Table 21. Population by Region and Sex, With Percent Distribution for Black Alone or in Combination and White Alone, Not Hispanic: March 2003
         
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Region and sex 3/ |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                  |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                  |               |Black alone or | White alone,  |               |
|                  |     Total     |in combination | not Hispanic  |     Other 2/  |
|                  |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                  |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Both sexes        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |285,933|  100.0| 37,351|   13.1|194,424|   68.0| 54,159|   18.9|
|  Northeast       | 54,139|  100.0|  7,036|   13.0| 39,642|   73.2|  7,461|   13.8|
|  Midwest         | 64,581|  100.0|  6,875|   10.6| 52,300|   81.0|  5,407|    8.4|
|  South           |101,800|  100.0| 19,805|   19.5| 64,807|   63.7| 17,189|   16.9|
|  West            | 65,413|  100.0|  3,635|    5.6| 37,675|   57.6| 24,102|   36.8|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |139,876|  100.0| 17,378|   12.4| 95,152|   68.0| 27,346|   19.5|
|  Northeast       | 26,275|  100.0|  3,238|   12.3| 19,319|   73.5|  3,719|   14.2|
|  Midwest         | 31,595|  100.0|  3,191|   10.1| 25,613|   81.1|  2,791|    8.8|
|  South           | 49,512|  100.0|  9,184|   18.5| 31,639|   63.9|  8,689|   17.5|
|  West            | 32,495|  100.0|  1,766|    5.4| 18,581|   57.2| 12,148|   37.4|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |146,057|  100.0| 19,973|   13.7| 99,271|   68.0| 26,813|   18.4|
|  Northeast       | 27,864|  100.0|  3,799|   13.6| 20,323|   72.9|  3,742|   13.4|
|  Midwest         | 32,987|  100.0|  3,684|   11.2| 26,686|   80.9|  2,616|    7.9|
|  South           | 52,288|  100.0| 10,621|   20.3| 33,167|   63.4|  8,500|   16.3|
|  West            | 32,918|  100.0|  1,870|    5.7| 19,094|   58.0| 11,954|   36.3|
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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; Asian alone; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; White alone, Hispanic; and Two or More Races, except those combinations including Black.
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, 2003, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.  Internet release date: March 2006