Table 15.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                 (using NCHS race of father -- 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                 0.57164     0.66381      0.12082     0.32679      0.30264     0.00349      0.00491     0.00591     2164.58
 ALASKA                  0.66756     0.69012      0.04978     0.05704      0.25542     0.22186      0.02725     0.03099       10.79
 ARIZONA                 0.67977     0.83399      0.02328     0.04436      0.28511     0.10464      0.01185     0.01700       67.20
 ARKANSAS                0.67887     0.75934      0.13008     0.22788      0.18608     0.00632      0.00497     0.00646      730.18
 CALIFORNIA              0.78958     0.79884      0.09018     0.09242      0.03783     0.01068      0.08240     0.09806       68.48
 COLORADO                0.74503     0.90875      0.03112     0.05847      0.20755     0.01226      0.01630     0.02052      419.43
 CONNECTICUT             0.76625     0.85233      0.08247     0.12705      0.13590     0.00254      0.01538     0.01809     1329.13
 DELAWARE                0.62988     0.76447      0.07249     0.21922      0.28779     0.00257      0.00985     0.01373     2797.71
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.13394     0.21009      0.18192     0.77497      0.67020     0.00154      0.01394     0.01341    10896.17
 FLORIDA                 0.67130     0.76531      0.13699     0.21888      0.18295     0.00295      0.00877     0.01286     1548.10
 GEORGIA                 0.57953     0.63816      0.22667     0.34764      0.18266     0.00194      0.01114     0.01227     2346.75
 HAWAII                  0.30148     0.36750      0.04464     0.04403      0.11471     0.00673      0.53916     0.58173      407.58
 IDAHO                   0.86419     0.96206      0.00434     0.00552      0.12387     0.02270      0.00760     0.00971      124.75
 ILLINOIS                0.69906     0.77516      0.18777     0.19562      0.09058     0.00251      0.02258     0.02671      885.06
 INDIANA                 0.78194     0.88453      0.05652     0.10646      0.15520     0.00237      0.00633     0.00663     1627.34
 IOWA                    0.82568     0.95279      0.01434     0.03061      0.15018     0.00506      0.00981     0.01154      737.42
 KANSAS                  0.81765     0.88626      0.06301     0.08695      0.10689     0.01217      0.01245     0.01462      207.05
 KENTUCKY                0.73954     0.89484      0.03603     0.09800      0.22012     0.00136      0.00430     0.00580     4051.86
 LOUISIANA               0.52177     0.59286      0.16941     0.39110      0.29996     0.00504      0.00887     0.01101     1485.71
 MAINE                   0.84896     0.97829      0.00494     0.00825      0.14232     0.00601      0.00379     0.00745      592.24
 MARYLAND                0.63023     0.67544      0.28050     0.29216      0.06361     0.00289      0.02566     0.02951      530.84
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.78657     0.87712      0.05989     0.08703      0.12658     0.00279      0.02697     0.03306     1123.90
 MICHIGAN                0.66249     0.77776      0.06329     0.20196      0.26517     0.00765      0.00905     0.01263      869.92
 MINNESOTA               0.81855     0.90498      0.02147     0.04153      0.13419     0.02181      0.02579     0.03168      147.95
 MISSISSIPPI             0.47452     0.53287      0.21466     0.45577      0.30575     0.00501      0.00507     0.00635     1521.58
 MISSOURI                0.72122     0.83610      0.07690     0.15130      0.19398     0.00405      0.00791     0.00854     1188.50
 MONTANA                 0.78953     0.87508      0.00460     0.00513      0.20153     0.11322      0.00434     0.00657       33.01
 NEBRASKA                0.83449     0.91910      0.02914     0.05818      0.12879     0.01420      0.00757     0.00852      219.30
 NEVADA                  0.71367     0.84941      0.04315     0.09664      0.21871     0.02315      0.02448     0.03081      234.20
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.89421     0.97846      0.00849     0.01004      0.09085     0.00186      0.00645     0.00964     1209.60
 NEW JERSEY              0.70495     0.77916      0.11781     0.17597      0.14332     0.00241      0.03391     0.04246     1477.85
 NEW MEXICO              0.65718     0.81533      0.01611     0.02682      0.32004     0.14733      0.00667     0.01051       53.27
 NEW YORK                0.65407     0.73239      0.12817     0.22109      0.18015     0.00516      0.03760     0.04136      862.57
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.63246     0.68639      0.16444     0.28762      0.19533     0.01603      0.00777     0.00996      297.76
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.82768     0.90019      0.01086     0.01369      0.15599     0.07913      0.00548     0.00700       36.88
 OHIO                    0.75834     0.83829      0.09795     0.15131      0.13654     0.00189      0.00717     0.00851     1799.89
 OKLAHOMA                0.69096     0.76121      0.05193     0.10902      0.24641     0.11747      0.01070     0.01230       46.10
 OREGON                  0.79365     0.92488      0.01980     0.02600      0.16262     0.02088      0.02393     0.02824      183.07
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.81372     0.85103      0.14758     0.13351      0.02562     0.00147      0.01308     0.01399      414.81
 RHODE ISLAND            0.78101     0.89074      0.04851     0.07297      0.14774     0.00561      0.02274     0.03067      650.89
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.53265     0.61110      0.16395     0.38030      0.29884     0.00224      0.00456     0.00636     3327.95
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.78473     0.83919      0.00980     0.01073      0.20108     0.14444      0.00440     0.00563       19.10
 TENNESSEE               0.68144     0.76385      0.10381     0.22722      0.20865     0.00161      0.00610     0.00732     3228.17
 TEXAS                   0.71995     0.83291      0.07115     0.14327      0.19264     0.00393      0.01627     0.01989     1222.24
 UTAH                    0.87981     0.94618      0.00731     0.00944      0.09181     0.02313      0.02106     0.02125       81.84
 VERMONT                 0.94416     0.98534      0.00311     0.00669      0.05034     0.00235      0.00239     0.00563      540.25
 VIRGINIA                0.63795     0.73585      0.12505     0.23536      0.21552     0.00232      0.02148     0.02646     2313.68
 WASHINGTON              0.79756     0.88003      0.03991     0.04500      0.12365     0.02684      0.03887     0.04813      100.16
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.77046     0.95268      0.01680     0.04264      0.20994     0.00124      0.00281     0.00344     4234.79
 WISCONSIN               0.74731     0.86954      0.02382     0.09457      0.20836     0.01331      0.02051     0.02258      390.99
 WYOMING                 0.84506     0.94296      0.01112     0.01366      0.13884     0.03698      0.00497     0.00640       81.66
 US Total                0.71340     0.79291      0.10151     0.16185      0.15666     0.01214      0.02844     0.03311      313.03