Table 18.1  Population by Region, Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race, with Percent Distribution by Region:   2004
            (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           |288,281|  100.0| 40,425|  100.0|194,874|  100.0| 52,982|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,704|   18.6|  5,495|   13.6| 39,434|   20.2|  8,775|   16.6|
|  Midwest         | 64,784|   22.5|  3,517|    8.7| 52,116|   26.7|  9,152|   17.3|
|  South           |103,545|   35.9| 14,417|   35.7| 65,434|   33.6| 23,694|   44.7|
|  West            | 66,247|   23.0| 16,996|   42.0| 37,890|   19.4| 11,361|   21.4|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |141,228|  100.0| 20,734|  100.0| 95,451|  100.0| 25,042|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,960|   18.4|  2,746|   13.2| 19,117|   20.0|  4,098|   16.4|
|  Midwest         | 31,838|   22.5|  1,924|    9.3| 25,555|   26.8|  4,360|   17.4|
|  South           | 50,511|   35.8|  7,409|   35.7| 32,037|   33.6| 11,065|   44.2|
|  West            | 32,918|   23.3|  8,656|   41.7| 18,743|   19.6|  5,519|   22.0|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |147,053|  100.0| 19,691|  100.0| 99,423|  100.0| 27,939|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,743|   18.9|  2,750|   14.0| 20,317|   20.4|  4,677|   16.7|
|  Midwest         | 32,946|   22.4|  1,593|    8.1| 26,561|   26.7|  4,792|   17.2|
|  South           | 53,034|   36.1|  7,008|   35.6| 33,397|   33.6| 12,630|   45.2|
|  West            | 33,330|   22.7|  8,340|   42.4| 19,148|   19.3|  5,842|   20.9|
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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, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Populatio