Table 15.  Population by Region, 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|
|  Northeast 2/  | 51,876|   19.1|  6,565|   18.7| 38,957|   20.2|  6,355|   14.6|
|  Midwest 3/    | 63,295|   23.3|  6,467|   18.4| 52,925|   27.4|  3,902|    9.0|
|  South 4/      | 94,887|   34.9| 19,131|   54.6| 62,885|   32.6| 12,871|   29.5|
|  West 5/       | 61,684|   22.7|  2,908|    8.3| 38,306|   19.8| 20,471|   47.0|
|Male            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total         |132,764|  100.0| 16,360|  100.0| 94,705|  100.0| 21,699|  100.0|
|  Northeast 2/  | 24,920|   18.8|  2,971|   18.2| 18,877|   19.9|  3,072|   14.2|
|  Midwest 3/    | 31,173|   23.5|  2,998|   18.3| 26,119|   27.6|  2,056|    9.5|
|  South 4/      | 46,105|   34.7|  8,946|   54.7| 30,781|   32.5|  6,378|   29.4|
|  West 5/       | 30,566|   23.0|  1,444|    8.8| 18,929|   20.0| 10,193|   47.0|
|Female          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total         |138,979|  100.0| 18,711|  100.0| 98,368|  100.0| 21,900|  100.0|
|  Northeast 2/  | 26,956|   19.4|  3,593|   19.2| 20,080|   20.4|  3,283|   15.0|
|  Midwest 3/    | 32,122|   23.1|  3,469|   18.5| 26,807|   27.3|  1,846|    8.4|
|  South 4/      | 48,783|   35.1| 10,185|   54.4| 32,104|   32.6|  6,493|   29.6|
|  West 5/       | 31,118|   22.4|  1,463|    7.8| 19,377|   19.7| 10,278|   46.9|
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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.
2/ The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
3/ The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
4/ The South region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
5/ The West region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.