Table 4.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error       
                                                     (using NCHS race of child)

  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                 0.64413     0.66381      0.34673     0.32679      0.00179     0.00349      0.00736     0.00591    20.5990
 ALASKA                  0.63975     0.69012      0.06132     0.05704      0.25335     0.22186      0.04558     0.03099    19.0223
 ARIZONA                 0.83811     0.83399      0.04557     0.04436      0.09861     0.10464      0.01771     0.01700     3.2914
 ARKANSAS                0.74711     0.75934      0.23714     0.22788      0.00840     0.00632      0.00736     0.00646    13.0937
 CALIFORNIA              0.79109     0.79884      0.09748     0.09242      0.00904     0.01068      0.10240     0.09806     6.5523
 COLORADO                0.90120     0.90875      0.06160     0.05847      0.01249     0.01226      0.02471     0.02052     7.1143
 CONNECTICUT             0.83486     0.85233      0.14103     0.12705      0.00260     0.00254      0.02151     0.01809     8.6602
 DELAWARE                0.74543     0.76447      0.23890     0.21922      0.00206     0.00257      0.01361     0.01373     8.0496
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.15587     0.21009      0.81749     0.77497      0.00072     0.00154      0.02592     0.01341    44.4594
 FLORIDA                 0.74488     0.76531      0.23944     0.21888      0.00294     0.00295      0.01273     0.01286     3.2766
 GEORGIA                 0.62105     0.63816      0.36341     0.34764      0.00150     0.00194      0.01404     0.01227    11.0412
 HAWAII                  0.23011     0.36750      0.04796     0.04403      0.00958     0.00673      0.71235     0.58173    27.7632
 IDAHO                   0.95718     0.96206      0.00478     0.00552      0.02414     0.02270      0.01390     0.00971    15.8592
 ILLINOIS                0.73713     0.77516      0.23294     0.19562      0.00219     0.00251      0.02774     0.02671    10.1709
 INDIANA                 0.87266     0.88453      0.11607     0.10646      0.00218     0.00237      0.00909     0.00663    13.8618
 IOWA                    0.94882     0.95279      0.03177     0.03061      0.00587     0.00506      0.01354     0.01154     9.3986
 KANSAS                  0.87582     0.88626      0.09552     0.08695      0.01099     0.01217      0.01767     0.01462    10.4072
 KENTUCKY                0.89134     0.89484      0.09992     0.09800      0.00134     0.00136      0.00740     0.00580     7.8323
 LOUISIANA               0.57328     0.59286      0.41042     0.39110      0.00476     0.00504      0.01153     0.01101     4.6026
 MAINE                   0.97548     0.97829      0.00712     0.00825      0.01040     0.00601      0.00701     0.00745    23.1726
 MARYLAND                0.64522     0.67544      0.31964     0.29216      0.00268     0.00289      0.03247     0.02951     7.8324
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85320     0.87712      0.10627     0.08703      0.00274     0.00279      0.03779     0.03306    10.2361
 MICHIGAN                0.76978     0.77776      0.20998     0.20196      0.00824     0.00765      0.01200     0.01263     4.4398
 MINNESOTA               0.89849     0.90498      0.04398     0.04153      0.02419     0.02181      0.03333     0.03168     5.6914
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51131     0.53287      0.47585     0.45577      0.00543     0.00501      0.00741     0.00635     8.3608
 MISSOURI                0.80838     0.83610      0.17431     0.15130      0.00549     0.00405      0.01182     0.00854    23.0573
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657    20.5230
 NEBRASKA                0.90898     0.91910      0.06224     0.05818      0.01704     0.01420      0.01173     0.00852    16.4520
 NEVADA                  0.83781     0.84941      0.10077     0.09664      0.02228     0.02315      0.03914     0.03081     9.1019
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97792     0.97846      0.01087     0.01004      0.00181     0.00186      0.00940     0.00964     3.3832
 NEW JERSEY              0.75331     0.77916      0.20466     0.17597      0.00257     0.00241      0.03947     0.04246     8.2819
 NEW MEXICO              0.80541     0.81533      0.02703     0.02682      0.15587     0.14733      0.01169     0.01051     4.7436
 NEW YORK                0.72793     0.73239      0.22629     0.22109      0.00287     0.00516      0.04290     0.04136    12.7592
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67099     0.68639      0.30053     0.28762      0.01728     0.01603      0.01120     0.00996     6.7533
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87172     0.90019      0.01244     0.01369      0.10509     0.07913      0.01075     0.00700    24.6846
 OHIO                    0.82573     0.83829      0.16247     0.15131      0.00223     0.00189      0.00957     0.00851     9.8370
 OKLAHOMA                0.75080     0.76121      0.11671     0.10902      0.11784     0.11747      0.01465     0.01230     6.9525
 OREGON                  0.90933     0.92488      0.02940     0.02600      0.02528     0.02088      0.03599     0.02824    15.8183
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82304     0.85103      0.15898     0.13351      0.00194     0.00147      0.01605     0.01399    17.1364
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86791     0.89074      0.08685     0.07297      0.01002     0.00561      0.03522     0.03067    28.7180
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59908     0.61110      0.39068     0.38030      0.00234     0.00224      0.00791     0.00636     8.3161
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.82013     0.83919      0.01117     0.01073      0.16018     0.14444      0.00852     0.00563    17.1086
 TENNESSEE               0.75013     0.76385      0.23932     0.22722      0.00209     0.00161      0.00846     0.00732    13.0284
 TEXAS                   0.83040     0.83291      0.14581     0.14327      0.00302     0.00393      0.02077     0.01989     7.3927
 UTAH                    0.93564     0.94618      0.01014     0.00944      0.02480     0.02313      0.02941     0.02125    13.5489
 VERMONT                 0.98827     0.98534      0.00467     0.00669      0.00191     0.00235      0.00515     0.00563    14.3700
 VIRGINIA                0.72152     0.73585      0.24707     0.23536      0.00169     0.00232      0.02971     0.02646    11.6132
 WASHINGTON              0.85615     0.88003      0.05308     0.04500      0.03085     0.02684      0.05991     0.04813    15.0251
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95312     0.95268      0.04167     0.04264      0.00095     0.00124      0.00426     0.00344    12.3123
 WISCONSIN               0.86163     0.86954      0.10036     0.09457      0.01401     0.01331      0.02400     0.02258     4.6544
 WYOMING                 0.93194     0.94296      0.01552     0.01366      0.04289     0.03698      0.00966     0.00640    20.4152
 US Total                0.77717     0.79291      0.17423     0.16185      0.01211     0.01214      0.03650     0.03311     5.0142