Table 20.  Population by Region and Sex: March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  March 15, 2001

(Numbers in thousands.)
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|Region          |               |              Sex              |
|                |               |-------------------------------|
|                |     Total     |     Male      |    Female     |
|                |---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 1/        |274,087|  100.0|133,933|  100.0|140,154|  100.0|
|Northeast       | 52,038|   19.0| 24,959|   18.6| 27,079|   19.3|
|Midwest         | 63,595|   23.2| 31,279|   23.4| 32,316|   23.1|
|South           | 95,928|   35.0| 46,880|   35.0| 49,048|   35.0|
|West            | 62,526|   22.8| 30,815|   23.0| 31,711|   22.6|
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1/ 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 2000, 
Special Populations Branch, Population Division.