Table 21.  Population by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence, 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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|Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence and  |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|sex                                         |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |   Asian and   |               |               |
|                                            |               |    Pacific    |  White, not   |               |
|                                            |     Total     |   Islander    |   Hispanic    |     Other     |
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |274,087|  100.0| 10,925|  100.0|193,633|  100.0| 69,529|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 80,249|   29.3|  5,189|   47.5| 41,133|   21.2| 33,927|   48.8|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |141,562|   51.6|  5,270|   48.2|108,880|   56.2| 27,412|   39.4|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,276|   19.1|    466|    4.3| 43,619|   22.5|  8,190|   11.8|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |133,933|  100.0|  5,319|  100.0| 95,049|  100.0| 33,565|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,013|   29.1|  2,520|   47.4| 20,282|   21.3| 16,211|   48.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 69,326|   51.8|  2,565|   48.2| 53,387|   56.2| 13,373|   39.8|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,594|   19.1|    233|    4.4| 21,379|   22.5|  3,981|   11.9|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |140,154|  100.0|  5,606|  100.0| 98,584|  100.0| 35,964|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,236|   29.4|  2,668|   47.6| 20,851|   21.2| 17,716|   49.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 72,237|   51.5|  2,705|   48.2| 55,493|   56.3| 14,039|   39.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,682|   19.0|    233|    4.1| 22,240|   22.6|  4,209|   11.7|
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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.

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