Table 7.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error     
                                       (using NCHS race of child -- 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                 0.64418     0.66381      0.34668     0.32679      0.00179     0.00349      0.00736     0.00591    20.5905
 ALASKA                  0.63987     0.69012      0.06130     0.05704      0.25327     0.22186      0.04556     0.03099    18.9861
 ARIZONA                 0.83814     0.83399      0.04556     0.04436      0.09859     0.10464      0.01771     0.01700     3.2876
 ARKANSAS                0.74714     0.75934      0.23710     0.22788      0.00840     0.00632      0.00736     0.00646    13.0802
 CALIFORNIA              0.79133     0.79884      0.09737     0.09242      0.00903     0.01068      0.10228     0.09806     6.5094
 COLORADO                0.90123     0.90875      0.06158     0.05847      0.01248     0.01226      0.02470     0.02052     7.0853
 CONNECTICUT             0.83498     0.85233      0.14093     0.12705      0.00260     0.00254      0.02149     0.01809     8.5962
 DELAWARE                0.74559     0.76447      0.23875     0.21922      0.00206     0.00257      0.01360     0.01373     8.0557
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.19774     0.21009      0.77694     0.77497      0.00068     0.00154      0.02463     0.01341    36.3508
 FLORIDA                 0.74506     0.76531      0.23928     0.21888      0.00294     0.00295      0.01272     0.01286     3.2863
 GEORGIA                 0.62110     0.63816      0.36336     0.34764      0.00150     0.00194      0.01404     0.01227    11.0339
 HAWAII                  0.23019     0.36750      0.04795     0.04403      0.00958     0.00673      0.71228     0.58173    27.7484
 IDAHO                   0.95720     0.96206      0.00478     0.00552      0.02413     0.02270      0.01389     0.00971    15.8382
 ILLINOIS                0.73727     0.77516      0.23283     0.19562      0.00218     0.00251      0.02772     0.02671    10.1498
 INDIANA                 0.87293     0.88453      0.11583     0.10646      0.00217     0.00237      0.00907     0.00663    13.7727
 IOWA                    0.94882     0.95279      0.03177     0.03061      0.00587     0.00506      0.01354     0.01154     9.3920
 KANSAS                  0.87600     0.88626      0.09538     0.08695      0.01097     0.01217      0.01765     0.01462    10.3513
 KENTUCKY                0.89136     0.89484      0.09990     0.09800      0.00134     0.00136      0.00740     0.00580     7.8242
 LOUISIANA               0.57507     0.59286      0.40871     0.39110      0.00474     0.00504      0.01148     0.01101     4.4070
 MAINE                   0.97549     0.97829      0.00712     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00700     0.00745    23.1732
 MARYLAND                0.64690     0.67544      0.31812     0.29216      0.00266     0.00289      0.03232     0.02951     7.6192
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85345     0.87712      0.10609     0.08703      0.00274     0.00279      0.03772     0.03306    10.1695
 MICHIGAN                0.76990     0.77776      0.20987     0.20196      0.00824     0.00765      0.01199     0.01263     4.4208
 MINNESOTA               0.89851     0.90498      0.04398     0.04153      0.02419     0.02181      0.03333     0.03168     5.6791
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51133     0.53287      0.47583     0.45577      0.00543     0.00501      0.00741     0.00635     8.3559
 MISSOURI                0.80849     0.83610      0.17421     0.15130      0.00548     0.00405      0.01182     0.00854    23.0015
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657    20.5230
 NEBRASKA                0.90899     0.91910      0.06224     0.05818      0.01704     0.01420      0.01173     0.00852    16.4404
 NEVADA                  0.83809     0.84941      0.10059     0.09664      0.02224     0.02315      0.03907     0.03081     9.0350
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97792     0.97846      0.01087     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00940     0.00964     3.3904
 NEW JERSEY              0.75351     0.77916      0.20449     0.17597      0.00256     0.00241      0.03944     0.04246     8.2487
 NEW MEXICO              0.80546     0.81533      0.02702     0.02682      0.15583     0.14733      0.01169     0.01051     4.7216
 NEW YORK                0.72797     0.73239      0.22626     0.22109      0.00287     0.00516      0.04290     0.04136    12.7521
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67132     0.68639      0.30022     0.28762      0.01726     0.01603      0.01119     0.00996     6.6580
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87173     0.90019      0.01244     0.01369      0.10508     0.07913      0.01075     0.00700    24.6790
 OHIO                    0.82579     0.83829      0.16242     0.15131      0.00222     0.00189      0.00957     0.00851     9.8084
 OKLAHOMA                0.75085     0.76121      0.11669     0.10902      0.11782     0.11747      0.01464     0.01230     6.9354
 OREGON                  0.90950     0.92488      0.02934     0.02600      0.02523     0.02088      0.03592     0.02824    15.6433
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82311     0.85103      0.15891     0.13351      0.00194     0.00147      0.01604     0.01399    17.0986
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86817     0.89074      0.08668     0.07297      0.01000     0.00561      0.03516     0.03067    28.5102
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59950     0.61110      0.39026     0.38030      0.00234     0.00224      0.00790     0.00636     8.2098
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.82016     0.83919      0.01117     0.01073      0.16015     0.14444      0.00852     0.00563    17.0909
 TENNESSEE               0.75015     0.76385      0.23930     0.22722      0.00209     0.00161      0.00846     0.00732    13.0192
 TEXAS                   0.83045     0.83291      0.14576     0.14327      0.00302     0.00393      0.02077     0.01989     7.3814
 UTAH                    0.93569     0.94618      0.01014     0.00944      0.02479     0.02313      0.02939     0.02125    13.4905
 VERMONT                 0.98828     0.98534      0.00466     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00514     0.00563    14.4210
 VIRGINIA                0.72176     0.73585      0.24687     0.23536      0.00169     0.00232      0.02969     0.02646    11.5749
 WASHINGTON              0.85618     0.88003      0.05307     0.04500      0.03085     0.02684      0.05990     0.04813    15.0115
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95313     0.95268      0.04166     0.04264      0.00095     0.00124      0.00426     0.00344    12.3148
 WISCONSIN               0.86163     0.86954      0.10036     0.09457      0.01401     0.01331      0.02400     0.02258     4.6533
 WYOMING                 0.93197     0.94296      0.01551     0.01366      0.04287     0.03698      0.00966     0.00640    20.3727
 US Total                0.77737     0.79291      0.17407     0.16185      0.01210     0.01214      0.03646     0.03311     4.9814