Table 23.   NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error                       
                   (using NCHS race of mother except when father is American Indian -- unknown recoded by state)

  Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
  Internet Release date: June 1997


                       proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion  proportion   proportion
                          White       White        Black       Black      Am Indian   Am Indian      Asian       Asian
 STATE                  from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census   from NCHS  from Census    MAPE

 ALABAMA                 0.64729     0.66381      0.34410     0.32679      0.00192     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591     16.563
 ALASKA                  0.65801     0.69012      0.04617     0.05704      0.25774     0.22186      0.03808     0.03099     15.695
 ARIZONA                 0.84886     0.83399      0.03707     0.04436      0.09951     0.10464      0.01456     0.01700      9.368
 ARKANSAS                0.75267     0.75934      0.23264     0.22788      0.00851     0.00632      0.00618     0.00646     10.507
 CALIFORNIA              0.81448     0.79884      0.08350     0.09242      0.00955     0.01068      0.09247     0.09806      6.960
 COLORADO                0.91320     0.90875      0.05246     0.05847      0.01267     0.01226      0.02166     0.02052      4.924
 CONNECTICUT             0.84955     0.85233      0.12836     0.12705      0.00287     0.00254      0.01923     0.01809      5.156
 DELAWARE                0.75094     0.76447      0.23378     0.21922      0.00263     0.00257      0.01266     0.01373      4.549
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15712     0.21009      0.77087     0.77497      0.04849     0.00154      0.02352     0.01341    788.426
 FLORIDA                 0.75342     0.76531      0.23164     0.21888      0.00304     0.00295      0.01190     0.01286      4.477
 GEORGIA                 0.62851     0.63816      0.35684     0.34764      0.00170     0.00194      0.01295     0.01227      5.469
 HAWAII                  0.30352     0.36750      0.03465     0.04403      0.01748     0.00673      0.64435     0.58173     52.268
 IDAHO                   0.96311     0.96206      0.00251     0.00552      0.02432     0.02270      0.01006     0.00971     16.318
 ILLINOIS                0.74806     0.77516      0.22361     0.19562      0.00266     0.00251      0.02567     0.02671      6.963
 INDIANA                 0.88110     0.88453      0.10774     0.10646      0.00375     0.00237      0.00741     0.00663     17.869
 IOWA                    0.95562     0.95279      0.02654     0.03061      0.00600     0.00506      0.01184     0.01154      8.697
 KANSAS                  0.88860     0.88626      0.08319     0.08695      0.01245     0.01217      0.01576     0.01462      3.644
 KENTUCKY                0.89674     0.89484      0.09518     0.09800      0.00145     0.00136      0.00662     0.00580      6.075
 LOUISIANA               0.57534     0.59286      0.40548     0.39110      0.00827     0.00504      0.01092     0.01101     17.885
 MAINE                   0.97951     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00563     0.00745     35.764
 MARYLAND                0.66211     0.67544      0.30500     0.29216      0.00307     0.00289      0.02982     0.02951      3.408
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86908     0.87712      0.09301     0.08703      0.00308     0.00279      0.03483     0.03306      5.841
 MICHIGAN                0.77653     0.77776      0.20400     0.20196      0.00838     0.00765      0.01109     0.01263      5.720
 MINNESOTA               0.90840     0.90498      0.03640     0.04153      0.02456     0.02181      0.03064     0.03168      7.165
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51374     0.53287      0.47387     0.45577      0.00552     0.00501      0.00688     0.00635      6.485
 MISSOURI                0.81716     0.83610      0.16705     0.15130      0.00557     0.00405      0.01022     0.00854     17.434
 MONTANA                 0.84710     0.87508      0.00269     0.00513      0.14292     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657     22.025
 NEBRASKA                0.91714     0.91910      0.05540     0.05818      0.01741     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     11.369
 NEVADA                  0.85309     0.84941      0.09160     0.09664      0.02294     0.02315      0.03237     0.03081      2.899
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98443     0.97846      0.00662     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964     15.843
 NEW JERSEY              0.76512     0.77916      0.19410     0.17597      0.00282     0.00241      0.03796     0.04246      9.919
 NEW MEXICO              0.81430     0.81533      0.01910     0.02682      0.15716     0.14733      0.00944     0.01051     11.459
 NEW YORK                0.74037     0.73239      0.21555     0.22109      0.00314     0.00516      0.04093     0.04136     10.933
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67995     0.68639      0.29225     0.28762      0.01789     0.01603      0.00990     0.00996      3.683
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87732     0.90019      0.00790     0.01369      0.10571     0.07913      0.00906     0.00700     26.977
 OHIO                    0.83675     0.83829      0.15251     0.15131      0.00231     0.00189      0.00843     0.00851      6.110
 OKLAHOMA                0.76074     0.76121      0.10742     0.10902      0.11930     0.11747      0.01254     0.01230      1.263
 OREGON                  0.92282     0.92488      0.02291     0.02600      0.02584     0.02088      0.02843     0.02824      9.128
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83740     0.85103      0.14568     0.13351      0.00217     0.00147      0.01475     0.01399     15.821
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88239     0.89074      0.07414     0.07297      0.01120     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067     26.840
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60505     0.61110      0.38531     0.38030      0.00242     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636      5.942
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.82492     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.16207     0.14444      0.00687     0.00563     19.657
 TENNESSEE               0.75705     0.76385      0.23324     0.22722      0.00223     0.00161      0.00749     0.00732     10.926
 TEXAS                   0.83930     0.83291      0.13832     0.14327      0.00334     0.00393      0.01905     0.01989      5.878
 UTAH                    0.94557     0.94618      0.00624     0.00944      0.02527     0.02313      0.02292     0.02125     12.763
 VERMONT                 0.98984     0.98534      0.00383     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563     20.776
 VIRGINIA                0.73147     0.73585      0.23873     0.23536      0.00248     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646      2.973
 WASHINGTON              0.87881     0.88003      0.03817     0.04500      0.03189     0.02684      0.05113     0.04813     10.096
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95834     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00113     0.00124      0.00362     0.00344      6.981
 WISCONSIN               0.86729     0.86954      0.09615     0.09457      0.01416     0.01331      0.02240     0.02258      2.287
 WYOMING                 0.93797     0.94296      0.01097     0.01366      0.04301     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640     15.547
 US Total                0.78923     0.79291      0.16494     0.16185      0.01275     0.01214      0.03308     0.03311      1.875