Table 32. NCHS vs Census ethnicity distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS ethnicity of father -- 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 0.99366 0.99096 0.00634 0.00904 15.05 ALASKA 0.96879 0.95611 0.03121 0.04389 15.11 ARIZONA 0.74491 0.71018 0.25509 0.28982 8.44 ARKANSAS 0.98938 0.98577 0.01062 0.01423 12.88 CALIFORNIA 0.61447 0.61910 0.38553 0.38090 0.98 COLORADO 0.85841 0.80726 0.14159 0.19274 16.44 CONNECTICUT 0.89911 0.88917 0.10089 0.11083 5.04 DELAWARE 0.97562 0.96119 0.02438 0.03881 19.34 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.89711 0.92298 0.10289 0.07702 18.19 FLORIDA 0.84493 0.86586 0.15507 0.13414 9.01 GEORGIA 0.97756 0.97674 0.02244 0.02326 1.81 HAWAII 0.90368 0.87629 0.09632 0.12371 12.64 IDAHO 0.91359 0.90161 0.08641 0.09839 6.75 ILLINOIS 0.87183 0.87253 0.12817 0.12747 0.31 INDIANA 0.97844 0.97410 0.02156 0.02590 8.59 IOWA 0.98453 0.97883 0.01547 0.02117 13.76 KANSAS 0.94972 0.93340 0.05028 0.06660 13.13 KENTUCKY 0.99360 0.99124 0.00640 0.00876 13.62 LOUISIANA 0.99618 0.97642 0.00382 0.02358 42.92 MAINE 0.96119 0.98963 0.03881 0.01037 138.62 MARYLAND 0.97043 0.96389 0.02957 0.03611 9.39 MASSACHUSETTS 0.91661 0.90906 0.08339 0.09094 4.56 MICHIGAN 0.97060 0.96483 0.02940 0.03517 8.49 MINNESOTA 0.98399 0.97620 0.01601 0.02380 16.76 MISSISSIPPI 0.99666 0.99240 0.00334 0.00760 28.21 MISSOURI 0.98752 0.98229 0.01248 0.01771 15.05 MONTANA 0.97916 0.97332 0.02084 0.02668 11.25 NEBRASKA 0.96703 0.95833 0.03297 0.04167 10.89 NEVADA 0.85472 0.83129 0.14528 0.16871 8.35 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.32750 0.98291 0.67250 0.01709 1951.00 NEW JERSEY 0.85362 0.86950 0.14638 0.13050 7.00 NEW MEXICO 0.57998 0.53631 0.42002 0.46369 8.78 NEW YORK 0.81101 0.82719 0.18899 0.17281 5.66 NORTH CAROLINA 0.97867 0.97976 0.02133 0.02024 2.75 NORTH DAKOTA 0.98883 0.98621 0.01117 0.01379 9.62 OHIO 0.98479 0.97958 0.01521 0.02042 13.02 OKLAHOMA 0.99896 0.94900 0.00104 0.05100 51.61 OREGON 0.93348 0.92050 0.06652 0.07950 8.87 PENNSYLVANIA 0.96582 0.96341 0.03418 0.03659 3.41 RHODE ISLAND 0.91043 0.91053 0.08957 0.08947 0.06 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.98750 0.98634 0.01250 0.01366 4.32 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.98663 0.98489 0.01337 0.01511 5.87 TENNESSEE 0.99288 0.99026 0.00712 0.00974 13.59 TEXAS 0.63905 0.65151 0.36095 0.34849 2.74 UTAH 0.94983 0.93159 0.05017 0.06841 14.31 VERMONT 0.92706 0.99273 0.07294 0.00727 454.77 VIRGINIA 0.96937 0.96103 0.03063 0.03897 11.13 WASHINGTON 0.92698 0.91534 0.07302 0.08466 7.51 WEST VIRGINIA 0.99534 0.99385 0.00466 0.00615 12.16 WISCONSIN 0.97611 0.96419 0.02389 0.03581 17.27 WYOMING 0.93958 0.91451 0.06042 0.08549 16.03 US Total 0.85724 0.86181 0.14276 0.13819 1.92