Table 16.  Population by Metropolitan-Nonmetropolitan Residence, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 1999
           (Numbers in thousands.)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  February 14, 2000

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|Total Population                            |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                            |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                            |               |               | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                                            |     Total     |     Black     |     White     |     Other     |
|                                            |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                            |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |271,743|  100.0| 35,070|  100.0|193,074|  100.0| 43,599|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 81,017|   29.8| 19,319|   55.1| 41,841|   21.7| 19,857|   45.5|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   |138,514|   51.0| 10,887|   31.0|107,770|   55.8| 19,857|   45.5|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 52,212|   19.2|  4,865|   13.9| 43,462|   22.5|  3,885|    8.9|
|Male                                        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |132,764|  100.0| 16,360|  100.0| 94,705|  100.0| 21,699|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 39,251|   29.6|  8,849|   54.1| 20,551|   21.7|  9,851|   45.4|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 67,834|   51.1|  5,169|   31.6| 52,778|   55.7|  9,886|   45.6|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 25,679|   19.3|  2,341|   14.3| 21,376|   22.6|  1,961|    9.0|
|Female                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                                     |138,979|  100.0| 18,711|  100.0| 98,368|  100.0| 21,900|  100.0|
|  Metropolitan area, inside central city    | 41,766|   30.1| 10,469|   56.0| 21,291|   21.6| 10,006|   45.7|
|  Metropolitan area, outside central city   | 70,681|   50.9|  5,718|   30.6| 54,992|   55.9|  9,971|   45.5|
|  Nonmetropolitan area                      | 26,533|   19.1|  2,524|   13.5| 22,086|   22.5|  1,924|    8.8|
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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.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.