Table 9.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                      (using NCHS race of father -- unknown recoded to White)

  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                 0.87337     0.66381      0.12082     0.32679      0.00090     0.00349      0.00491     0.00591     46.430
 ALASKA                  0.79556     0.69012      0.04978     0.05704      0.12741     0.22186      0.02725     0.03099     20.659
 ARIZONA                 0.91107     0.83399      0.02328     0.04436      0.05380     0.10464      0.01185     0.01700     33.921
 ARKANSAS                0.86015     0.75934      0.13008     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00497     0.00646     25.831
 CALIFORNIA              0.82232     0.79884      0.09018     0.09242      0.00510     0.01068      0.08240     0.09806     18.396
 COLORADO                0.94742     0.90875      0.03112     0.05847      0.00515     0.01226      0.01630     0.02052     32.394
 CONNECTICUT             0.90092     0.85233      0.08247     0.12705      0.00123     0.00254      0.01538     0.01809     26.813
 DELAWARE                0.91654     0.76447      0.07249     0.21922      0.00113     0.00257      0.00985     0.01373     42.853
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.80380     0.21009      0.18192     0.77497      0.00034     0.00154      0.01394     0.01341    110.222
 FLORIDA                 0.85244     0.76531      0.13699     0.21888      0.00180     0.00295      0.00877     0.01286     29.841
 GEORGIA                 0.76125     0.63816      0.22667     0.34764      0.00095     0.00194      0.01114     0.01227     28.616
 HAWAII                  0.40774     0.36750      0.04464     0.04403      0.00846     0.00673      0.53916     0.58173     11.321
 IDAHO                   0.97455     0.96206      0.00434     0.00552      0.01351     0.02270      0.00760     0.00971     21.242
 ILLINOIS                0.78844     0.77516      0.18777     0.19562      0.00121     0.00251      0.02258     0.02671     18.263
 INDIANA                 0.93587     0.88453      0.05652     0.10646      0.00128     0.00237      0.00633     0.00663     25.836
 IOWA                    0.97364     0.95279      0.01434     0.03061      0.00221     0.00506      0.00981     0.01154     31.643
 KANSAS                  0.91852     0.88626      0.06301     0.08695      0.00603     0.01217      0.01245     0.01462     24.135
 KENTUCKY                0.95897     0.89484      0.03603     0.09800      0.00070     0.00136      0.00430     0.00580     36.198
 LOUISIANA               0.81910     0.59286      0.16941     0.39110      0.00262     0.00504      0.00887     0.01101     40.541
 MAINE                   0.98651     0.97829      0.00494     0.00825      0.00476     0.00601      0.00379     0.00745     27.714
 MARYLAND                0.69207     0.67544      0.28050     0.29216      0.00177     0.00289      0.02566     0.02951     14.558
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.91166     0.87712      0.05989     0.08703      0.00149     0.00279      0.02697     0.03306     25.055
 MICHIGAN                0.92407     0.77776      0.06329     0.20196      0.00358     0.00765      0.00905     0.01263     42.240
 MINNESOTA               0.94158     0.90498      0.02147     0.04153      0.01116     0.02181      0.02579     0.03168     29.942
 MISSISSIPPI             0.77695     0.53287      0.21466     0.45577      0.00332     0.00501      0.00507     0.00635     38.137
 MISSOURI                0.91228     0.83610      0.07690     0.15130      0.00292     0.00405      0.00791     0.00854     23.449
 MONTANA                 0.90510     0.87508      0.00460     0.00513      0.08596     0.11322      0.00434     0.00657     17.939
 NEBRASKA                0.95711     0.91910      0.02914     0.05818      0.00617     0.01420      0.00757     0.00852     30.418
 NEVADA                  0.92150     0.84941      0.04315     0.09664      0.01087     0.02315      0.02448     0.03081     34.355
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98409     0.97846      0.00849     0.01004      0.00096     0.00186      0.00645     0.00964     24.348
 NEW JERSEY              0.84643     0.77916      0.11781     0.17597      0.00185     0.00241      0.03391     0.04246     21.294
 NEW MEXICO              0.89681     0.81533      0.01611     0.02682      0.08041     0.14733      0.00667     0.01051     32.972
 NEW YORK                0.83253     0.73239      0.12817     0.22109      0.00169     0.00516      0.03760     0.04136     33.027
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.81765     0.68639      0.16444     0.28762      0.01014     0.01603      0.00777     0.00996     30.184
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.92896     0.90019      0.01086     0.01369      0.05470     0.07913      0.00548     0.00700     19.106
 OHIO                    0.89356     0.83829      0.09795     0.15131      0.00132     0.00189      0.00717     0.00851     21.930
 OKLAHOMA                0.87809     0.76121      0.05193     0.10902      0.05929     0.11747      0.01070     0.01230     32.574
 OREGON                  0.94467     0.92488      0.01980     0.02600      0.01160     0.02088      0.02393     0.02824     21.425
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83804     0.85103      0.14758     0.13351      0.00130     0.00147      0.01308     0.01399      7.540
 RHODE ISLAND            0.92385     0.89074      0.04851     0.07297      0.00490     0.00561      0.02274     0.03067     18.958
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.83010     0.61110      0.16395     0.38030      0.00139     0.00224      0.00456     0.00636     39.780
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.90102     0.83919      0.00980     0.01073      0.08479     0.14444      0.00440     0.00563     19.843
 TENNESSEE               0.88891     0.76385      0.10381     0.22722      0.00118     0.00161      0.00610     0.00732     28.544
 TEXAS                   0.91093     0.83291      0.07115     0.14327      0.00166     0.00393      0.01627     0.01989     33.937
 UTAH                    0.95717     0.94618      0.00731     0.00944      0.01446     0.02313      0.02106     0.02125     15.522
 VERMONT                 0.99366     0.98534      0.00311     0.00669      0.00084     0.00235      0.00239     0.00563     44.049
 VIRGINIA                0.85250     0.73585      0.12505     0.23536      0.00096     0.00232      0.02148     0.02646     35.015
 WASHINGTON              0.90624     0.88003      0.03991     0.04500      0.01498     0.02684      0.03887     0.04813     19.430
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.97989     0.95268      0.01680     0.04264      0.00050     0.00124      0.00281     0.00344     35.424
 WISCONSIN               0.95006     0.86954      0.02382     0.09457      0.00562     0.01331      0.02051     0.02258     37.751
 WYOMING                 0.95903     0.94296      0.01112     0.01366      0.02487     0.03698      0.00497     0.00640     18.830
 US Total                0.86365     0.79291      0.10151     0.16185      0.00640     0.01214      0.02844     0.03311     26.888