Table 6.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error    
                                                    (using NCHS race of father)

  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                 0.81865     0.66381      0.17303     0.32679      0.00129     0.00349      0.00703     0.00591    38.0977
 ALASKA                  0.76555     0.69012      0.05708     0.05704      0.14611     0.22186      0.03125     0.03099    11.5033
 ARIZONA                 0.88432     0.83399      0.03028     0.04436      0.06999     0.10464      0.01541     0.01700    20.0621
 ARKANSAS                0.82918     0.75934      0.15888     0.22788      0.00587     0.00632      0.00607     0.00646    13.1902
 CALIFORNIA              0.81631     0.79884      0.09324     0.09242      0.00527     0.01068      0.08519     0.09806    16.7110
 COLORADO                0.93408     0.90875      0.03902     0.05847      0.00646     0.01226      0.02044     0.02052    20.9450
 CONNECTICUT             0.88550     0.85233      0.09531     0.12705      0.00142     0.00254      0.01777     0.01809    18.6398
 DELAWARE                0.88300     0.76447      0.10162     0.21922      0.00158     0.00257      0.01380     0.01373    27.1010
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.40570     0.21009      0.55104     0.77497      0.00104     0.00154      0.04223     0.01341    92.4138
 FLORIDA                 0.81979     0.76531      0.16730     0.21888      0.00220     0.00295      0.01070     0.01286    18.1556
 GEORGIA                 0.70823     0.63816      0.27700     0.34764      0.00116     0.00194      0.01361     0.01227    20.6399
 HAWAII                  0.33732     0.36750      0.04995     0.04403      0.00947     0.00673      0.60326     0.58173    16.4792
 IDAHO                   0.97139     0.96206      0.00487     0.00552      0.01519     0.02270      0.00855     0.00971    14.4516
 ILLINOIS                0.76767     0.77516      0.20620     0.19562      0.00133     0.00251      0.02480     0.02671    15.1718
 INDIANA                 0.92420     0.88453      0.06680     0.10646      0.00151     0.00237      0.00748     0.00663    22.7061
 IOWA                    0.96906     0.95279      0.01683     0.03061      0.00260     0.00506      0.01151     0.01154    23.8986
 KANSAS                  0.90938     0.88626      0.07008     0.08695      0.00671     0.01217      0.01384     0.01462    18.0696
 KENTUCKY                0.94743     0.89484      0.04616     0.09800      0.00089     0.00136      0.00551     0.00580    24.4640
 LOUISIANA               0.74255     0.59286      0.24109     0.39110      0.00373     0.00504      0.01262     0.01101    26.0337
 MAINE                   0.98436     0.97829      0.00572     0.00825      0.00552     0.00601      0.00439     0.00745    20.0835
 MARYLAND                0.67177     0.67544      0.29899     0.29216      0.00189     0.00289      0.02735     0.02951    11.2224
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.89903     0.87712      0.06845     0.08703      0.00170     0.00279      0.03082     0.03306    17.4136
 MICHIGAN                0.89718     0.77776      0.08571     0.20196      0.00485     0.00765      0.01225     0.01263    28.1036
 MINNESOTA               0.93338     0.90498      0.02448     0.04153      0.01273     0.02181      0.02941     0.03168    23.2529
 MISSISSIPPI             0.68024     0.53287      0.30772     0.45577      0.00476     0.00501      0.00727     0.00635    19.9102
 MISSOURI                0.89156     0.83610      0.09506     0.15130      0.00360     0.00405      0.00978     0.00854    17.3424
 MONTANA                 0.89270     0.87508      0.00520     0.00513      0.09719     0.11322      0.00491     0.00657    10.6843
 NEBRASKA                0.95112     0.91910      0.03321     0.05818      0.00704     0.01420      0.00863     0.00852    24.5380
 NEVADA                  0.90091     0.84941      0.05447     0.09664      0.01373     0.02315      0.03090     0.03081    22.6704
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98252     0.97846      0.00933     0.01004      0.00106     0.00186      0.00709     0.00964    19.2910
 NEW JERSEY              0.82112     0.77916      0.13723     0.17597      0.00215     0.00241      0.03950     0.04246    11.2761
 NEW MEXICO              0.86429     0.81533      0.02119     0.02682      0.10575     0.14733      0.00878     0.01051    17.9421
 NEW YORK                0.79616     0.73239      0.15602     0.22109      0.00205     0.00516      0.04577     0.04136    27.2602
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.77621     0.68639      0.20182     0.28762      0.01244     0.01603      0.00953     0.00996    17.4025
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.92096     0.90019      0.01208     0.01369      0.06087     0.07913      0.00610     0.00700    12.4947
 OHIO                    0.87692     0.83829      0.11326     0.15131      0.00152     0.00189      0.00829     0.00851    12.8772
 OKLAHOMA                0.85002     0.76121      0.06388     0.10902      0.07294     0.11747      0.01316     0.01230    24.4884
 OREGON                  0.93483     0.92488      0.02332     0.02600      0.01367     0.02088      0.02819     0.02824    11.5335
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83400     0.85103      0.15126     0.13351      0.00134     0.00147      0.01340     0.01399     7.2143
 RHODE ISLAND            0.91116     0.89074      0.05659     0.07297      0.00571     0.00561      0.02653     0.03067    10.0032
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.75817     0.61110      0.23336     0.38030      0.00197     0.00224      0.00650     0.00636    19.2410
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.88799     0.83919      0.01109     0.01073      0.09595     0.14444      0.00497     0.00563    13.6053
 TENNESSEE               0.85983     0.76385      0.13098     0.22722      0.00149     0.00161      0.00770     0.00732    16.9035
 TEXAS                   0.88990     0.83291      0.08794     0.14327      0.00205     0.00393      0.02011     0.01989    23.5968
 UTAH                    0.95358     0.94618      0.00793     0.00944      0.01567     0.02313      0.02283     0.02125    14.1170
 VERMONT                 0.99333     0.98534      0.00327     0.00669      0.00088     0.00235      0.00252     0.00563    42.4175
 VIRGINIA                0.81221     0.73585      0.15921     0.23536      0.00123     0.00232      0.02735     0.02646    23.3203
 WASHINGTON              0.89481     0.88003      0.04478     0.04500      0.01680     0.02684      0.04361     0.04813    12.2392
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.97457     0.95268      0.02125     0.04264      0.00063     0.00124      0.00355     0.00344    26.1954
 WISCONSIN               0.93735     0.86954      0.02987     0.09457      0.00705     0.01331      0.02572     0.02258    34.2892
 WYOMING                 0.95376     0.94296      0.01255     0.01366      0.02807     0.03698      0.00561     0.00640    11.4097
 US Total                0.83954     0.79291      0.11946     0.16185      0.00754     0.01214      0.03346     0.03311    17.7644