Table 18.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                      (using NCHS race of father -- 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                 0.57164     0.66381      0.12082     0.32679      0.00090     0.00349      0.30665     0.00591    1309.99
 ALASKA                  0.66756     0.69012      0.04978     0.05704      0.12741     0.22186      0.15526     0.03099     114.90
 ARIZONA                 0.67977     0.83399      0.02328     0.04436      0.05380     0.10464      0.24316     0.01700     361.14
 ARKANSAS                0.67887     0.75934      0.13008     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.18625     0.00646     714.63
 CALIFORNIA              0.78958     0.79884      0.09018     0.09242      0.00510     0.01068      0.11514     0.09806      18.31
 COLORADO                0.74503     0.90875      0.03112     0.05847      0.00515     0.01226      0.21870     0.02052     272.20
 CONNECTICUT             0.76625     0.85233      0.08247     0.12705      0.00123     0.00254      0.15005     0.01809     206.58
 DELAWARE                0.62988     0.76447      0.07249     0.21922      0.00113     0.00257      0.29651     0.01373     550.06
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.13394     0.21009      0.18192     0.77497      0.00034     0.00154      0.68380     0.01341    1297.89
 FLORIDA                 0.67130     0.76531      0.13699     0.21888      0.00180     0.00295      0.18991     0.01286     366.29
 GEORGIA                 0.57953     0.63816      0.22667     0.34764      0.00095     0.00194      0.19285     0.01227     391.75
 HAWAII                  0.30148     0.36750      0.04464     0.04403      0.00846     0.00673      0.64542     0.58173      13.98
 IDAHO                   0.86419     0.96206      0.00434     0.00552      0.01351     0.02270      0.11796     0.00971     296.69
 ILLINOIS                0.69906     0.77516      0.18777     0.19562      0.00121     0.00251      0.11196     0.02671      96.19
 INDIANA                 0.78194     0.88453      0.05652     0.10646      0.00128     0.00237      0.16026     0.00663     605.11
 IOWA                    0.82568     0.95279      0.01434     0.03061      0.00221     0.00506      0.15777     0.01154     347.61
 KANSAS                  0.81765     0.88626      0.06301     0.08695      0.00603     0.01217      0.11331     0.01462     190.14
 KENTUCKY                0.73954     0.89484      0.03603     0.09800      0.00070     0.00136      0.22373     0.00580     971.91
 LOUISIANA               0.52177     0.59286      0.16941     0.39110      0.00262     0.00504      0.30620     0.01101     699.59
 MAINE                   0.84896     0.97829      0.00494     0.00825      0.00476     0.00601      0.14134     0.00745     468.11
 MARYLAND                0.63023     0.67544      0.28050     0.29216      0.00177     0.00289      0.08750     0.02951      61.47
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.78657     0.87712      0.05989     0.08703      0.00149     0.00279      0.15205     0.03306     112.05
 MICHIGAN                0.66249     0.77776      0.06329     0.20196      0.00358     0.00765      0.27064     0.01263     544.77
 MINNESOTA               0.81855     0.90498      0.02147     0.04153      0.01116     0.02181      0.14881     0.03168     119.08
 MISSISSIPPI             0.47452     0.53287      0.21466     0.45577      0.00332     0.00501      0.30750     0.00635    1209.49
 MISSOURI                0.72122     0.83610      0.07690     0.15130      0.00292     0.00405      0.19897     0.00854     580.11
 MONTANA                 0.78953     0.87508      0.00460     0.00513      0.08596     0.11322      0.11991     0.00657     442.64
 NEBRASKA                0.83449     0.91910      0.02914     0.05818      0.00617     0.01420      0.13019     0.00852     385.93
 NEVADA                  0.71367     0.84941      0.04315     0.09664      0.01087     0.02315      0.23231     0.03081     194.58
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.89421     0.97846      0.00849     0.01004      0.00096     0.00186      0.09634     0.00964     242.82
 NEW JERSEY              0.70495     0.77916      0.11781     0.17597      0.00185     0.00241      0.17539     0.04246      94.77
 NEW MEXICO              0.65718     0.81533      0.01611     0.02682      0.08041     0.14733      0.24630     0.01051     586.91
 NEW YORK                0.65407     0.73239      0.12817     0.22109      0.00169     0.00516      0.21606     0.04136     135.61
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.63246     0.68639      0.16444     0.28762      0.01014     0.01603      0.19296     0.00996     481.25
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.82768     0.90019      0.01086     0.01369      0.05470     0.07913      0.10677     0.00700     371.36
 OHIO                    0.75834     0.83829      0.09795     0.15131      0.00132     0.00189      0.14240     0.00851     412.09
 OKLAHOMA                0.69096     0.76121      0.05193     0.10902      0.05929     0.11747      0.19782     0.01230     404.87
 OREGON                  0.79365     0.92488      0.01980     0.02600      0.01160     0.02088      0.17495     0.02824     150.49
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.81372     0.85103      0.14758     0.13351      0.00130     0.00147      0.03740     0.01399      48.46
 RHODE ISLAND            0.78101     0.89074      0.04851     0.07297      0.00490     0.00561      0.16558     0.03067     124.63
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.53265     0.61110      0.16395     0.38030      0.00139     0.00224      0.30202     0.00636    1189.79
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.78473     0.83919      0.00980     0.01073      0.08479     0.14444      0.12068     0.00563     524.59
 TENNESSEE               0.68144     0.76385      0.10381     0.22722      0.00118     0.00161      0.21357     0.00732     726.95
 TEXAS                   0.71995     0.83291      0.07115     0.14327      0.00166     0.00393      0.20725     0.01989     265.90
 UTAH                    0.87981     0.94618      0.00731     0.00944      0.01446     0.02313      0.09842     0.02125     107.52
 VERMONT                 0.94416     0.98534      0.00311     0.00669      0.00084     0.00235      0.05190     0.00563     235.92
 VIRGINIA                0.63795     0.73585      0.12505     0.23536      0.00096     0.00232      0.23604     0.02646     227.67
 WASHINGTON              0.79756     0.88003      0.03991     0.04500      0.01498     0.02684      0.14755     0.04813      67.86
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.77046     0.95268      0.01680     0.04264      0.00050     0.00124      0.21224     0.00344    1551.34
 WISCONSIN               0.74731     0.86954      0.02382     0.09457      0.00562     0.01331      0.22325     0.02258     258.87
 WYOMING                 0.84506     0.94296      0.01112     0.01366      0.02487     0.03698      0.11895     0.00640     454.98
 US Total                0.71340     0.79291      0.10151     0.16185      0.00640     0.01214      0.17869     0.03311     133.57