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