Table 31.  NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                (using NCHS ethnicity of mother -- 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                    0.99454         0.99096        0.00546       0.00904        20.00
ALASKA                     0.97258         0.95611        0.02742       0.04389        19.62
ARIZONA                    0.72681         0.71018        0.27319       0.28982         4.04
ARKANSAS                   0.98851         0.98577        0.01149       0.01423         9.78
CALIFORNIA                 0.61916         0.61910        0.38084       0.38090         0.01
COLORADO                   0.83587         0.80726        0.16413       0.19274         9.19
CONNECTICUT                0.88710         0.88917        0.11290       0.11083         1.05
DELAWARE                   0.97018         0.96119        0.02982       0.03881        12.05
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       0.93149         0.92298        0.06851       0.07702         5.99
FLORIDA                    0.86748         0.86586        0.13252       0.13414         0.70
GEORGIA                    0.98275         0.97674        0.01725       0.02326        13.23
HAWAII                     0.89222         0.87629        0.10778       0.12371         7.35
IDAHO                      0.92251         0.90161        0.07749       0.09839        11.78
ILLINOIS                   0.87886         0.87253        0.12114       0.12747         2.85
INDIANA                    0.98056         0.97410        0.01944       0.02590        12.81
IOWA                       0.98535         0.97883        0.01465       0.02117        15.75
KANSAS                     0.95006         0.93340        0.04994       0.06660        13.40
KENTUCKY                   0.99468         0.99124        0.00532       0.00876        19.81
LOUISIANA                  0.99709         0.97642        0.00291       0.02358        44.90
MAINE                      0.96257         0.98963        0.03743       0.01037       131.90
MARYLAND                   0.97147         0.96389        0.02853       0.03611        10.89
MASSACHUSETTS              0.91040         0.90906        0.08960       0.09094         0.81
MICHIGAN                   0.97074         0.96483        0.02926       0.03517         8.71
MINNESOTA                  0.98267         0.97620        0.01733       0.02380        13.92
MISSISSIPPI                0.99757         0.99240        0.00243       0.00760        34.26
MISSOURI                   0.98710         0.98229        0.01290       0.01771        13.82
MONTANA                    0.97907         0.97332        0.02093       0.02668        11.09
NEBRASKA                   0.96761         0.95833        0.03239       0.04167        11.61
NEVADA                     0.87101         0.83129        0.12899       0.16871        14.16
NEW HAMPSHIRE              0.32784         0.98291        0.67216       0.01709      1949.99
NEW JERSEY                 0.85585         0.86950        0.14415       0.13050         6.02
NEW MEXICO                 0.56512         0.53631        0.43488       0.46369         5.79
NEW YORK                   0.81957         0.82719        0.18043       0.17281         2.67
NORTH CAROLINA             0.98483         0.97976        0.01517       0.02024        12.79
NORTH DAKOTA               0.98904         0.98621        0.01096       0.01379        10.40
OHIO                       0.98623         0.97958        0.01377       0.02042        16.64
OKLAHOMA                   0.26335         0.94900        0.73665       0.05100       708.28
OREGON                     0.94351         0.92050        0.05649       0.07950        15.73
PENNSYLVANIA               0.96867         0.96341        0.03133       0.03659         7.46
RHODE ISLAND               0.90245         0.91053        0.09755       0.08947         4.96
SOUTH CAROLINA             0.99099         0.98634        0.00901       0.01366        17.28
SOUTH DAKOTA               0.99039         0.98489        0.00961       0.01511        18.47
TENNESSEE                  0.99489         0.99026        0.00511       0.00974        23.99
TEXAS                      0.64497         0.65151        0.35503       0.34849         1.44
UTAH                       0.94520         0.93159        0.05480       0.06841        10.68
VERMONT                    0.92610         0.99273        0.07390       0.00727       461.40
VIRGINIA                   0.96662         0.96103        0.03338       0.03897         7.47
WASHINGTON                 0.93433         0.91534        0.06567       0.08466        12.25
WEST VIRGINIA              0.99683         0.99385        0.00317       0.00615        24.38
WISCONSIN                  0.97600         0.96419        0.02400       0.03581        17.11
WYOMING                    0.93650         0.91451        0.06350       0.08549        14.07
US Total                   0.85184         0.86181        0.14816       0.13819         4.19