|
|  West            |  8,630|   42.7|  7,165|   52.5|    138|    7.4|     50|    6.8|    625|   40.5|    147|   13.8|    506|   37.8|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           | 19,193|  100.0| 12,635|  100.0|  1,995|  100.0|    702|  100.0|  1,299|  100.0|    998|  100.0|  1,563|  100.0|
|  Northeast       |  2,855|   14.9|    235|    1.9|  1,232|   61.7|     82|   11.6|    235|   18.1|    408|   40.9|    663|   42.4|
|  Midwest         |  1,591|    8.3|  1,253|    9.9|    137|    6.9|     12|    1.7|     89|    6.9|     42|    4.2|     57|    3.7|
|  South           |  6,598|   34.4|  4,452|   35.2|    521|   26.1|    535|   76.2|    424|   32.7|    388|   38.8|    278|   17.8|
|  West            |  8,150|   42.5|  6,694|   53.0|    106|    5.3|     74|   10.6|    551|   42.4|    161|   16.1|    564|   36.1|
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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/ This category includes Dominicans.
3/ 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