Table 20.  Population by Region and Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Region and sex    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                  |               |    Pacific    |  non-Hispanic |               |
|                  |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |     Other     |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |282,082|  100.0| 12,500|  100.0|194,822|  100.0| 74,761|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|   18.9|  2,321|   18.6| 40,029|   20.5| 10,950|   14.6|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|   22.6|  1,433|   11.5| 52,609|   27.0|  9,738|   13.0|
|  South           |100,652|   35.7|  2,365|   18.9| 64,845|   33.3| 33,442|   44.7|
|  West            | 64,351|   22.8|  6,381|   51.1| 37,339|   19.2| 20,631|   27.6|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0|  6,093|  100.0| 95,386|  100.0| 36,392|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|   18.7|  1,195|   19.6| 19,535|   20.5|  5,087|   14.0|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|   22.5|    724|   11.9| 25,652|   26.9|  4,621|   12.7|
|  South           | 49,052|   35.6|  1,118|   18.4| 31,640|   33.2| 16,293|   44.8|
|  West            | 32,006|   23.2|  3,055|   50.1| 18,559|   19.5| 10,392|   28.6|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0|  6,407|  100.0| 99,436|  100.0| 38,368|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|   19.1|  1,126|   17.6| 20,494|   20.6|  5,863|   15.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|   22.7|    709|   11.1| 26,957|   27.1|  5,117|   13.3|
|  South           | 51,600|   35.8|  1,246|   19.5| 33,205|   33.4| 17,149|   44.7|
|  West            | 32,344|   22.4|  3,326|   51.9| 18,780|   18.9| 10,239|   26.7|
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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.

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 2002, Racial Statistics Branch,
Population Division.