Table 16.  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 1999 

           (Numbers in thousands.)
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|Total Population                            |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                            |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                                            |               |    Pacific    | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                                            |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |Other Groups 2/|
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |271,743|  100.0| 10,897|  100.0|193,074|  100.0| 67,772|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 81,017|   29.8|  4,856|   44.6| 41,841|   21.7| 34,320|   50.6|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |138,514|   51.0|  5,643|   51.8|107,770|   55.8| 25,101|   37.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,212|   19.2|    398|    3.7| 43,462|   22.5|  8,352|   12.3|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |132,764|  100.0|  5,290|  100.0| 94,705|  100.0| 32,769|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,251|   29.6|  2,345|   44.3| 20,551|   21.7| 16,355|   49.9|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 67,834|   51.1|  2,731|   51.6| 52,778|   55.7| 12,325|   37.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,679|   19.3|    214|    4.1| 21,376|   22.6|  4,088|   12.5|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |138,979|  100.0|  5,607|  100.0| 98,368|  100.0| 35,004|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,766|   30.1|  2,511|   44.8| 21,291|   21.6| 17,964|   51.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 70,681|   50.9|  2,912|   51.9| 54,992|   55.9| 12,776|   36.5|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,533|   19.1|    184|    3.3| 22,086|   22.5|  4,263|   12.2|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or 
   other Spanish, regardless of race.
2/ This category includes people who are American Indian or Alaska Native, African American, or Hispanic 
   (except for those Hispanics that are Asian or Pacific Islander).
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population 
        Division.
Internet Release date:  May 5, 2000