Table 10.   NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error  
                                       (using NCHS race of child -- 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                 0.64404     0.66381      0.34682     0.32679      0.00179     0.00349      0.00736     0.00591    20.6071
 ALASKA                  0.63953     0.69012      0.06164     0.05704      0.25327     0.22186      0.04556     0.03099    19.1493
 ARIZONA                 0.83798     0.83399      0.04572     0.04436      0.09859     0.10464      0.01771     0.01700     3.3748
 ARKANSAS                0.74700     0.75934      0.23724     0.22788      0.00840     0.00632      0.00736     0.00646    13.1002
 CALIFORNIA              0.79019     0.79884      0.09850     0.09242      0.00903     0.01068      0.10228     0.09806     6.8517
 COLORADO                0.90089     0.90875      0.06192     0.05847      0.01248     0.01226      0.02470     0.02052     7.2410
 CONNECTICUT             0.83425     0.85233      0.14166     0.12705      0.00260     0.00254      0.02149     0.01809     8.7605
 DELAWARE                0.74494     0.76447      0.23940     0.21922      0.00206     0.00257      0.01360     0.01373     8.1520
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.14814     0.21009      0.82655     0.77497      0.00068     0.00154      0.02463     0.01341    43.8541
 FLORIDA                 0.74437     0.76531      0.23997     0.21888      0.00294     0.00295      0.01272     0.01286     3.3881
 GEORGIA                 0.62096     0.63816      0.36350     0.34764      0.00150     0.00194      0.01404     0.01227    11.0501
 HAWAII                  0.23009     0.36750      0.04806     0.04403      0.00958     0.00673      0.71228     0.58173    27.8132
 IDAHO                   0.95670     0.96206      0.00528     0.00552      0.02413     0.02270      0.01389     0.00971    13.5757
 ILLINOIS                0.73677     0.77516      0.23333     0.19562      0.00218     0.00251      0.02772     0.02671    10.2296
 INDIANA                 0.87082     0.88453      0.11794     0.10646      0.00217     0.00237      0.00907     0.00663    14.3291
 IOWA                    0.94875     0.95279      0.03184     0.03061      0.00587     0.00506      0.01354     0.01154     9.4571
 KANSAS                  0.87455     0.88626      0.09683     0.08695      0.01097     0.01217      0.01765     0.01462    10.8088
 KENTUCKY                0.89114     0.89484      0.10012     0.09800      0.00134     0.00136      0.00740     0.00580     7.8883
 LOUISIANA               0.57089     0.59286      0.41289     0.39110      0.00474     0.00504      0.01148     0.01101     4.8507
 MAINE                   0.97503     0.97829      0.00758     0.00825      0.01039     0.00601      0.00700     0.00745    21.7928
 MARYLAND                0.64215     0.67544      0.32287     0.29216      0.00266     0.00289      0.03232     0.02951     8.2021
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85173     0.87712      0.10781     0.08703      0.00274     0.00279      0.03772     0.03306    10.7120
 MICHIGAN                0.76938     0.77776      0.21039     0.20196      0.00824     0.00765      0.01199     0.01263     4.5018
 MINNESOTA               0.89836     0.90498      0.04412     0.04153      0.02419     0.02181      0.03333     0.03168     5.7722
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51128     0.53287      0.47588     0.45577      0.00543     0.00501      0.00741     0.00635     8.3607
 MISSOURI                0.80795     0.83610      0.17475     0.15130      0.00548     0.00405      0.01182     0.00854    23.1072
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657    20.5230
 NEBRASKA                0.90887     0.91910      0.06236     0.05818      0.01704     0.01420      0.01173     0.00852    16.4968
 NEVADA                  0.83635     0.84941      0.10233     0.09664      0.02224     0.02315      0.03907     0.03081     9.5357
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97759     0.97846      0.01121     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00940     0.00964     4.2448
 NEW JERSEY              0.75268     0.77916      0.20532     0.17597      0.00256     0.00241      0.03944     0.04246     8.3922
 NEW MEXICO              0.80520     0.81533      0.02728     0.02682      0.15583     0.14733      0.01169     0.01051     4.9700
 NEW YORK                0.72782     0.73239      0.22641     0.22109      0.00287     0.00516      0.04290     0.04136    12.7743
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67030     0.68639      0.30125     0.28762      0.01726     0.01603      0.01119     0.00996     6.7842
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87163     0.90019      0.01254     0.01369      0.10508     0.07913      0.01075     0.00700    24.4894
 OHIO                    0.82547     0.83829      0.16274     0.15131      0.00222     0.00189      0.00957     0.00851     9.8705
 OKLAHOMA                0.75066     0.76121      0.11688     0.10902      0.11782     0.11747      0.01464     0.01230     6.9855
 OREGON                  0.90762     0.92488      0.03123     0.02600      0.02523     0.02088      0.03592     0.02824    17.5070
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82272     0.85103      0.15930     0.13351      0.00194     0.00147      0.01604     0.01399    17.1833
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86622     0.89074      0.08863     0.07297      0.01000     0.00561      0.03516     0.03067    29.2314
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59843     0.61110      0.39133     0.38030      0.00234     0.00224      0.00790     0.00636     8.3241
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.81998     0.83919      0.01135     0.01073      0.16015     0.14444      0.00852     0.00563    17.5229
 TENNESSEE               0.75005     0.76385      0.23939     0.22722      0.00209     0.00161      0.00846     0.00732    13.0330
 TEXAS                   0.83015     0.83291      0.14607     0.14327      0.00302     0.00393      0.02077     0.01989     7.4434
 UTAH                    0.93504     0.94618      0.01078     0.00944      0.02479     0.02313      0.02939     0.02125    15.2279
 VERMONT                 0.98744     0.98534      0.00550     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00514     0.00563    11.2701
 VIRGINIA                0.72092     0.73585      0.24770     0.23536      0.00169     0.00232      0.02969     0.02646    11.6926
 WASHINGTON              0.85603     0.88003      0.05321     0.04500      0.03085     0.02684      0.05990     0.04813    15.0963
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95295     0.95268      0.04184     0.04264      0.00095     0.00124      0.00426     0.00344    12.2039
 WISCONSIN               0.86162     0.86954      0.10038     0.09457      0.01401     0.01331      0.02400     0.02258     4.6573
 WYOMING                 0.93153     0.94296      0.01595     0.01366      0.04287     0.03698      0.00966     0.00640    21.1879
 US Total                0.77647     0.79291      0.17497     0.16185      0.01210     0.01214      0.03646     0.03311     5.1481