Table 26. NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS 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 0.99360 0.99096 0.00640 0.00904 14.7482 ALASKA 0.96820 0.95611 0.03180 0.04389 14.4072 ARIZONA 0.74833 0.71018 0.25167 0.28982 9.2676 ARKANSAS 0.98912 0.98577 0.01088 0.01423 11.9230 CALIFORNIA 0.61358 0.61910 0.38642 0.38090 1.1703 COLORADO 0.87162 0.80726 0.12838 0.19274 20.6834 CONNECTICUT 0.90644 0.88917 0.09356 0.11083 8.7623 DELAWARE 0.97528 0.96119 0.02472 0.03881 18.8870 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.89225 0.92298 0.10775 0.07702 21.6085 FLORIDA 0.85830 0.86586 0.14170 0.13414 3.2548 GEORGIA 0.97799 0.97674 0.02201 0.02326 2.7478 HAWAII 0.90494 0.87629 0.09506 0.12371 13.2149 IDAHO 0.91663 0.90161 0.08337 0.09839 8.4645 ILLINOIS 0.87428 0.87253 0.12572 0.12747 0.7887 INDIANA 0.97961 0.97410 0.02039 0.02590 10.9289 IOWA 0.98678 0.97883 0.01322 0.02117 19.1827 KANSAS 0.94934 0.93340 0.05066 0.06660 12.8184 KENTUCKY 0.99370 0.99124 0.00630 0.00876 14.1952 LOUISIANA 0.98405 0.97642 0.01595 0.02358 16.5611 MAINE 0.99168 0.98963 0.00832 0.01037 9.9873 MARYLAND 0.97156 0.96389 0.02844 0.03611 11.0189 MASSACHUSETTS 0.92376 0.90906 0.07624 0.09094 8.8918 MICHIGAN 0.97173 0.96483 0.02827 0.03517 10.1620 MINNESOTA 0.98404 0.97620 0.01596 0.02380 16.8766 MISSISSIPPI 0.99668 0.99240 0.00332 0.00760 28.3974 MISSOURI 0.98713 0.98229 0.01287 0.01771 13.9228 MONTANA 0.97956 0.97332 0.02044 0.02668 12.0210 NEBRASKA 0.96744 0.95833 0.03256 0.04167 11.4082 NEVADA 0.85921 0.83129 0.14079 0.16871 9.9554 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98823 0.98291 0.01177 0.01709 15.8312 NEW JERSEY 0.86418 0.86950 0.13582 0.13050 2.3458 NEW MEXICO 0.57845 0.53631 0.42155 0.46369 8.4723 NEW YORK 0.82947 0.82719 0.17053 0.17281 0.7966 NORTH CAROLINA 0.97885 0.97976 0.02115 0.02024 2.3011 NORTH DAKOTA 0.98902 0.98621 0.01098 0.01379 10.3326 OHIO 0.98565 0.97958 0.01435 0.02042 15.1935 OKLAHOMA 0.97397 0.94900 0.02603 0.05100 25.7977 OREGON 0.93527 0.92050 0.06473 0.07950 10.0973 PENNSYLVANIA 0.96590 0.96341 0.03410 0.03659 3.5337 RHODE ISLAND 0.91316 0.91053 0.08684 0.08947 1.6159 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.98784 0.98634 0.01216 0.01366 5.5856 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.98760 0.98489 0.01240 0.01511 9.1034 TENNESSEE 0.99301 0.99026 0.00699 0.00974 14.2208 TEXAS 0.64561 0.65151 0.35439 0.34849 1.2998 UTAH 0.95027 0.93159 0.04973 0.06841 14.6587 VERMONT 0.99507 0.99273 0.00493 0.00727 16.2127 VIRGINIA 0.96867 0.96103 0.03133 0.03897 10.2059 WASHINGTON 0.92854 0.91534 0.07146 0.08466 8.5142 WEST VIRGINIA 0.99537 0.99385 0.00463 0.00615 12.4231 WISCONSIN 0.97877 0.96419 0.02123 0.03581 21.1237 WYOMING 0.94152 0.91451 0.05848 0.08549 17.2721 US Total 0.85450 0.86181 0.14550 0.13819 3.0690