Table 8.   NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                                      (using NCHS race of mother -- 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                 0.64812     0.66381      0.34410     0.32679      0.00108     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591    22.5223
 ALASKA                  0.68174     0.69012      0.04599     0.05704      0.23341     0.22186      0.03886     0.03099    12.7937
 ARIZONA                 0.85379     0.83399      0.03704     0.04436      0.09452     0.10464      0.01465     0.01700    10.5937
 ARKANSAS                0.75641     0.75934      0.23269     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00609     0.00646     8.0633
 CALIFORNIA              0.81885     0.79884      0.08274     0.09242      0.00577     0.01068      0.09263     0.09806    16.1142
 COLORADO                0.91698     0.90875      0.05218     0.05847      0.00916     0.01226      0.02168     0.02052    10.6670
 CONNECTICUT             0.85037     0.85233      0.12854     0.12705      0.00184     0.00254      0.01925     0.01809     8.8688
 DELAWARE                0.75197     0.76447      0.23387     0.21922      0.00141     0.00257      0.01275     0.01373    15.2016
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.20476     0.21009      0.77095     0.77497      0.00077     0.00154      0.02352     0.01341    32.1185
 FLORIDA                 0.75528     0.76531      0.23172     0.21888      0.00171     0.00295      0.01129     0.01286    15.3195
 GEORGIA                 0.62919     0.63816      0.35686     0.34764      0.00099     0.00194      0.01297     0.01227    14.6379
 HAWAII                  0.30536     0.36750      0.03465     0.04403      0.00938     0.00673      0.65061     0.58173    22.3281
 IDAHO                   0.96738     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02030     0.02270      0.01012     0.00971    18.8741
 ILLINOIS                0.74913     0.77516      0.22370     0.19562      0.00149     0.00251      0.02568     0.02671    15.5829
 INDIANA                 0.88373     0.88453      0.10779     0.10646      0.00106     0.00237      0.00742     0.00663    17.0819
 IOWA                    0.95696     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00471     0.00506      0.01187     0.01154     5.9380
 KANSAS                  0.89357     0.88626      0.08324     0.08695      0.00737     0.01217      0.01581     0.01462    13.1543
 KENTUCKY                0.89738     0.89484      0.09507     0.09800      0.00092     0.00136      0.00662     0.00580    12.3649
 LOUISIANA               0.58032     0.59286      0.40554     0.39110      0.00320     0.00504      0.01095     0.01101    10.7085
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745    19.4835
 MARYLAND                0.66314     0.67544      0.30517     0.29216      0.00182     0.00289      0.02987     0.02951    11.1098
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.87011     0.87712      0.09319     0.08703      0.00186     0.00279      0.03485     0.03306    11.6547
 MICHIGAN                0.77944     0.77776      0.20404     0.20196      0.00575     0.00765      0.01077     0.01263    10.2011
 MINNESOTA               0.91306     0.90498      0.03632     0.04153      0.01998     0.02181      0.03065     0.03168     6.2763
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51418     0.53287      0.47391     0.45577      0.00500     0.00501      0.00690     0.00635     4.0492
 MISSOURI                0.81949     0.83610      0.16710     0.15130      0.00312     0.00405      0.01028     0.00854    13.9534
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657    15.2641
 NEBRASKA                0.92011     0.91910      0.05536     0.05818      0.01449     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     6.2161
 NEVADA                  0.86088     0.84941      0.09026     0.09664      0.01633     0.02315      0.03252     0.03081    10.7290
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98500     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00136     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964    22.2216
 NEW JERSEY              0.76650     0.77916      0.19426     0.17597      0.00196     0.00241      0.03729     0.04246    10.6945
 NEW MEXICO              0.82194     0.81533      0.01891     0.02682      0.14960     0.14733      0.00955     0.01051    10.2560
 NEW YORK                0.74132     0.73239      0.21563     0.22109      0.00209     0.00516      0.04096     0.04136    16.0542
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68305     0.68639      0.29254     0.28762      0.01446     0.01603      0.00995     0.00996     3.0219
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89197     0.90019      0.00801     0.01369      0.09085     0.07913      0.00917     0.00700    22.0596
 OHIO                    0.83806     0.83829      0.15257     0.15131      0.00115     0.00189      0.00822     0.00851    10.8749
 OKLAHOMA                0.79492     0.76121      0.10748     0.10902      0.08488     0.11747      0.01271     0.01230     9.2315
 OREGON                  0.93239     0.92488      0.02158     0.02600      0.01750     0.02088      0.02852     0.02824     8.7419
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83830     0.85103      0.14586     0.13351      0.00106     0.00147      0.01478     0.01399    11.1235
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88467     0.89074      0.07481     0.07297      0.00825     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067    13.8580
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60590     0.61110      0.38536     0.38030      0.00153     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636    11.9122
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563    18.7844
 TENNESSEE               0.75786     0.76385      0.23331     0.22722      0.00131     0.00161      0.00753     0.00732     6.3425
 TEXAS                   0.84072     0.83291      0.13835     0.14327      0.00188     0.00393      0.01906     0.01989    15.1846
 UTAH                    0.94994     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02123     0.02313      0.02295     0.02125    13.5938
 VERMONT                 0.99079     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00155     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563    26.8580
 VIRGINIA                0.73278     0.73585      0.23890     0.23536      0.00099     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646    15.5923
 WASHINGTON              0.88571     0.88003      0.03813     0.04500      0.02474     0.02684      0.05142     0.04813     7.6399
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95888     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00054     0.00124      0.00367     0.00344    19.2002
 WISCONSIN               0.87027     0.86954      0.09619     0.09457      0.01113     0.01331      0.02241     0.02258     4.7187
 WYOMING                 0.94470     0.94296      0.01083     0.01366      0.03643     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640    12.0274
 US Total                0.79236     0.79291      0.16486     0.16185      0.00969     0.01214      0.03309     0.03311     5.5433