Table 21. Population by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence by Sex: March 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: March 15, 2001 (Numbers in thousands.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence | | Sex | | | |-------------------------------| | | Total | Male | Female | | |---------------+---------------+---------------| | |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent| |--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------| |Total |274,087| 100.0|133,933| 100.0|140,154| 100.0| |Metropolitan area, inside central city | 80,249| 29.3| 39,013| 29.1| 41,236| 29.4| |Metropolitan area, outside central city |141,562| 51.6| 69,326| 51.8| 72,237| 51.5| |Nonmetropolitan area | 52,276| 19.1| 25,594| 19.1| 26,682| 19.0| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.