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