Table 32.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                (using NCHS ethnicity of father -- unknowns recoded randomly)

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                    0.99366         0.99096        0.00634       0.00904        15.05
ALASKA                     0.96879         0.95611        0.03121       0.04389        15.11
ARIZONA                    0.74491         0.71018        0.25509       0.28982         8.44
ARKANSAS                   0.98938         0.98577        0.01062       0.01423        12.88
CALIFORNIA                 0.61447         0.61910        0.38553       0.38090         0.98
COLORADO                   0.85841         0.80726        0.14159       0.19274        16.44
CONNECTICUT                0.89911         0.88917        0.10089       0.11083         5.04
DELAWARE                   0.97562         0.96119        0.02438       0.03881        19.34
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.89711         0.92298        0.10289       0.07702        18.19
FLORIDA                    0.84493         0.86586        0.15507       0.13414         9.01
GEORGIA                    0.97756         0.97674        0.02244       0.02326         1.81
HAWAII                     0.90368         0.87629        0.09632       0.12371        12.64
IDAHO                      0.91359         0.90161        0.08641       0.09839         6.75
ILLINOIS                   0.87183         0.87253        0.12817       0.12747         0.31
INDIANA                    0.97844         0.97410        0.02156       0.02590         8.59
IOWA                       0.98453         0.97883        0.01547       0.02117        13.76
KANSAS                     0.94972         0.93340        0.05028       0.06660        13.13
KENTUCKY                   0.99360         0.99124        0.00640       0.00876        13.62
LOUISIANA                  0.99618         0.97642        0.00382       0.02358        42.92
MAINE                      0.96119         0.98963        0.03881       0.01037       138.62
MARYLAND                   0.97043         0.96389        0.02957       0.03611         9.39
MASSACHUSETTS              0.91661         0.90906        0.08339       0.09094         4.56
MICHIGAN                   0.97060         0.96483        0.02940       0.03517         8.49
MINNESOTA                  0.98399         0.97620        0.01601       0.02380        16.76
MISSISSIPPI                0.99666         0.99240        0.00334       0.00760        28.21
MISSOURI                   0.98752         0.98229        0.01248       0.01771        15.05
MONTANA                    0.97916         0.97332        0.02084       0.02668        11.25
NEBRASKA                   0.96703         0.95833        0.03297       0.04167        10.89
NEVADA                     0.85472         0.83129        0.14528       0.16871         8.35
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.32750         0.98291        0.67250       0.01709      1951.00
NEW JERSEY                 0.85362         0.86950        0.14638       0.13050         7.00
NEW MEXICO                 0.57998         0.53631        0.42002       0.46369         8.78
NEW YORK                   0.81101         0.82719        0.18899       0.17281         5.66
NORTH CAROLINA             0.97867         0.97976        0.02133       0.02024         2.75
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98883         0.98621        0.01117       0.01379         9.62
OHIO                       0.98479         0.97958        0.01521       0.02042        13.02
OKLAHOMA                   0.99896         0.94900        0.00104       0.05100        51.61
OREGON                     0.93348         0.92050        0.06652       0.07950         8.87
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96582         0.96341        0.03418       0.03659         3.41
RHODE ISLAND               0.91043         0.91053        0.08957       0.08947         0.06
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.98750         0.98634        0.01250       0.01366         4.32
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.98663         0.98489        0.01337       0.01511         5.87
TENNESSEE                  0.99288         0.99026        0.00712       0.00974        13.59
TEXAS                      0.63905         0.65151        0.36095       0.34849         2.74
UTAH                       0.94983         0.93159        0.05017       0.06841        14.31
VERMONT                    0.92706         0.99273        0.07294       0.00727       454.77
VIRGINIA                   0.96937         0.96103        0.03063       0.03897        11.13
WASHINGTON                 0.92698         0.91534        0.07302       0.08466         7.51
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99534         0.99385        0.00466       0.00615        12.16
WISCONSIN                  0.97611         0.96419        0.02389       0.03581        17.27
WYOMING                    0.93958         0.91451        0.06042       0.08549        16.03
US Total                   0.85724         0.86181        0.14276       0.13819         1.92