Table 22.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
              (using NCHS race of mother except when father is American Indian -- 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                 0.64729     0.66381      0.34410     0.32679      0.00192     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591     16.563
 ALASKA                  0.65801     0.69012      0.04599     0.05704      0.25791     0.22186      0.03808     0.03099     15.790
 ARIZONA                 0.84886     0.83399      0.03694     0.04436      0.09964     0.10464      0.01456     0.01700      9.412
 ARKANSAS                0.75267     0.75934      0.23264     0.22788      0.00862     0.00632      0.00607     0.00646     11.385
 CALIFORNIA              0.81448     0.79884      0.08261     0.09242      0.01045     0.01068      0.09247     0.09806      5.109
 COLORADO                0.91320     0.90875      0.05218     0.05847      0.01296     0.01226      0.02166     0.02052      5.627
 CONNECTICUT             0.84886     0.85233      0.12836     0.12705      0.00355     0.00254      0.01923     0.01809     11.936
 DELAWARE                0.75094     0.76447      0.23378     0.21922      0.00263     0.00257      0.01266     0.01373      4.549
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15712     0.21009      0.77087     0.77497      0.04849     0.00154      0.02352     0.01341    788.426
 FLORIDA                 0.75342     0.76531      0.23164     0.21888      0.00366     0.00295      0.01127     0.01286     11.004
 GEORGIA                 0.62851     0.63816      0.35684     0.34764      0.00170     0.00194      0.01295     0.01227      5.469
 HAWAII                  0.30352     0.36750      0.03455     0.04403      0.01758     0.00673      0.64435     0.58173     52.704
 IDAHO                   0.96311     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02464     0.02270      0.01006     0.00971     18.086
 ILLINOIS                0.74806     0.77516      0.22361     0.19562      0.00266     0.00251      0.02567     0.02671      6.963
 INDIANA                 0.88110     0.88453      0.10774     0.10646      0.00375     0.00237      0.00741     0.00663     17.869
 IOWA                    0.95562     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00608     0.00506      0.01184     0.01154      9.142
 KANSAS                  0.88860     0.88626      0.08319     0.08695      0.01245     0.01217      0.01576     0.01462      3.644
 KENTUCKY                0.89674     0.89484      0.09503     0.09800      0.00160     0.00136      0.00662     0.00580      8.891
 LOUISIANA               0.57534     0.59286      0.40548     0.39110      0.00827     0.00504      0.01092     0.01101     17.885
 MAINE                   0.97951     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00563     0.00745     35.764
 MARYLAND                0.65806     0.67544      0.30500     0.29216      0.00713     0.00289      0.02982     0.02951     38.602
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86803     0.87712      0.09301     0.08703      0.00413     0.00279      0.03483     0.03306     15.282
 MICHIGAN                0.77653     0.77776      0.20400     0.20196      0.00871     0.00765      0.01076     0.01263      7.468
 MINNESOTA               0.90840     0.90498      0.03627     0.04153      0.02469     0.02181      0.03064     0.03168      7.397
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51367     0.53287      0.47387     0.45577      0.00559     0.00501      0.00688     0.00635      6.839
 MISSOURI                0.81685     0.83610      0.16705     0.15130      0.00588     0.00405      0.01022     0.00854     19.352
 MONTANA                 0.84710     0.87508      0.00269     0.00513      0.14292     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657     22.025
 NEBRASKA                0.91714     0.91910      0.05532     0.05818      0.01749     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     11.550
 NEVADA                  0.85309     0.84941      0.09016     0.09664      0.02438     0.02315      0.03237     0.03081      4.379
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98443     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00192     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964     16.306
 NEW JERSEY              0.76512     0.77916      0.19410     0.17597      0.00351     0.00241      0.03727     0.04246     17.511
 NEW MEXICO              0.81430     0.81533      0.01880     0.02682      0.15746     0.14733      0.00944     0.01051     11.784
 NEW YORK                0.74037     0.73239      0.21555     0.22109      0.00314     0.00516      0.04093     0.04136     10.933
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67905     0.68639      0.29225     0.28762      0.01880     0.01603      0.00990     0.00996      5.128
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87732     0.90019      0.00780     0.01369      0.10582     0.07913      0.00906     0.00700     27.203
 OHIO                    0.83675     0.83829      0.15251     0.15131      0.00254     0.00189      0.00819     0.00851      9.882
 OKLAHOMA                0.76074     0.76121      0.10731     0.10902      0.11941     0.11747      0.01254     0.01230      1.310
 OREGON                  0.92282     0.92488      0.02154     0.02600      0.02722     0.02088      0.02843     0.02824     12.103
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83713     0.85103      0.14568     0.13351      0.00244     0.00147      0.01475     0.01399     20.350
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88091     0.89074      0.07414     0.07297      0.01268     0.00561      0.03227     0.03067     33.455
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60410     0.61110      0.38531     0.38030      0.00337     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636     16.541
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.82492     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.16207     0.14444      0.00687     0.00563     19.657
 TENNESSEE               0.75698     0.76385      0.23324     0.22722      0.00229     0.00161      0.00749     0.00732     11.993
 TEXAS                   0.83930     0.83291      0.13832     0.14327      0.00334     0.00393      0.01905     0.01989      5.878
 UTAH                    0.94557     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02564     0.02313      0.02292     0.02125     14.132
 VERMONT                 0.98984     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00251     0.00235      0.00442     0.00563     20.157
 VIRGINIA                0.73147     0.73585      0.23873     0.23536      0.00248     0.00232      0.02733     0.02646      2.973
 WASHINGTON              0.87881     0.88003      0.03807     0.04500      0.03200     0.02684      0.05113     0.04813     10.253
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95834     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00113     0.00124      0.00362     0.00344      6.981
 WISCONSIN               0.86729     0.86954      0.09615     0.09457      0.01418     0.01331      0.02238     0.02258      2.328
 WYOMING                 0.93797     0.94296      0.01083     0.01366      0.04316     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640     15.914
 US Total                0.78906     0.79291      0.16477     0.16185      0.01317     0.01214      0.03300     0.03311      2.771