Table 27.   NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                (using NCHS ethnicity of mother -- 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                    0.99277         0.99096        0.00723       0.00904        10.11
ALASKA                     0.97163         0.95611        0.02837       0.04389        18.49
ARIZONA                    0.72497         0.71018        0.27503       0.28982         3.59
ARKANSAS                   0.98411         0.98577        0.01589       0.01423         5.94
CALIFORNIA                 0.61465         0.61910        0.38535       0.38090         0.94
COLORADO                   0.83513         0.80726        0.16487       0.19274         8.96
CONNECTICUT                0.82299         0.88917        0.17701       0.11083        33.58
DELAWARE                   0.97046         0.96119        0.02954       0.03881        12.43
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.93047         0.92298        0.06953       0.07702         5.27
FLORIDA                    0.86553         0.86586        0.13447       0.13414         0.14
GEORGIA                    0.97797         0.97674        0.02203       0.02326         2.71
HAWAII                     0.89207         0.87629        0.10793       0.12371         7.28
IDAHO                      0.92069         0.90161        0.07931       0.09839        10.75
ILLINOIS                   0.86834         0.87253        0.13166       0.12747         1.88
INDIANA                    0.97711         0.97410        0.02289       0.02590         5.96
IOWA                       0.98486         0.97883        0.01514       0.02117        14.57
KANSAS                     0.94284         0.93340        0.05716       0.06660         7.59
KENTUCKY                   0.98707         0.99124        0.01293       0.00876        23.96
LOUISIANA                  0.24232         0.97642        0.75768       0.02358      1594.29
MAINE                      0.93742         0.98963        0.06258       0.01037       254.45
MARYLAND                   0.94306         0.96389        0.05694       0.03611        29.93
MASSACHUSETTS              0.90467         0.90906        0.09533       0.09094         2.66
MICHIGAN                   0.92541         0.96483        0.07459       0.03517        58.09
MINNESOTA                  0.91041         0.97620        0.08959       0.02380       141.59
MISSISSIPPI                0.98976         0.99240        0.01024       0.00760        17.53
MISSOURI                   0.98583         0.98229        0.01417       0.01771        10.19
MONTANA                    0.94374         0.97332        0.05626       0.02668        56.95
NEBRASKA                   0.95662         0.95833        0.04338       0.04167         2.15
NEVADA                     0.87031         0.83129        0.12969       0.16871        13.91
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.11717         0.98291        0.88283       0.01709      2577.13
NEW JERSEY                 0.85401         0.86950        0.14599       0.13050         6.83
NEW MEXICO                 0.56490         0.53631        0.43510       0.46369         5.75
NEW YORK                   0.79768         0.82719        0.20232       0.17281        10.32
NORTH CAROLINA             0.98465         0.97976        0.01535       0.02024        12.32
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98335         0.98621        0.01665       0.01379        10.53
OHIO                       0.98539         0.97958        0.01461       0.02042        14.53
OKLAHOMA                   0.03245         0.94900        0.96755       0.05100       946.80
OREGON                     0.94264         0.92050        0.05736       0.07950        15.13
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96767         0.96341        0.03233       0.03659         6.03
RHODE ISLAND               0.85569         0.91053        0.14431       0.08947        33.66
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.98901         0.98634        0.01099       0.01366         9.92
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.98956         0.98489        0.01044       0.01511        15.71
TENNESSEE                  0.99552         0.99026        0.00448       0.00974        27.27
TEXAS                      0.64359         0.65151        0.35641       0.34849         1.74
UTAH                       0.94452         0.93159        0.05548       0.06841        10.15
VERMONT                    0.87421         0.99273        0.12579       0.00727       820.79
VIRGINIA                   0.95864         0.96103        0.04136       0.03897         3.18
WASHINGTON                 0.90877         0.91534        0.09123       0.08466         4.24
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99538         0.99385        0.00462       0.00615        12.53
WISCONSIN                  0.97518         0.96419        0.02482       0.03581        15.92
WYOMING                    0.93314         0.91451        0.06686       0.08549        11.91
US Total                   0.82561         0.86181        0.17439       0.13819        15.20