Table 28.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
               (using NCHS ethnicity of father -- unknowns recoded to 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                    0.69258         0.99096        0.30742       0.00904      1665.68
ALASKA                     0.85342         0.95611        0.14658       0.04389       122.37
ARIZONA                    0.57464         0.71018        0.42536       0.28982        32.92
ARKANSAS                   0.80395         0.98577        0.19605       0.01423       648.17
CALIFORNIA                 0.59391         0.61910        0.40609       0.38090         5.34
COLORADO                   0.68890         0.80726        0.31110       0.19274        38.04
CONNECTICUT                0.74839         0.88917        0.25161       0.11083        71.43
DELAWARE                   0.69927         0.96119        0.30073       0.03881       351.07
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.31517         0.92298        0.68483       0.07702       427.48
FLORIDA                    0.68957         0.86586        0.31043       0.13414        75.90
GEORGIA                    0.78607         0.97674        0.21393       0.02326       419.57
HAWAII                     0.81017         0.87629        0.18983       0.12371        30.50
IDAHO                      0.83396         0.90161        0.16604       0.09839        38.13
ILLINOIS                   0.80654         0.87253        0.19346       0.12747        29.66
INDIANA                    0.82729         0.97410        0.17271       0.02590       290.95
IOWA                       0.81453         0.97883        0.18547       0.02117       396.35
KANSAS                     0.83742         0.93340        0.16258       0.06660        77.20
KENTUCKY                   0.76829         0.99124        0.23171       0.00876      1283.11
LOUISIANA                  0.17227         0.97642        0.82773       0.02358      1746.41
MAINE                      0.80085         0.98963        0.19915       0.01037       920.08
MARYLAND                   0.90321         0.96389        0.09679       0.03611        87.17
MASSACHUSETTS              0.80374         0.90906        0.19626       0.09094        63.70
MICHIGAN                   0.67835         0.96483        0.32165       0.03517       422.15
MINNESOTA                  0.81425         0.97620        0.18575       0.02380       348.53
MISSISSIPPI                0.68179         0.99240        0.31821       0.00760      2059.31
MISSOURI                   0.80467         0.98229        0.19533       0.01771       510.48
MONTANA                    0.83225         0.97332        0.16775       0.02668       271.58
NEBRASKA                   0.83663         0.95833        0.16337       0.04167       152.39
NEVADA                     0.68239         0.83129        0.31761       0.16871        53.09
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.11405         0.98291        0.88595       0.01709      2586.39
NEW JERSEY                 0.76145         0.86950        0.23855       0.13050        47.61
NEW MEXICO                 0.43971         0.53631        0.56029       0.46369        19.42
NEW YORK                   0.65846         0.82719        0.34154       0.17281        59.02
NORTH CAROLINA             0.79804         0.97976        0.20196       0.02024       458.22
NORTH DAKOTA               0.88301         0.98621        0.11699       0.01379       379.45
OHIO                       0.85578         0.97958        0.14422       0.02042       309.38
OKLAHOMA                   0.02858         0.94900        0.97142       0.05100       950.79
OREGON                     0.81275         0.92050        0.18725       0.07950        73.62
PENNSYLVANIA               0.94801         0.96341        0.05199       0.03659        21.84
RHODE ISLAND               0.74572         0.91053        0.25428       0.08947       101.15
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.70178         0.98634        0.29822       0.01366      1055.63
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.85294         0.98489        0.14706       0.01511       443.16
TENNESSEE                  0.78793         0.99026        0.21207       0.00974      1049.14
TEXAS                      0.52168         0.65151        0.47832       0.34849        28.59
UTAH                       0.88213         0.93159        0.11787       0.06841        38.80
VERMONT                    0.84443         0.99273        0.15557       0.00727      1026.99
VIRGINIA                   0.72800         0.96103        0.27200       0.03897       311.08
WASHINGTON                 0.83305         0.91534        0.16695       0.08466        53.10
WEST VIRGINIA              0.78830         0.99385        0.21170       0.00615      1681.44
WISCONSIN                  0.83783         0.96419        0.16217       0.03581       182.96
WYOMING                    0.83380         0.91451        0.16620       0.08549        51.62
US Total                   0.70293         0.86181        0.29707       0.13819        66.70