Table 14.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                                 (using NCHS race of mother -- unknown recoded to American Indian)

  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                 0.64801     0.66381      0.34410     0.32679      0.00119     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591     21.720
 ALASKA                  0.68157     0.69012      0.04599     0.05704      0.23358     0.22186      0.03886     0.03099     12.819
 ARIZONA                 0.85365     0.83399      0.03704     0.04436      0.09466     0.10464      0.01465     0.01700     10.558
 ARKANSAS                0.75630     0.75934      0.23269     0.22788      0.00491     0.00632      0.00609     0.00646      7.623
 CALIFORNIA              0.81796     0.79884      0.08274     0.09242      0.00667     0.01068      0.09263     0.09806     13.990
 COLORADO                0.91670     0.90875      0.05218     0.05847      0.00944     0.01226      0.02168     0.02052     10.078
 CONNECTICUT             0.84969     0.85233      0.12854     0.12705      0.00252     0.00254      0.01925     0.01809      2.129
 DELAWARE                0.75141     0.76447      0.23387     0.21922      0.00197     0.00257      0.01275     0.01373      9.757
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15712     0.21009      0.77095     0.77497      0.04841     0.00154      0.02352     0.01341    787.033
 FLORIDA                 0.75466     0.76531      0.23172     0.21888      0.00234     0.00295      0.01129     0.01286     10.029
 GEORGIA                 0.62906     0.63816      0.35686     0.34764      0.00112     0.00194      0.01297     0.01227     12.999
 HAWAII                  0.30525     0.36750      0.03465     0.04403      0.00948     0.00673      0.65061     0.58173     22.713
 IDAHO                   0.96707     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02061     0.02270      0.01012     0.00971     18.520
 ILLINOIS                0.74877     0.77516      0.22370     0.19562      0.00185     0.00251      0.02568     0.02671     11.932
 INDIANA                 0.88223     0.88453      0.10779     0.10646      0.00257     0.00237      0.00742     0.00663      5.422
 IOWA                    0.95688     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00479     0.00506      0.01187     0.01154      5.554
 KANSAS                  0.89243     0.88626      0.08324     0.08695      0.00851     0.01217      0.01581     0.01462     10.784
 KENTUCKY                0.89723     0.89484      0.09507     0.09800      0.00108     0.00136      0.00662     0.00580      9.582
 LOUISIANA               0.57691     0.59286      0.40554     0.39110      0.00661     0.00504      0.01095     0.01101      9.540
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745     19.483
 MARYLAND                0.65909     0.67544      0.30517     0.29216      0.00588     0.00289      0.02987     0.02951     27.822
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86906     0.87712      0.09319     0.08703      0.00291     0.00279      0.03485     0.03306      4.429
 MICHIGAN                0.77911     0.77776      0.20404     0.20196      0.00608     0.00765      0.01077     0.01263      9.101
 MINNESOTA               0.91292     0.90498      0.03632     0.04153      0.02011     0.02181      0.03065     0.03168      6.120
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51411     0.53287      0.47391     0.45577      0.00507     0.00501      0.00690     0.00635      4.345
 MISSOURI                0.81918     0.83610      0.16710     0.15130      0.00343     0.00405      0.01028     0.00854     12.054
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657     15.264
 NEBRASKA                0.92002     0.91910      0.05536     0.05818      0.01457     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852      6.359
 NEVADA                  0.85944     0.84941      0.09026     0.09664      0.01777     0.02315      0.03252     0.03081      9.131
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98489     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00147     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964     20.698
 NEW JERSEY              0.76581     0.77916      0.19426     0.17597      0.00265     0.00241      0.03729     0.04246      8.607
 NEW MEXICO              0.82164     0.81533      0.01891     0.02682      0.14990     0.14733      0.00955     0.01051     10.297
 NEW YORK                0.74121     0.73239      0.21563     0.22109      0.00220     0.00516      0.04096     0.04136     15.502
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68215     0.68639      0.29254     0.28762      0.01536     0.01603      0.00995     0.00996      1.643
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89186     0.90019      0.00801     0.01369      0.09096     0.07913      0.00917     0.00700     22.096
 OHIO                    0.83783     0.83829      0.15257     0.15131      0.00138     0.00189      0.00822     0.00851      7.795
 OKLAHOMA                0.79482     0.76121      0.10748     0.10902      0.08499     0.11747      0.01271     0.01230      9.205
 OREGON                  0.93102     0.92488      0.02158     0.02600      0.01888     0.02088      0.02852     0.02824      7.055
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83802     0.85103      0.14586     0.13351      0.00133     0.00147      0.01478     0.01399      6.510
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88319     0.89074      0.07481     0.07297      0.00973     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067     20.473
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60495     0.61110      0.38536     0.38030      0.00248     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636      6.537
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563     18.784
 TENNESSEE               0.75779     0.76385      0.23331     0.22722      0.00137     0.00161      0.00753     0.00732      5.280
 TEXAS                   0.84050     0.83291      0.13835     0.14327      0.00210     0.00393      0.01906     0.01989     13.745
 UTAH                    0.94958     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02160     0.02313      0.02295     0.02125     13.187
 VERMONT                 0.99019     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00215     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563     20.472
 VIRGINIA                0.73206     0.73585      0.23890     0.23536      0.00172     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646      7.812
 WASHINGTON              0.88560     0.88003      0.03813     0.04500      0.02485     0.02684      0.05142     0.04813      7.539
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95875     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00068     0.00124      0.00367     0.00344     16.456
 WISCONSIN               0.87026     0.86954      0.09619     0.09457      0.01114     0.01331      0.02241     0.02258      4.692
 WYOMING                 0.94455     0.94296      0.01083     0.01366      0.03658     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640     11.925
 US Total                0.79163     0.79291      0.16486     0.16185      0.01041     0.01214      0.03309     0.03311      4.071