Table 21.  Population by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  
           March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)
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|Metropolitan-nonmetropolitan residence and  |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|sex                                         |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                            |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |282,082|  100.0| 36,023|  100.0|194,822|  100.0| 51,238|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 81,527|   28.9| 18,546|   51.5| 41,114|   21.1| 21,866|   42.7|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |147,894|   52.4| 12,977|   36.0|110,570|   56.8| 24,347|   47.5|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,661|   18.7|  4,499|   12.5| 43,137|   22.1|  5,024|    9.8|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |137,871|  100.0| 16,722|  100.0| 95,386|  100.0| 25,763|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,504|   28.7|  8,523|   51.0| 19,894|   20.9| 11,088|   43.0|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 72,614|   52.7|  6,115|   36.6| 54,374|   57.0| 12,125|   47.1|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,753|   18.7|  2,084|   12.5| 21,118|   22.1|  2,551|    9.9|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |144,211|  100.0| 19,301|  100.0| 99,436|  100.0| 25,474|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 42,022|   29.1| 10,023|   51.9| 21,221|   21.3| 10,779|   42.3|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 75,281|   52.2|  6,862|   35.6| 56,196|   56.5| 12,222|   48.0|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,908|   18.7|  2,416|   12.5| 22,019|   22.1|  2,473|    9.7|
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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 2002, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.