Table 34.   NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error 
           (using NCHS ethnicity of mother -- unknowns recoded to 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                    0.99455         0.99096        0.00545       0.00904      20.0459
ALASKA                     0.97255         0.95611        0.02745       0.04389      19.5906
ARIZONA                    0.72678         0.71018        0.27322       0.28982       4.0339
ARKANSAS                   0.99087         0.98577        0.00913       0.01423      18.1658
CALIFORNIA                 0.61860         0.61910        0.38140       0.38090       0.1071
COLORADO                   0.83603         0.80726        0.16397       0.19274       9.2449
CONNECTICUT                0.89013         0.88917        0.10987       0.11083       0.4853
DELAWARE                   0.97019         0.96119        0.02981       0.03881      12.0610
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.93143         0.92298        0.06857       0.07702       5.9442
FLORIDA                    0.86747         0.86586        0.13253       0.13414       0.6915
GEORGIA                    0.98280         0.97674        0.01720       0.02326      13.3438
HAWAII                     0.89225         0.87629        0.10775       0.12371       7.3628
IDAHO                      0.92233         0.90161        0.07767       0.09839      11.6773
ILLINOIS                   0.88104         0.87253        0.11896       0.12747       3.8295
INDIANA                    0.98062         0.97410        0.01938       0.02590      12.9123
IOWA                       0.98545         0.97883        0.01455       0.02117      15.9757
KANSAS                     0.95340         0.93340        0.04660       0.06660      16.0863
KENTUCKY                   0.99469         0.99124        0.00531       0.00876      19.9071
LOUISIANA                  0.98827         0.97642        0.01173       0.02358      25.7262
MAINE                      0.99298         0.98963        0.00702       0.01037      16.3222
MARYLAND                   0.97124         0.96389        0.02876       0.03611      10.5589
MASSACHUSETTS              0.91282         0.90906        0.08718       0.09094       2.2746
MICHIGAN                   0.97043         0.96483        0.02957       0.03517       8.2454
MINNESOTA                  0.98280         0.97620        0.01720       0.02380      14.1995
MISSISSIPPI                0.99755         0.99240        0.00245       0.00760      34.1316
MISSOURI                   0.98770         0.98229        0.01230       0.01771      15.5395
MONTANA                    0.97866         0.97332        0.02134       0.02668      10.2886
NEBRASKA                   0.96793         0.95833        0.03207       0.04167      12.0175
NEVADA                     0.87101         0.83129        0.12899       0.16871      14.1592
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.98807         0.98291        0.01193       0.01709      15.3638
NEW JERSEY                 0.85592         0.86950        0.14408       0.13050       5.9829
NEW MEXICO                 0.56517         0.53631        0.43483       0.46369       5.8027
NEW YORK                   0.81980         0.82719        0.18020       0.17281       2.5850
NORTH CAROLINA             0.98487         0.97976        0.01513       0.02024      12.8810
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98921         0.98621        0.01079       0.01379      11.0170
OHIO                       0.98622         0.97958        0.01378       0.02042      16.6121
OKLAHOMA                   0.97954         0.94900        0.02046       0.05100      31.5515
OREGON                     0.94347         0.92050        0.05653       0.07950      15.6984
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96867         0.96341        0.03133       0.03659       7.4532
RHODE ISLAND               0.90349         0.91053        0.09651       0.08947       4.3178
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.99101         0.98634        0.00899       0.01366      17.3461
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.99038         0.98489        0.00962       0.01511      18.4539
TENNESSEE                  0.99489         0.99026        0.00511       0.00974      24.0089
TEXAS                      0.64487         0.65151        0.35513       0.34849       1.4615
UTAH                       0.94523         0.93159        0.05477       0.06841      10.6996
VERMONT                    0.99335         0.99273        0.00665       0.00727       4.2850
VIRGINIA                   0.96664         0.96103        0.03336       0.03897       7.4968
WASHINGTON                 0.93316         0.91534        0.06684       0.08466      11.4962
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99692         0.99385        0.00308       0.00615      25.0838
WISCONSIN                  0.97604         0.96419        0.02396       0.03581      17.1594
WYOMING                    0.93660         0.91451        0.06340       0.08549      14.1285
US Total                   0.85944         0.86181        0.14056       0.13819       0.9954