Table 17.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error    
                                      (using NCHS race of mother -- unknown recoded to Asian)

  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                 0.64801     0.66381      0.34410     0.32679      0.00108     0.00349      0.00681     0.00591     23.003
 ALASKA                  0.68157     0.69012      0.04599     0.05704      0.23341     0.22186      0.03903     0.03099     12.939
 ARIZONA                 0.85365     0.83399      0.03704     0.04436      0.09452     0.10464      0.01479     0.01700     10.393
 ARKANSAS                0.75630     0.75934      0.23269     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00621     0.00646      7.633
 CALIFORNIA              0.81796     0.79884      0.08274     0.09242      0.00577     0.01068      0.09353     0.09806     15.858
 COLORADO                0.91670     0.90875      0.05218     0.05847      0.00916     0.01226      0.02197     0.02052     11.006
 CONNECTICUT             0.84969     0.85233      0.12854     0.12705      0.00184     0.00254      0.01994     0.01809      9.837
 DELAWARE                0.75141     0.76447      0.23387     0.21922      0.00141     0.00257      0.01332     0.01373     14.196
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15712     0.21009      0.77095     0.77497      0.00077     0.00154      0.07116     0.01341    126.633
 FLORIDA                 0.75466     0.76531      0.23172     0.21888      0.00171     0.00295      0.01191     0.01286     14.123
 GEORGIA                 0.62906     0.63816      0.35686     0.34764      0.00099     0.00194      0.01309     0.01227     14.902
 HAWAII                  0.30525     0.36750      0.03465     0.04403      0.00938     0.00673      0.65072     0.58173     22.339
 IDAHO                   0.96707     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02030     0.02270      0.01043     0.00971     19.675
 ILLINOIS                0.74877     0.77516      0.22370     0.19562      0.00149     0.00251      0.02605     0.02671     15.251
 INDIANA                 0.88223     0.88453      0.10779     0.10646      0.00106     0.00237      0.00892     0.00663     22.798
 IOWA                    0.95688     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00471     0.00506      0.01194     0.01154      6.103
 KANSAS                  0.89243     0.88626      0.08324     0.08695      0.00737     0.01217      0.01695     0.01462     15.069
 KENTUCKY                0.89723     0.89484      0.09507     0.09800      0.00092     0.00136      0.00678     0.00580     13.012
 LOUISIANA               0.57691     0.59286      0.40554     0.39110      0.00320     0.00504      0.01436     0.01101     18.323
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745     19.483
 MARYLAND                0.65909     0.67544      0.30517     0.29216      0.00182     0.00289      0.03392     0.02951     14.694
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86906     0.87712      0.09319     0.08703      0.00186     0.00279      0.03590     0.03306     12.479
 MICHIGAN                0.77911     0.77776      0.20404     0.20196      0.00575     0.00765      0.01110     0.01263      9.531
 MINNESOTA               0.91292     0.90498      0.03632     0.04153      0.01998     0.02181      0.03079     0.03168      6.168
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51411     0.53287      0.47391     0.45577      0.00500     0.00501      0.00697     0.00635      4.329
 MISSOURI                0.81918     0.83610      0.16710     0.15130      0.00312     0.00405      0.01059     0.00854     14.869
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657     15.264
 NEBRASKA                0.92002     0.91910      0.05536     0.05818      0.01449     0.01420      0.01013     0.00852      6.455
 NEVADA                  0.85944     0.84941      0.09026     0.09664      0.01633     0.02315      0.03396     0.03081     11.855
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98489     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00136     0.00186      0.00725     0.00964     21.925
 NEW JERSEY              0.76581     0.77916      0.19426     0.17597      0.00196     0.00241      0.03798     0.04246     10.309
 NEW MEXICO              0.82164     0.81533      0.01891     0.02682      0.14960     0.14733      0.00984     0.01051      9.546
 NEW YORK                0.74121     0.73239      0.21563     0.22109      0.00209     0.00516      0.04107     0.04136     15.982
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68215     0.68639      0.29254     0.28762      0.01446     0.01603      0.01086     0.00996      5.289
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89186     0.90019      0.00801     0.01369      0.09085     0.07913      0.00927     0.00700     22.439
 OHIO                    0.83783     0.83829      0.15257     0.15131      0.00115     0.00189      0.00845     0.00851     10.198
 OKLAHOMA                0.79482     0.76121      0.10748     0.10902      0.08488     0.11747      0.01282     0.01230      9.444
 OREGON                  0.93102     0.92488      0.02158     0.02600      0.01750     0.02088      0.02990     0.02824      9.924
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83802     0.85103      0.14586     0.13351      0.00106     0.00147      0.01506     0.01399     11.619
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88319     0.89074      0.07481     0.07297      0.00825     0.00561      0.03375     0.03067     15.103
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60495     0.61110      0.38536     0.38030      0.00153     0.00224      0.00816     0.00636     15.680
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563     18.784
 TENNESSEE               0.75779     0.76385      0.23331     0.22722      0.00131     0.00161      0.00760     0.00732      6.579
 TEXAS                   0.84050     0.83291      0.13835     0.14327      0.00188     0.00393      0.01928     0.01989     14.895
 UTAH                    0.94958     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02123     0.02313      0.02332     0.02125     14.016
 VERMONT                 0.99019     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00155     0.00235      0.00502     0.00563     24.188
 VIRGINIA                0.73206     0.73585      0.23890     0.23536      0.00099     0.00232      0.02805     0.02646     16.302
 WASHINGTON              0.88560     0.88003      0.03813     0.04500      0.02474     0.02684      0.05153     0.04813      7.692
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95875     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00054     0.00124      0.00380     0.00344     20.183
 WISCONSIN               0.87026     0.86954      0.09619     0.09457      0.01113     0.01331      0.02243     0.02258      4.703
 WYOMING                 0.94455     0.94296      0.01083     0.01366      0.03643     0.03698      0.00819     0.00640     12.595
 US Total                0.79163     0.79291      0.16486     0.16185      0.00969     0.01214      0.03381     0.03311      6.085