Table 20.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error
                                      (using NCHS race of mother -- unknowns recoded randomly)

  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                 0.64809     0.66381      0.34413     0.32679      0.00108     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591    22.5260
 ALASKA                  0.68174     0.69012      0.04599     0.05704      0.23341     0.22186      0.03886     0.03099    12.7937
 ARIZONA                 0.85377     0.83399      0.03704     0.04436      0.09454     0.10464      0.01465     0.01700    10.5897
 ARKANSAS                0.75641     0.75934      0.23269     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00609     0.00646     8.0633
 CALIFORNIA              0.81858     0.79884      0.08282     0.09242      0.00578     0.01068      0.09282     0.09806    16.0217
 COLORADO                0.91695     0.90875      0.05221     0.05847      0.00916     0.01226      0.02168     0.02052    10.6497
 CONNECTICUT             0.85019     0.85233      0.12872     0.12705      0.00184     0.00254      0.01925     0.01809     8.9098
 DELAWARE                0.75188     0.76447      0.23396     0.21922      0.00141     0.00257      0.01275     0.01373    15.2153
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.16806     0.21009      0.80645     0.77497      0.00077     0.00154      0.02472     0.01341    39.6039
 FLORIDA                 0.75516     0.76531      0.23183     0.21888      0.00172     0.00295      0.01129     0.01286    15.2826
 GEORGIA                 0.62911     0.63816      0.35692     0.34764      0.00099     0.00194      0.01298     0.01227    14.6638
 HAWAII                  0.30525     0.36750      0.03465     0.04403      0.00938     0.00673      0.65072     0.58173    22.3394
 IDAHO                   0.96738     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02030     0.02270      0.01012     0.00971    18.8741
 ILLINOIS                0.74899     0.77516      0.22380     0.19562      0.00149     0.00251      0.02572     0.02671    15.5144
 INDIANA                 0.88335     0.88453      0.10814     0.10646      0.00106     0.00237      0.00744     0.00663    17.2670
 IOWA                    0.95696     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00471     0.00506      0.01187     0.01154     5.9380
 KANSAS                  0.89344     0.88626      0.08337     0.08695      0.00737     0.01217      0.01581     0.01462    13.1135
 KENTUCKY                0.89735     0.89484      0.09509     0.09800      0.00092     0.00136      0.00664     0.00580    12.4404
 LOUISIANA               0.57863     0.59286      0.40715     0.39110      0.00320     0.00504      0.01102     0.01101    10.7670
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745    19.4835
 MARYLAND                0.66031     0.67544      0.30792     0.29216      0.00184     0.00289      0.02993     0.02951    11.3940
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86998     0.87712      0.09330     0.08703      0.00186     0.00279      0.03487     0.03306    11.7065
 MICHIGAN                0.77936     0.77776      0.20412     0.20196      0.00575     0.00765      0.01077     0.01263    10.2091
 MINNESOTA               0.91304     0.90498      0.03632     0.04153      0.01999     0.02181      0.03065     0.03168     6.2589
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51411     0.53287      0.47398     0.45577      0.00500     0.00501      0.00690     0.00635     4.0563
 MISSOURI                0.81942     0.83610      0.16717     0.15130      0.00312     0.00405      0.01029     0.00854    14.0041
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657    15.2641
 NEBRASKA                0.92007     0.91910      0.05540     0.05818      0.01449     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     6.1973
 NEVADA                  0.86078     0.84941      0.09031     0.09664      0.01633     0.02315      0.03257     0.03081    10.7535
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98500     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00136     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964    22.2216
 NEW JERSEY              0.76628     0.77916      0.19444     0.17597      0.00196     0.00241      0.03732     0.04246    10.7077
 NEW MEXICO              0.82194     0.81533      0.01891     0.02682      0.14960     0.14733      0.00955     0.01051    10.2560
 NEW YORK                0.74129     0.73239      0.21566     0.22109      0.00209     0.00516      0.04096     0.04136    16.0501
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68280     0.68639      0.29278     0.28762      0.01446     0.01603      0.00996     0.00996     3.0379
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89197     0.90019      0.00801     0.01369      0.09085     0.07913      0.00917     0.00700    22.0596
 OHIO                    0.83800     0.83829      0.15263     0.15131      0.00115     0.00189      0.00822     0.00851    10.8046
 OKLAHOMA                0.79490     0.76121      0.10748     0.10902      0.08490     0.11747      0.01271     0.01230     9.2263
 OREGON                  0.93232     0.92488      0.02158     0.02600      0.01750     0.02088      0.02859     0.02824     8.8042
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83827     0.85103      0.14587     0.13351      0.00107     0.00147      0.01479     0.01399    10.9363
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88454     0.89074      0.07494     0.07297      0.00825     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067    13.9078
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60556     0.61110      0.38569     0.38030      0.00153     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636    11.9478
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563    18.7844
 TENNESSEE               0.75784     0.76385      0.23331     0.22722      0.00131     0.00161      0.00754     0.00732     6.3899
 TEXAS                   0.84065     0.83291      0.13840     0.14327      0.00188     0.00393      0.01907     0.01989    15.1398
 UTAH                    0.94992     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02126     0.02313      0.02295     0.02125    13.5625
 VERMONT                 0.99079     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00155     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563    26.8580
 VIRGINIA                0.73250     0.73585      0.23918     0.23536      0.00099     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646    15.6316
 WASHINGTON              0.88567     0.88003      0.03815     0.04500      0.02474     0.02684      0.05145     0.04813     7.6451
 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                0.79205     0.79291      0.16512     0.16185      0.00969     0.01214      0.03313     0.03311     5.5866