Table 20a.  Population by Sex, Region, 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|  100.0|193,633|  100.0| 69,529|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 52,038|   19.0|  1,942|   17.8| 39,404|   20.3| 10,692|   15.4|
|  Midwest         | 63,595|   23.2|  1,229|   11.3| 52,487|   27.1|  9,879|   14.2|
|  South           | 95,928|   35.0|  1,896|   17.4| 63,464|   32.8| 30,568|   44.0|
|  West            | 62,526|   22.8|  5,857|   53.6| 38,278|   19.8| 18,390|   26.4|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |133,933|  100.0|  5,319|  100.0| 95,049|  100.0| 33,565|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 24,959|   18.6|    903|   17.0| 19,144|   20.1|  4,912|   14.6|
|  Midwest         | 31,279|   23.4|    650|   12.2| 25,910|   27.3|  4,719|   14.1|
|  South           | 46,880|   35.0|    973|   18.3| 31,237|   32.9| 14,670|   43.7|
|  West            | 30,815|   23.0|  2,794|   52.5| 18,757|   19.7|  9,264|   27.6|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |140,154|  100.0|  5,606|  100.0| 98,584|  100.0| 35,964|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,079|   19.3|  1,039|   18.5| 20,260|   20.6|  5,780|   16.1|
|  Midwest         | 32,316|   23.1|    580|   10.3| 26,577|   27.0|  5,159|   14.3|
|  South           | 49,048|   35.0|    923|   16.5| 32,227|   32.7| 15,898|   44.2|
|  West            | 31,711|   22.6|  3,064|   54.7| 19,521|   19.8|  9,127|   25.4|
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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.