Table 25. NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS ethnicity of mother) 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 20.0307 ALASKA 0.97263 0.95611 0.02737 0.04389 19.6848 ARIZONA 0.72688 0.71018 0.27312 0.28982 4.0575 ARKANSAS 0.99087 0.98577 0.00913 0.01423 18.1630 CALIFORNIA 0.61862 0.61910 0.38138 0.38090 0.1016 COLORADO 0.83600 0.80726 0.16400 0.19274 9.2369 CONNECTICUT 0.89105 0.88917 0.10895 0.11083 0.9508 DELAWARE 0.97019 0.96119 0.02981 0.03881 12.0610 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.93150 0.92298 0.06850 0.07702 5.9961 FLORIDA 0.86748 0.86586 0.13252 0.13414 0.6971 GEORGIA 0.98281 0.97674 0.01719 0.02326 13.3682 HAWAII 0.89225 0.87629 0.10775 0.12371 7.3603 IDAHO 0.92237 0.90161 0.07763 0.09839 11.7017 ILLINOIS 0.88127 0.87253 0.11873 0.12747 3.9289 INDIANA 0.98065 0.97410 0.01935 0.02590 12.9762 IOWA 0.98545 0.97883 0.01455 0.02117 15.9739 KANSAS 0.95357 0.93340 0.04643 0.06660 16.2238 KENTUCKY 0.99469 0.99124 0.00531 0.00876 19.9025 LOUISIANA 0.98827 0.97642 0.01173 0.02358 25.7247 MAINE 0.99301 0.98963 0.00699 0.01037 16.4397 MARYLAND 0.97145 0.96389 0.02855 0.03611 10.8632 MASSACHUSETTS 0.91281 0.90906 0.08719 0.09094 2.2660 MICHIGAN 0.97071 0.96483 0.02929 0.03517 8.6686 MINNESOTA 0.98319 0.97620 0.01681 0.02380 15.0321 MISSISSIPPI 0.99757 0.99240 0.00243 0.00760 34.2871 MISSOURI 0.98771 0.98229 0.01229 0.01771 15.5744 MONTANA 0.97901 0.97332 0.02099 0.02668 10.9664 NEBRASKA 0.96801 0.95833 0.03199 0.04167 12.1194 NEVADA 0.87101 0.83129 0.12899 0.16871 14.1592 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98854 0.98291 0.01146 0.01709 16.7515 NEW JERSEY 0.85593 0.86950 0.14407 0.13050 5.9820 NEW MEXICO 0.56515 0.53631 0.43485 0.46369 5.7995 NEW YORK 0.81984 0.82719 0.18016 0.17281 2.5708 NORTH CAROLINA 0.98487 0.97976 0.01513 0.02024 12.8780 NORTH DAKOTA 0.98929 0.98621 0.01071 0.01379 11.3227 OHIO 0.98624 0.97958 0.01376 0.02042 16.6556 OKLAHOMA 0.97950 0.94900 0.02050 0.05100 31.5109 OREGON 0.94349 0.92050 0.05651 0.07950 15.7074 PENNSYLVANIA 0.96868 0.96341 0.03132 0.03659 7.4758 RHODE ISLAND 0.90326 0.91053 0.09674 0.08947 4.4624 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.99103 0.98634 0.00897 0.01366 17.4079 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.99038 0.98489 0.00962 0.01511 18.4479 TENNESSEE 0.99491 0.99026 0.00509 0.00974 24.0786 TEXAS 0.64486 0.65151 0.35514 0.34849 1.4638 UTAH 0.94522 0.93159 0.05478 0.06841 10.6911 VERMONT 0.99361 0.99273 0.00639 0.00727 6.1298 VIRGINIA 0.96665 0.96103 0.03335 0.03897 7.5005 WASHINGTON 0.93373 0.91534 0.06627 0.08466 11.8663 WEST VIRGINIA 0.99692 0.99385 0.00308 0.00615 25.0815 WISCONSIN 0.97604 0.96419 0.02396 0.03581 17.1594 WYOMING 0.93656 0.91451 0.06344 0.08549 14.1047 US Total 0.85948 0.86181 0.14052 0.13819 0.9778