Region

Total

Hispanic by origin type

Non-Hispanic

Mexican

Puerto Rican

Cuban

Central and South American

Other Hispanic

#

%

#

%

#

%

#

%

#

%

#

%

#

%

.Total

 282,082

100.0

 25,074

8.9

3,222

1.1

1,376

0.5

5,349

1.9

2,416

0.9

 244,644

86.7

.Northeast

53,300

100.0

595

1.1

1,869

3.5

184

0.3

1,686

3.2

657

1.2

48,309

90.6

.Midwest

63,779

100.0

2,189

3.4

275

0.4

 41

0.1

246

0.4

126

0.2

60,902

95.5

.South

 100,652

100.0

8,601

8.5

871

0.9

1,034

1.0

1,818

1.8

712

0.7

87,615

87.0

.West

64,351

100.0

 13,689

21.3

207

0.3

118

0.2

1,599

2.5

920

1.4

47,818

74.3

Table 1: Population by Region, and Hispanic Origin Type: March 2002.[i]

 



[i] Hispanic refers to people whose origin is Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.  Regions are described in the CPS glossary of subjects concepts at www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html. Original source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division. Internet Release date:June 18, 2003.