Table 4D
2008 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1)
National
Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Distribution by Contributor
Children Aged less than 5 years (2)

Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Distribution by Contributor
Contributor

Number Included
in Analysis
(3)

White, Not Hispanic
%

Black, Not Hispanic
%

Hispanic
%

American Indian/ Alaskan Native
%

Asian/Pacific Islander
%

Multiple Races
%

All Other / Unknown
%

Alabama 146,255

41.7

41.9

13.2

0.3

0.1

2.3

0.5

Arizona 185,079

20.4

4.7

70.7

1.4

1.0

1.7

0.0

Arkansas 91,988

54.5

24.5

17.3

0.6

1.2

1.9

0.0

AZ I/Tribal Council 12,722

2.0

0.4

33.0

61.4

0.3

2.8

0.0

California 1,193,383

8.4

4.5

65.5

0.3

3.9

0.0

17.4

Cheyenne River-SD 831

1.1

0.0

3.1

52.1

0.0

43.7

0.0

Colorado 107,314

28.3

6.4

59.6

1.0

1.4

3.3

0.0

Connecticut 60,964

25.6

23.2

47.5

0.6

2.1

1.0

0.0

D.C. 17,034

1.6

70.3

25.8

0.2

2.0

0.1

0.0

Florida 519,924

27.2

28.7

40.6

0.2

0.9

2.5

0.0

Georgia 333,140

31.8

41.8

21.2

0.7

4.4

0.0

0.0

Hawaii 37,154

10.3

1.5

21.9

0.1

31.4

34.6

0.3

Idaho 46,969

61.3

1.1

33.4

1.8

0.9

1.5

0.0

Illinois 165,121

29.5

25.8

39.5

0.0

2.0

1.2

2.0

Indiana 167,598

57.7

17.6

19.1

0.1

1.2

4.3

0.0

Iowa 78,172

61.8

8.1

22.7

0.4

1.3

4.8

0.9

Kansas 79,556

49.1

11.6

33.2

1.1

1.6

3.3

0.0

Kentucky 172,357

76.4

11.8

8.2

0.1

0.8

2.7

0.0

Maryland 137,650

21.5

45.1

25.9

0.3

2.6

4.6

0.1

Massachusetts 131,911

44.0

18.6

31.9

0.1

5.4

0.0

0.0

Michigan 247,549

52.9

25.9

13.8

0.3

1.5

5.5

0.0

Minnesota 146,896

47.0

16.3

19.3

3.2

7.2

7.0

0.0

Mississippi 116,057

34.3

59.9

4.7

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.0

Missouri 152,662

65.2

21.5

10.8

0.2

1.2

1.2

0.0

Montana 22,765

62.5

0.3

6.6

16.6

0.3

13.7

0.0

Navajo Nation 14,122

0.6

0.1

1.7

97.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

Nebraska 49,355

46.5

11.3

35.2

1.3

1.4

4.3

0.0

Nevada 63,580

19.2

9.1

65.1

0.7

2.5

3.4

0.0

New Hampshire 19,071

83.1

4.1

8.7

0.9

1.8

1.5

0.0

New Jersey 170,679

17.8

25.1

52.3

0.6

3.0

1.2

0.0

New Mexico 51,220

13.5

1.4

79.0

3.2

0.5

1.4

1.1

New York 492,610

28.1

23.6

37.9

0.9

7.8

1.7

0.0

North Carolina 241,867

35.9

31.3

29.8

1.0

1.2

0.0

0.8

North Dakota 15,434

58.4

4.0

9.2

20.8

0.7

6.7

0.2

Ohio Child Hlth 21,533

37.3

36.3

19.4

0.1

1.1

2.9

2.9

Ohio-WIC 302,625

59.0

29.4

8.4

0.4

1.2

1.6

0.0

Oregon 107,946

49.8

2.6

40.5

1.5

2.4

3.1

0.1

Pennsylvania 260,430

51.1

23.2

20.2

0.3

2.5

2.7

0.0

Puerto Rico 195,573

0.0

0.0

99.8

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Rhode Island 24,718

38.5

14.7

39.6

0.5

2.8

3.9

0.0

Rosebud Sioux-SD 1,327

1.5

0.0

1.7

92.8

0.0

4.0

0.0

South Carolina 92,643

36.2

46.7

15.7

0.2

0.8

0.4

0.0

South Dakota 21,905

57.2

3.0

7.5

26.7

0.9

4.6

0.1

Standing Rock-ND 1,020

1.4

0.1

0.2

97.2

0.0

1.2

0.0

Tennessee 106,922

71.7

24.5

0.0

0.1

0.6

0.0

3.1

Texas 969,478

12.0

10.7

74.9

0.1

1.0

1.4

0.0

Three Aff.Tribes-ND 426

0.0

0.0

6.1

64.6

0.0

28.6

0.7

Vermont 13,930

93.9

2.5

0.2

0.4

1.0

0.0

2.0

Virgin Islands 5,509

2.1

74.0

21.8

0.0

0.5

1.2

0.3

Virginia 150,411

38.5

35.2

20.8

0.2

2.4

2.8

0.1

Washington 214,144

39.4

6.1

39.7

2.4

5.0

7.4

0.0

West Virginia 55,435

87.0

3.8

2.7

0.0

0.3

6.1

0.0

Wisconsin 129,648

45.1

18.5

24.9

1.7

4.4

5.2

0.0

Nation 8,164,612 31.7

18.8

41.0

1.0

2.6

2.1

2.7

(1) Reporting period is January 1 through December 31.
(2) Analyses based on one record per child.
(3) Excludes records with errors.
* Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.