Table 25.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error
                               (using NCHS ethnicity of mother)

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                    0.99455         0.99096        0.00545       0.00904      20.0307
ALASKA                     0.97263         0.95611        0.02737       0.04389      19.6848
ARIZONA                    0.72688         0.71018        0.27312       0.28982       4.0575
ARKANSAS                   0.99087         0.98577        0.00913       0.01423      18.1630
CALIFORNIA                 0.61862         0.61910        0.38138       0.38090       0.1016
COLORADO                   0.83600         0.80726        0.16400       0.19274       9.2369
CONNECTICUT                0.89105         0.88917        0.10895       0.11083       0.9508
DELAWARE                   0.97019         0.96119        0.02981       0.03881      12.0610
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.93150         0.92298        0.06850       0.07702       5.9961
FLORIDA                    0.86748         0.86586        0.13252       0.13414       0.6971
GEORGIA                    0.98281         0.97674        0.01719       0.02326      13.3682
HAWAII                     0.89225         0.87629        0.10775       0.12371       7.3603
IDAHO                      0.92237         0.90161        0.07763       0.09839      11.7017
ILLINOIS                   0.88127         0.87253        0.11873       0.12747       3.9289
INDIANA                    0.98065         0.97410        0.01935       0.02590      12.9762
IOWA                       0.98545         0.97883        0.01455       0.02117      15.9739
KANSAS                     0.95357         0.93340        0.04643       0.06660      16.2238
KENTUCKY                   0.99469         0.99124        0.00531       0.00876      19.9025
LOUISIANA                  0.98827         0.97642        0.01173       0.02358      25.7247
MAINE                      0.99301         0.98963        0.00699       0.01037      16.4397
MARYLAND                   0.97145         0.96389        0.02855       0.03611      10.8632
MASSACHUSETTS              0.91281         0.90906        0.08719       0.09094       2.2660
MICHIGAN                   0.97071         0.96483        0.02929       0.03517       8.6686
MINNESOTA                  0.98319         0.97620        0.01681       0.02380      15.0321
MISSISSIPPI                0.99757         0.99240        0.00243       0.00760      34.2871
MISSOURI                   0.98771         0.98229        0.01229       0.01771      15.5744
MONTANA                    0.97901         0.97332        0.02099       0.02668      10.9664
NEBRASKA                   0.96801         0.95833        0.03199       0.04167      12.1194
NEVADA                     0.87101         0.83129        0.12899       0.16871      14.1592
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.98854         0.98291        0.01146       0.01709      16.7515
NEW JERSEY                 0.85593         0.86950        0.14407       0.13050       5.9820
NEW MEXICO                 0.56515         0.53631        0.43485       0.46369       5.7995
NEW YORK                   0.81984         0.82719        0.18016       0.17281       2.5708
NORTH CAROLINA             0.98487         0.97976        0.01513       0.02024      12.8780
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98929         0.98621        0.01071       0.01379      11.3227
OHIO                       0.98624         0.97958        0.01376       0.02042      16.6556
OKLAHOMA                   0.97950         0.94900        0.02050       0.05100      31.5109
OREGON                     0.94349         0.92050        0.05651       0.07950      15.7074
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96868         0.96341        0.03132       0.03659       7.4758
RHODE ISLAND               0.90326         0.91053        0.09674       0.08947       4.4624
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.99103         0.98634        0.00897       0.01366      17.4079
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.99038         0.98489        0.00962       0.01511      18.4479
TENNESSEE                  0.99491         0.99026        0.00509       0.00974      24.0786
TEXAS                      0.64486         0.65151        0.35514       0.34849       1.4638
UTAH                       0.94522         0.93159        0.05478       0.06841      10.6911
VERMONT                    0.99361         0.99273        0.00639       0.00727       6.1298
VIRGINIA                   0.96665         0.96103        0.03335       0.03897       7.5005
WASHINGTON                 0.93373         0.91534        0.06627       0.08466      11.8663
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99692         0.99385        0.00308       0.00615      25.0815
WISCONSIN                  0.97604         0.96419        0.02396       0.03581      17.1594
WYOMING                    0.93656         0.91451        0.06344       0.08549      14.1047
US Total                   0.85948         0.86181        0.14052       0.13819       0.9778