Table 16.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                                       (using NCHS race of child -- 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                 0.64404     0.66381      0.34668     0.32679      0.00179     0.00349      0.00750     0.00591     21.209
 ALASKA                  0.63953     0.69012      0.06130     0.05704      0.25327     0.22186      0.04591     0.03099     19.276
 ARIZONA                 0.83798     0.83399      0.04556     0.04436      0.09859     0.10464      0.01787     0.01700      3.523
 ARKANSAS                0.74700     0.75934      0.23710     0.22788      0.00840     0.00632      0.00750     0.00646     13.628
 CALIFORNIA              0.79019     0.79884      0.09737     0.09242      0.00903     0.01068      0.10341     0.09806      6.834
 COLORADO                0.90089     0.90875      0.06158     0.05847      0.01248     0.01226      0.02504     0.02052      7.511
 CONNECTICUT             0.83425     0.85233      0.14093     0.12705      0.00260     0.00254      0.02222     0.01809      9.622
 DELAWARE                0.74494     0.76447      0.23875     0.21922      0.00206     0.00257      0.01425     0.01373      8.784
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.14814     0.21009      0.77694     0.77497      0.00068     0.00154      0.07424     0.01341    134.768
 FLORIDA                 0.74437     0.76531      0.23928     0.21888      0.00294     0.00295      0.01341     0.01286      4.118
 GEORGIA                 0.62096     0.63816      0.36336     0.34764      0.00150     0.00194      0.01418     0.01227     11.336
 HAWAII                  0.23009     0.36750      0.04795     0.04403      0.00958     0.00673      0.71238     0.58173     27.760
 IDAHO                   0.95670     0.96206      0.00478     0.00552      0.02413     0.02270      0.01439     0.00971     17.145
 ILLINOIS                0.73677     0.77516      0.23283     0.19562      0.00218     0.00251      0.02822     0.02671     10.633
 INDIANA                 0.87082     0.88453      0.11583     0.10646      0.00217     0.00237      0.01118     0.00663     21.802
 IOWA                    0.94875     0.95279      0.03177     0.03061      0.00587     0.00506      0.01362     0.01154      9.561
 KANSAS                  0.87455     0.88626      0.09538     0.08695      0.01097     0.01217      0.01910     0.01462     12.869
 KENTUCKY                0.89114     0.89484      0.09990     0.09800      0.00134     0.00136      0.00762     0.00580      8.807
 LOUISIANA               0.57089     0.59286      0.40871     0.39110      0.00474     0.00504      0.01566     0.01101     14.082
 MAINE                   0.97503     0.97829      0.00712     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00746     0.00745     21.761
 MARYLAND                0.64215     0.67544      0.31812     0.29216      0.00266     0.00289      0.03707     0.02951     11.823
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85173     0.87712      0.10609     0.08703      0.00274     0.00279      0.03944     0.03306     11.518
 MICHIGAN                0.76938     0.77776      0.20987     0.20196      0.00824     0.00765      0.01251     0.01263      3.409
 MINNESOTA               0.89836     0.90498      0.04398     0.04153      0.02419     0.02181      0.03348     0.03168      5.800
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51128     0.53287      0.47583     0.45577      0.00543     0.00501      0.00746     0.00635      8.542
 MISSOURI                0.80795     0.83610      0.17421     0.15130      0.00548     0.00405      0.01236     0.00854     24.604
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657     20.523
 NEBRASKA                0.90887     0.91910      0.06224     0.05818      0.01704     0.01420      0.01185     0.00852     16.806
 NEVADA                  0.83635     0.84941      0.10059     0.09664      0.02224     0.02315      0.04081     0.03081     10.496
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97759     0.97846      0.01087     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00974     0.00964      2.993
 NEW JERSEY              0.75268     0.77916      0.20449     0.17597      0.00256     0.00241      0.04026     0.04246      7.790
 NEW MEXICO              0.80520     0.81533      0.02702     0.02682      0.15583     0.14733      0.01194     0.01051      5.343
 NEW YORK                0.72782     0.73239      0.22626     0.22109      0.00287     0.00516      0.04305     0.04136     12.848
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67030     0.68639      0.30022     0.28762      0.01726     0.01603      0.01221     0.00996      9.265
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87163     0.90019      0.01244     0.01369      0.10508     0.07913      0.01086     0.00700     25.059
 OHIO                    0.82547     0.83829      0.16242     0.15131      0.00222     0.00189      0.00989     0.00851     10.754
 OKLAHOMA                0.75066     0.76121      0.11669     0.10902      0.11782     0.11747      0.01483     0.01230      7.330
 OREGON                  0.90762     0.92488      0.02934     0.02600      0.02523     0.02088      0.03780     0.02824     17.363
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82272     0.85103      0.15891     0.13351      0.00194     0.00147      0.01643     0.01399     17.809
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86622     0.89074      0.08668     0.07297      0.01000     0.00561      0.03710     0.03067     30.151
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59843     0.61110      0.39026     0.38030      0.00234     0.00224      0.00897     0.00636     12.466
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.81998     0.83919      0.01117     0.01073      0.16015     0.14444      0.00870     0.00563     17.909
 TENNESSEE               0.75005     0.76385      0.23930     0.22722      0.00209     0.00161      0.00856     0.00732     13.351
 TEXAS                   0.83015     0.83291      0.14576     0.14327      0.00302     0.00393      0.02107     0.01989      7.772
 UTAH                    0.93504     0.94618      0.01014     0.00944      0.02479     0.02313      0.03004     0.02125     14.271
 VERMONT                 0.98744     0.98534      0.00466     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00598     0.00563     13.776
 VIRGINIA                0.72092     0.73585      0.24687     0.23536      0.00169     0.00232      0.03053     0.02646     12.396
 WASHINGTON              0.85603     0.88003      0.05307     0.04500      0.03085     0.02684      0.06005     0.04813     15.091
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95295     0.95268      0.04166     0.04264      0.00095     0.00124      0.00444     0.00344     13.626
 WISCONSIN               0.86162     0.86954      0.10036     0.09457      0.01401     0.01331      0.02401     0.02258      4.669
 WYOMING                 0.93153     0.94296      0.01551     0.01366      0.04287     0.03698      0.01010     0.00640     22.099
 US Total                0.77647     0.79291      0.17407     0.16185      0.01210     0.01214      0.03736     0.03311      5.686