Table 26.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error
                               (using NCHS ethnicity of father)

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                    0.99360         0.99096        0.00640       0.00904      14.7482
ALASKA                     0.96820         0.95611        0.03180       0.04389      14.4072
ARIZONA                    0.74833         0.71018        0.25167       0.28982       9.2676
ARKANSAS                   0.98912         0.98577        0.01088       0.01423      11.9230
CALIFORNIA                 0.61358         0.61910        0.38642       0.38090       1.1703
COLORADO                   0.87162         0.80726        0.12838       0.19274      20.6834
CONNECTICUT                0.90644         0.88917        0.09356       0.11083       8.7623
DELAWARE                   0.97528         0.96119        0.02472       0.03881      18.8870
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.89225         0.92298        0.10775       0.07702      21.6085
FLORIDA                    0.85830         0.86586        0.14170       0.13414       3.2548
GEORGIA                    0.97799         0.97674        0.02201       0.02326       2.7478
HAWAII                     0.90494         0.87629        0.09506       0.12371      13.2149
IDAHO                      0.91663         0.90161        0.08337       0.09839       8.4645
ILLINOIS                   0.87428         0.87253        0.12572       0.12747       0.7887
INDIANA                    0.97961         0.97410        0.02039       0.02590      10.9289
IOWA                       0.98678         0.97883        0.01322       0.02117      19.1827
KANSAS                     0.94934         0.93340        0.05066       0.06660      12.8184
KENTUCKY                   0.99370         0.99124        0.00630       0.00876      14.1952
LOUISIANA                  0.98405         0.97642        0.01595       0.02358      16.5611
MAINE                      0.99168         0.98963        0.00832       0.01037       9.9873
MARYLAND                   0.97156         0.96389        0.02844       0.03611      11.0189
MASSACHUSETTS              0.92376         0.90906        0.07624       0.09094       8.8918
MICHIGAN                   0.97173         0.96483        0.02827       0.03517      10.1620
MINNESOTA                  0.98404         0.97620        0.01596       0.02380      16.8766
MISSISSIPPI                0.99668         0.99240        0.00332       0.00760      28.3974
MISSOURI                   0.98713         0.98229        0.01287       0.01771      13.9228
MONTANA                    0.97956         0.97332        0.02044       0.02668      12.0210
NEBRASKA                   0.96744         0.95833        0.03256       0.04167      11.4082
NEVADA                     0.85921         0.83129        0.14079       0.16871       9.9554
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.98823         0.98291        0.01177       0.01709      15.8312
NEW JERSEY                 0.86418         0.86950        0.13582       0.13050       2.3458
NEW MEXICO                 0.57845         0.53631        0.42155       0.46369       8.4723
NEW YORK                   0.82947         0.82719        0.17053       0.17281       0.7966
NORTH CAROLINA             0.97885         0.97976        0.02115       0.02024       2.3011
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98902         0.98621        0.01098       0.01379      10.3326
OHIO                       0.98565         0.97958        0.01435       0.02042      15.1935
OKLAHOMA                   0.97397         0.94900        0.02603       0.05100      25.7977
OREGON                     0.93527         0.92050        0.06473       0.07950      10.0973
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96590         0.96341        0.03410       0.03659       3.5337
RHODE ISLAND               0.91316         0.91053        0.08684       0.08947       1.6159
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.98784         0.98634        0.01216       0.01366       5.5856
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.98760         0.98489        0.01240       0.01511       9.1034
TENNESSEE                  0.99301         0.99026        0.00699       0.00974      14.2208
TEXAS                      0.64561         0.65151        0.35439       0.34849       1.2998
UTAH                       0.95027         0.93159        0.04973       0.06841      14.6587
VERMONT                    0.99507         0.99273        0.00493       0.00727      16.2127
VIRGINIA                   0.96867         0.96103        0.03133       0.03897      10.2059
WASHINGTON                 0.92854         0.91534        0.07146       0.08466       8.5142
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99537         0.99385        0.00463       0.00615      12.4231
WISCONSIN                  0.97877         0.96419        0.02123       0.03581      21.1237
WYOMING                    0.94152         0.91451        0.05848       0.08549      17.2721
US Total                   0.85450         0.86181        0.14550       0.13819       3.0690