Table 20b.  Population by Region, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2000
            (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           |274,087|  100.0| 35,509|   13.0|193,633|   70.6| 44,945|   16.4|
|  Northeast       | 52,038|  100.0|  6,561|   12.6| 39,404|   75.7|  6,073|   11.7|
|  Midwest         | 63,595|  100.0|  6,817|   10.7| 52,487|   82.5|  4,291|    6.7|
|  South           | 95,928|  100.0| 19,321|   20.1| 63,464|   66.2| 13,143|   13.7|
|  West            | 62,526|  100.0|  2,809|    4.5| 38,278|   61.2| 21,439|   34.3|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |133,933|  100.0| 16,581|   12.4| 95,049|   71.0| 22,303|   16.7|
|  Northeast       | 24,959|  100.0|  2,974|   11.9| 19,144|   76.7|  2,840|   11.4|
|  Midwest         | 31,279|  100.0|  3,164|   10.1| 25,910|   82.8|  2,205|    7.0|
|  South           | 46,880|  100.0|  9,063|   19.3| 31,237|   66.6|  6,579|   14.0|
|  West            | 30,815|  100.0|  1,380|    4.5| 18,757|   60.9| 10,678|   34.7|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |140,154|  100.0| 18,927|   13.5| 98,584|   70.3| 22,642|   16.2|
|  Northeast       | 27,079|  100.0|  3,587|   13.2| 20,260|   74.8|  3,232|   11.9|
|  Midwest         | 32,316|  100.0|  3,653|   11.3| 26,577|   82.2|  2,086|    6.5|
|  South           | 49,048|  100.0| 10,258|   20.9| 32,227|   65.7|  6,563|   13.4|
|  West            | 31,711|  100.0|  1,429|    4.5| 19,521|   61.6| 10,761|   33.9|
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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 2000, Racial Statistics 
Branch, Population Division.
Internet Release date:  February 22, 2001