Table 20. Population by Region and Sex, 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|  100.0|194,424|  100.0| 54,159|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 54,139|   18.9|  7,036|   18.8| 39,642|   20.4|  7,461|   13.8|
|  Midwest         | 64,581|   22.6|  6,875|   18.4| 52,300|   26.9|  5,407|   10.0|
|  South           |101,800|   35.6| 19,805|   53.0| 64,807|   33.3| 17,189|   31.7|
|  West            | 65,413|   22.9|  3,635|    9.7| 37,675|   19.4| 24,102|   44.5|
|Male              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |139,876|  100.0| 17,378|  100.0| 95,152|  100.0| 27,346|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 26,275|   18.8|  3,238|   18.6| 19,319|   20.3|  3,719|   13.6|
|  Midwest         | 31,595|   22.6|  3,191|   18.4| 25,613|   26.9|  2,791|   10.2|
|  South           | 49,512|   35.4|  9,184|   52.8| 31,639|   33.3|  8,689|   31.8|
|  West            | 32,495|   23.2|  1,766|   10.2| 18,581|   19.5| 12,148|   44.4|
|Female            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total           |146,057|  100.0| 19,973|  100.0| 99,271|  100.0| 26,813|  100.0|
|  Northeast       | 27,864|   19.1|  3,799|   19.0| 20,323|   20.5|  3,742|   14.0|
|  Midwest         | 32,987|   22.6|  3,684|   18.4| 26,686|   26.9|  2,616|    9.8|
|  South           | 52,288|   35.8| 10,621|   53.2| 33,167|   33.4|  8,500|   31.7|
|  West            | 32,918|   22.5|  1,870|    9.4| 19,094|   19.2| 11,954|   44.6|
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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; 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