Table 21.  Population by Region, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, With Percent Distribution by Race and Hispanic Origin: 	                 March 2004
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Region and sex    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               | White alone,  |               |
|                  |     Total     |  Asian alone  | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes 3/     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |288,281|  100.0| 11,870|    4.1|194,874|   67.6| 81,537|   28.3|
|  Northeast       | 53,704|  100.0|  2,261|    4.2| 39,434|   73.4| 12,009|   22.4|
|  Midwest         | 64,784|  100.0|  1,544|    2.4| 52,116|   80.4| 11,125|   17.2|
|  South           |103,545|  100.0|  2,377|    2.3| 65,434|   63.2| 35,734|   34.5|
|  West            | 66,247|  100.0|  5,689|    8.6| 37,890|   57.2| 22,668|   34.2|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |141,228|  100.0|  5,758|    4.1| 95,451|   67.6| 40,018|   28.3|
|  Northeast       | 25,960|  100.0|  1,116|    4.3| 19,117|   73.6|  5,727|   22.1|
|  Midwest         | 31,838|  100.0|    771|    2.4| 25,555|   80.3|  5,513|   17.3|
|  South           | 50,511|  100.0|  1,155|    2.3| 32,037|   63.4| 17,319|   34.3|
|  West            | 32,918|  100.0|  2,716|    8.3| 18,743|   56.9| 11,459|   34.8|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |147,053|  100.0|  6,111|    4.2| 99,423|   67.6| 41,519|   28.2|
|  Northeast       | 27,743|  100.0|  1,144|    4.1| 20,317|   73.2|  6,282|   22.6|
|  Midwest         | 32,946|  100.0|    773|    2.3| 26,561|   80.6|  5,612|   17.0|
|  South           | 53,034|  100.0|  1,222|    2.3| 33,397|   63.0| 18,415|   34.7|
|  West            | 33,330|  100.0|  2,973|    8.9| 19,148|   57.4| 11,209|   33.6|
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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/ Includes American Indian and Alaska Native alone; Black alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or more races.
3/ The states in each region are listed in the CPS glossary of subjects concepts at
www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006