Table 20a.  Population by Region, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, With Percent Distribution by 
            Race and Hispanic Origin: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)
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|Region and sex    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                  |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |282,082|  100.0| 36,023|  100.0|194,822|  100.0| 51,238|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|   18.9|  6,503|   18.1| 40,029|   20.5|  6,768|   13.2|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|   22.6|  6,518|   18.1| 52,609|   27.0|  4,653|    9.1|
|  South           |100,652|   35.7| 19,913|   55.3| 64,845|   33.3| 15,894|   31.0|
|  West            | 64,351|   22.8|  3,089|    8.6| 37,339|   19.2| 23,923|   46.7|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 16,722|  100.0| 95,386|  100.0| 25,763|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|   18.7|  2,899|   17.3| 19,535|   20.5|  3,383|   13.1|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|   22.5|  2,955|   17.7| 25,652|   26.9|  2,389|    9.3|
|  South           | 49,052|   35.6|  9,314|   55.7| 31,640|   33.2|  8,098|   31.4|
|  West            | 32,006|   23.2|  1,554|    9.3| 18,559|   19.5| 11,894|   46.2|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 19,301|  100.0| 99,436|  100.0| 25,474|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|   19.1|  3,604|   18.7| 20,494|   20.6|  3,385|   13.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|   22.7|  3,563|   18.5| 26,957|   27.1|  2,264|    8.9|
|  South           | 51,600|   35.8| 10,599|   54.9| 33,205|   33.4|  7,797|   30.6|
|  West            | 32,344|   22.4|  1,535|    8.0| 18,780|   18.9| 12,029|   47.2|
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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.




















Table 20b.  Population by Region, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin, With Percent Distribution
            by Race and Hispanic Origin: March 2002
            (Numbers in thousands)
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|Region and sex    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                  |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/          |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |282,082|  100.0| 36,023|   12.8|194,822|   69.1| 51,238|   18.2|
|  Northeast       | 53,300|  100.0|  6,503|   12.2| 40,029|   75.1|  6,768|   12.7|
|  Midwest         | 63,779|  100.0|  6,518|   10.2| 52,609|   82.5|  4,653|    7.3|
|  South           |100,652|  100.0| 19,913|   19.8| 64,845|   64.4| 15,894|   15.8|
|  West            | 64,351|  100.0|  3,089|    4.8| 37,339|   58.0| 23,923|   37.2|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |137,871|  100.0| 16,722|   12.1| 95,386|   69.2| 25,763|   18.7|
|  Northeast       | 25,817|  100.0|  2,899|   11.2| 19,535|   75.7|  3,383|   13.1|
|  Midwest         | 30,996|  100.0|  2,955|    9.5| 25,652|   82.8|  2,389|    7.7|
|  South           | 49,052|  100.0|  9,314|   19.0| 31,640|   64.5|  8,098|   16.5|
|  West            | 32,006|  100.0|  1,554|    4.9| 18,559|   58.0| 11,894|   37.2|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |144,211|  100.0| 19,301|   13.4| 99,436|   69.0| 25,474|   17.7|
|  Northeast       | 27,483|  100.0|  3,604|   13.1| 20,494|   74.6|  3,385|   12.3|
|  Midwest         | 32,783|  100.0|  3,563|   10.9| 26,957|   82.2|  2,264|    6.9|
|  South           | 51,600|  100.0| 10,599|   20.5| 33,205|   64.4|  7,797|   15.1|
|  West            | 32,344|  100.0|  1,535|    4.7| 18,780|   58.1| 12,029|   37.2|
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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.