Table 29.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
             (using NCHS ethnicity of mother -- unknowns recoded to non-Hispanic)

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: June 1997


                         proportion      proportion     proportion     proportion
                        non_hispanic    non-Hispanic     Hispanic       Hispanic
STATE                     from NCHS      from Census     from NCHS    from Census      MAPE

ALABAMA                    0.99456         0.99096        0.00544       0.00904      20.0851
ALASKA                     0.97266         0.95611        0.02734       0.04389      19.7184
ARIZONA                    0.72760         0.71018        0.27240       0.28982       4.2318
ARKANSAS                   0.99093         0.98577        0.00907       0.01423      18.3852
CALIFORNIA                 0.62107         0.61910        0.37893       0.38090       0.4173
COLORADO                   0.83617         0.80726        0.16383       0.19274       9.2920
CONNECTICUT                0.89937         0.88917        0.10063       0.11083       5.1730
DELAWARE                   0.97018         0.96119        0.02982       0.03881      12.0497
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.93158         0.92298        0.06842       0.07702       6.0497
FLORIDA                    0.86778         0.86586        0.13222       0.13414       0.8255
GEORGIA                    0.98290         0.97674        0.01710       0.02326      13.5546
HAWAII                     0.89227         0.87629        0.10773       0.12371       7.3704
IDAHO                      0.92251         0.90161        0.07749       0.09839      11.7815
ILLINOIS                   0.88301         0.87253        0.11699       0.12747       4.7120
INDIANA                    0.98072         0.97410        0.01928       0.02590      13.1146
IOWA                       0.98546         0.97883        0.01454       0.02117      15.9946
KANSAS                     0.95410         0.93340        0.04590       0.06660      16.6441
KENTUCKY                   0.99473         0.99124        0.00527       0.00876      20.1365
LOUISIANA                  0.99712         0.97642        0.00288       0.02358      44.9592
MAINE                      0.99340         0.98963        0.00660       0.01037      18.3475
MARYLAND                   0.97229         0.96389        0.02771       0.03611      12.0620
MASSACHUSETTS              0.91359         0.90906        0.08641       0.09094       2.7364
MICHIGAN                   0.97208         0.96483        0.02792       0.03517      10.6826
MINNESOTA                  0.98443         0.97620        0.01557       0.02380      17.7107
MISSISSIPPI                0.99759         0.99240        0.00241       0.00760      34.4132
MISSOURI                   0.98773         0.98229        0.01227       0.01771      15.6414
MONTANA                    0.97977         0.97332        0.02023       0.02668      12.4223
NEBRASKA                   0.96839         0.95833        0.03161       0.04167      12.5909
NEVADA                     0.87111         0.83129        0.12889       0.16871      14.1957
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.99864         0.98291        0.00136       0.01709      46.8254
NEW JERSEY                 0.85625         0.86950        0.14375       0.13050       5.8397
NEW MEXICO                 0.56535         0.53631        0.43465       0.46369       5.8381
NEW YORK                   0.82471         0.82719        0.17529       0.17281       0.8676
NORTH CAROLINA             0.98487         0.97976        0.01513       0.02024      12.8867
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98935         0.98621        0.01065       0.01379      11.5593
OHIO                       0.98625         0.97958        0.01375       0.02042      16.6853
OKLAHOMA                   0.99932         0.94900        0.00068       0.05100      51.9858
OREGON                     0.94354         0.92050        0.05646       0.07950      15.7420
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96871         0.96341        0.03129       0.03659       7.5224
RHODE ISLAND               0.90835         0.91053        0.09165       0.08947       1.3353
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.99105         0.98634        0.00895       0.01366      17.4757
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.99039         0.98489        0.00961       0.01511      18.4746
TENNESSEE                  0.99490         0.99026        0.00510       0.00974      24.0623
TEXAS                      0.64556         0.65151        0.35444       0.34849       1.3095
UTAH                       0.94526         0.93159        0.05474       0.06841      10.7227
VERMONT                    0.99438         0.99273        0.00562       0.00727      11.4458
VIRGINIA                   0.96692         0.96103        0.03308       0.03897       7.8692
WASHINGTON                 0.93550         0.91534        0.06450       0.08466      13.0093
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99692         0.99385        0.00308       0.00615      25.1203
WISCONSIN                  0.97606         0.96419        0.02394       0.03581      17.1898
WYOMING                    0.93680         0.91451        0.06320       0.08549      14.2530
US Total                   0.86502         0.86181        0.13498       0.13819       1.3470