Table 20b.  Population by Region, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  June 28, 2001

            (Numbers in thousands)
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|Region and sex    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |   Asian and   |               |               |
|                  |               |    Pacific    |  White, not   |               |
|                  |     Total     |   Islander    |   Hispanic    |     Other     |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |274,087|  100.0| 10,925|    4.0|193,633|   70.6| 69,529|   25.4|
|  Northeast       | 52,038|  100.0|  1,942|    3.7| 39,404|   75.7| 10,692|   20.5|
|  Midwest         | 63,595|  100.0|  1,229|    1.9| 52,487|   82.5|  9,879|   15.5|
|  South           | 95,928|  100.0|  1,896|    2.0| 63,464|   66.2| 30,568|   31.9|
|  West            | 62,526|  100.0|  5,857|    9.4| 38,278|   61.2| 18,390|   29.4|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |133,933|  100.0|  5,319|    4.0| 95,049|   71.0| 33,565|   25.1|
|  Northeast       | 24,959|  100.0|    903|    3.6| 19,144|   76.7|  4,912|   19.7|
|  Midwest         | 31,279|  100.0|    650|    2.1| 25,910|   82.8|  4,719|   15.1|
|  South           | 46,880|  100.0|    973|    2.1| 31,237|   66.6| 14,670|   31.3|
|  West            | 30,815|  100.0|  2,794|    9.1| 18,757|   60.9|  9,264|   30.1|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |140,154|  100.0|  5,606|    4.0| 98,584|   70.3| 35,964|   25.7|
|  Northeast       | 27,079|  100.0|  1,039|    3.8| 20,260|   74.8|  5,780|   21.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,316|  100.0|    580|    1.8| 26,577|   82.2|  5,159|   16.0|
|  South           | 49,048|  100.0|    923|    1.9| 32,227|   65.7| 15,898|   32.4|
|  West            | 31,711|  100.0|  3,064|    9.7| 19,521|   61.6|  9,127|   28.8|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South 
or Central American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Regions are described in the CPS glossary of subjects concepts 
at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Racial Statistics 
Branch, Population Division.