Table 21.  Population with Percent Distribution by Region and Sex, and Race and 
           Hispanic Origin:  March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|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|    4.4|194,822|   69.1| 74,761|   26.5|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|  100.0|  2,321|    4.4| 40,029|   75.1| 10,950|   20.5|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|  100.0|  1,433|    2.2| 52,609|   82.5|  9,738|   15.3|
|  South           |100,652|  100.0|  2,365|    2.3| 64,845|   64.4| 33,442|   33.2|
|  West            | 64,351|  100.0|  6,381|    9.9| 37,339|   58.0| 20,631|   32.1|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0|  6,093|    4.4| 95,386|   69.2| 36,392|   26.4|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|  100.0|  1,195|    4.6| 19,535|   75.7|  5,087|   19.7|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|  100.0|    724|    2.3| 25,652|   82.8|  4,621|   14.9|
|  South           | 49,052|  100.0|  1,118|    2.3| 31,640|   64.5| 16,293|   33.2|
|  West            | 32,006|  100.0|  3,055|    9.5| 18,559|   58.0| 10,392|   32.5|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0|  6,407|    4.4| 99,436|   69.0| 38,368|   26.6|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|  100.0|  1,126|    4.1| 20,494|   74.6|  5,863|   21.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|  100.0|    709|    2.2| 26,957|   82.2|  5,117|   15.6|
|  South           | 51,600|  100.0|  1,246|    2.4| 33,205|   64.4| 17,149|   33.2|
|  West            | 32,344|  100.0|  3,326|   10.3| 18,780|   58.1| 10,239|   31.7|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.