Table 12.   NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error 
                                      (using NCHS race of father -- unknown recoded to Black)

  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      0.42255     0.32679      0.00090     0.00349      0.00491     0.00591     33.578
 ALASKA                  0.66756     0.69012      0.17779     0.05704      0.12741     0.22186      0.02725     0.03099     67.402
 ARIZONA                 0.67977     0.83399      0.25459     0.04436      0.05380     0.10464      0.01185     0.01700    142.838
 ARKANSAS                0.67887     0.75934      0.31135     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00497     0.00646     23.590
 CALIFORNIA              0.78958     0.79884      0.12292     0.09242      0.00510     0.01068      0.08240     0.09806     25.600
 COLORADO                0.74503     0.90875      0.23352     0.05847      0.00515     0.01226      0.01630     0.02052     98.984
 CONNECTICUT             0.76625     0.85233      0.21714     0.12705      0.00123     0.00254      0.01538     0.01809     36.871
 DELAWARE                0.62988     0.76447      0.35915     0.21922      0.00113     0.00257      0.00985     0.01373     41.506
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.13394     0.21009      0.85178     0.77497      0.00034     0.00154      0.01394     0.01341     31.979
 FLORIDA                 0.67130     0.76531      0.31813     0.21888      0.00180     0.00295      0.00877     0.01286     32.049
 GEORGIA                 0.57953     0.63816      0.40838     0.34764      0.00095     0.00194      0.01114     0.01227     21.759
 HAWAII                  0.30148     0.36750      0.15089     0.04403      0.00846     0.00673      0.53916     0.58173     73.400
 IDAHO                   0.86419     0.96206      0.11469     0.00552      0.01351     0.02270      0.00760     0.00971    512.201
 ILLINOIS                0.69906     0.77516      0.27715     0.19562      0.00121     0.00251      0.02258     0.02671     29.707
 INDIANA                 0.78194     0.88453      0.21045     0.10646      0.00128     0.00237      0.00633     0.00663     39.976
 IOWA                    0.82568     0.95279      0.16230     0.03061      0.00221     0.00506      0.00981     0.01154    128.697
 KANSAS                  0.81765     0.88626      0.16387     0.08695      0.00603     0.01217      0.01245     0.01462     40.396
 KENTUCKY                0.73954     0.89484      0.25545     0.09800      0.00070     0.00136      0.00430     0.00580     63.104
 LOUISIANA               0.52177     0.59286      0.46674     0.39110      0.00262     0.00504      0.00887     0.01101     24.663
 MAINE                   0.84896     0.97829      0.14249     0.00825      0.00476     0.00601      0.00379     0.00745    427.692
 MARYLAND                0.63023     0.67544      0.34234     0.29216      0.00177     0.00289      0.02566     0.02951     18.912
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.78657     0.87712      0.18497     0.08703      0.00149     0.00279      0.02697     0.03306     46.985
 MICHIGAN                0.66249     0.77776      0.32488     0.20196      0.00358     0.00765      0.00905     0.01263     39.294
 MINNESOTA               0.81855     0.90498      0.14449     0.04153      0.01116     0.02181      0.02579     0.03168     81.216
 MISSISSIPPI             0.47452     0.53287      0.51708     0.45577      0.00332     0.00501      0.00507     0.00635     19.560
 MISSOURI                0.72122     0.83610      0.26796     0.15130      0.00292     0.00405      0.00791     0.00854     31.590
 MONTANA                 0.78953     0.87508      0.12017     0.00513      0.08596     0.11322      0.00434     0.00657    577.023
 NEBRASKA                0.83449     0.91910      0.15176     0.05818      0.00617     0.01420      0.00757     0.00852     59.421
 NEVADA                  0.71367     0.84941      0.25098     0.09664      0.01087     0.02315      0.02448     0.03081     62.320
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.89421     0.97846      0.09838     0.01004      0.00096     0.00186      0.00645     0.00964    242.485
 NEW JERSEY              0.70495     0.77916      0.25929     0.17597      0.00185     0.00241      0.03391     0.04246     25.091
 NEW MEXICO              0.65718     0.81533      0.25574     0.02682      0.08041     0.14733      0.00667     0.01051    238.682
 NEW YORK                0.65407     0.73239      0.30663     0.22109      0.00169     0.00516      0.03760     0.04136     31.449
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.63246     0.68639      0.34963     0.28762      0.01014     0.01603      0.00777     0.00996     22.051
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.82768     0.90019      0.11214     0.01369      0.05470     0.07913      0.00548     0.00700    194.999
 OHIO                    0.75834     0.83829      0.23317     0.15131      0.00132     0.00189      0.00717     0.00851     27.374
 OKLAHOMA                0.69096     0.76121      0.23905     0.10902      0.05929     0.11747      0.01070     0.01230     47.769
 OREGON                  0.79365     0.92488      0.17082     0.02600      0.01160     0.02088      0.02393     0.02824    157.711
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.81372     0.85103      0.17190     0.13351      0.00130     0.00147      0.01308     0.01399     12.808
 RHODE ISLAND            0.78101     0.89074      0.19135     0.07297      0.00490     0.00561      0.02274     0.03067     53.279
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.53265     0.61110      0.46140     0.38030      0.00139     0.00224      0.00456     0.00636     25.139
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.78473     0.83919      0.12609     0.01073      0.08479     0.14444      0.00440     0.00563    286.151
 TENNESSEE               0.68144     0.76385      0.31127     0.22722      0.00118     0.00161      0.00610     0.00732     22.818
 TEXAS                   0.71995     0.83291      0.26213     0.14327      0.00166     0.00393      0.01627     0.01989     43.142
 UTAH                    0.87981     0.94618      0.08467     0.00944      0.01446     0.02313      0.02106     0.02125    210.662
 VERMONT                 0.94416     0.98534      0.05261     0.00669      0.00084     0.00235      0.00239     0.00563    203.228
 VIRGINIA                0.63795     0.73585      0.33960     0.23536      0.00096     0.00232      0.02148     0.02646     33.733
 WASHINGTON              0.79756     0.88003      0.14859     0.04500      0.01498     0.02684      0.03887     0.04813     75.742
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.77046     0.95268      0.22624     0.04264      0.00050     0.00124      0.00281     0.00344    131.992
 WISCONSIN               0.74731     0.86954      0.22656     0.09457      0.00562     0.01331      0.02051     0.02258     55.136
 WYOMING                 0.84506     0.94296      0.12509     0.01366      0.02487     0.03698      0.00497     0.00640    220.364
 US Total                0.71340     0.79291      0.25176     0.16185      0.00640     0.01214      0.02844     0.03311     31.731