Table 13.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                  (using NCHS race of child -- 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                 0.64404     0.66381      0.34668     0.32679      0.00193     0.00349      0.00736     0.00591     19.559
 ALASKA                  0.63953     0.69012      0.06130     0.05704      0.25361     0.22186      0.04556     0.03099     19.037
 ARIZONA                 0.83798     0.83399      0.04556     0.04436      0.09875     0.10464      0.01771     0.01700      3.244
 ARKANSAS                0.74700     0.75934      0.23710     0.22788      0.00854     0.00632      0.00736     0.00646     13.640
 CALIFORNIA              0.79019     0.79884      0.09737     0.09242      0.01016     0.01068      0.10228     0.09806      3.889
 COLORADO                0.90089     0.90875      0.06158     0.05847      0.01283     0.01226      0.02470     0.02052      7.792
 CONNECTICUT             0.83425     0.85233      0.14093     0.12705      0.00333     0.00254      0.02149     0.01809     15.775
 DELAWARE                0.74494     0.76447      0.23875     0.21922      0.00272     0.00257      0.01360     0.01373      4.516
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.14814     0.21009      0.77694     0.77497      0.05029     0.00154      0.02463     0.01341    820.689
 FLORIDA                 0.74437     0.76531      0.23928     0.21888      0.00364     0.00295      0.01272     0.01286      9.138
 GEORGIA                 0.62096     0.63816      0.36336     0.34764      0.00165     0.00194      0.01404     0.01227      9.161
 HAWAII                  0.23009     0.36750      0.04795     0.04403      0.00968     0.00673      0.71228     0.58173     28.134
 IDAHO                   0.95670     0.96206      0.00478     0.00552      0.02464     0.02270      0.01389     0.00971     16.405
 ILLINOIS                0.73677     0.77516      0.23283     0.19562      0.00268     0.00251      0.02772     0.02671      8.678
 INDIANA                 0.87082     0.88453      0.11583     0.10646      0.00429     0.00237      0.00907     0.00663     31.986
 IOWA                    0.94875     0.95279      0.03177     0.03061      0.00595     0.00506      0.01354     0.01154      9.776
 KANSAS                  0.87455     0.88626      0.09538     0.08695      0.01242     0.01217      0.01765     0.01462      8.428
 KENTUCKY                0.89114     0.89484      0.09990     0.09800      0.00157     0.00136      0.00740     0.00580     11.311
 LOUISIANA               0.57089     0.59286      0.40871     0.39110      0.00893     0.00504      0.01148     0.01101     22.425
 MAINE                   0.97503     0.97829      0.00712     0.00825      0.01085     0.00601      0.00700     0.00745     25.094
 MARYLAND                0.64215     0.67544      0.31812     0.29216      0.00742     0.00289      0.03232     0.02951     44.965
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.85173     0.87712      0.10609     0.08703      0.00445     0.00279      0.03772     0.03306     24.630
 MICHIGAN                0.76938     0.77776      0.20987     0.20196      0.00876     0.00765      0.01199     0.01263      6.137
 MINNESOTA               0.89836     0.90498      0.04398     0.04153      0.02434     0.02181      0.03333     0.03168      5.853
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51128     0.53287      0.47583     0.45577      0.00547     0.00501      0.00741     0.00635      8.591
 MISSOURI                0.80795     0.83610      0.17421     0.15130      0.00602     0.00405      0.01182     0.00854     26.358
 MONTANA                 0.84258     0.87508      0.00590     0.00513      0.14249     0.11322      0.00903     0.00657     20.523
 NEBRASKA                0.90887     0.91910      0.06224     0.05818      0.01716     0.01420      0.01173     0.00852     16.661
 NEVADA                  0.83635     0.84941      0.10059     0.09664      0.02398     0.02315      0.03907     0.03081      9.014
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.97759     0.97846      0.01087     0.01004      0.00215     0.00186      0.00940     0.00964      6.621
 NEW JERSEY              0.75268     0.77916      0.20449     0.17597      0.00339     0.00241      0.03944     0.04246     16.827
 NEW MEXICO              0.80520     0.81533      0.02702     0.02682      0.15609     0.14733      0.01169     0.01051      4.773
 NEW YORK                0.72782     0.73239      0.22626     0.22109      0.00302     0.00516      0.04290     0.04136     12.027
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.67030     0.68639      0.30022     0.28762      0.01829     0.01603      0.01119     0.00996      8.291
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.87163     0.90019      0.01244     0.01369      0.10519     0.07913      0.01075     0.00700     24.715
 OHIO                    0.82547     0.83829      0.16242     0.15131      0.00254     0.00189      0.00957     0.00851     14.042
 OKLAHOMA                0.75066     0.76121      0.11669     0.10902      0.11801     0.11747      0.01464     0.01230      6.982
 OREGON                  0.90762     0.92488      0.02934     0.02600      0.02712     0.02088      0.03592     0.02824     17.952
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.82272     0.85103      0.15891     0.13351      0.00233     0.00147      0.01604     0.01399     23.741
 RHODE ISLAND            0.86622     0.89074      0.08668     0.07297      0.01194     0.00561      0.03516     0.03067     37.230
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.59843     0.61110      0.39026     0.38030      0.00341     0.00224      0.00790     0.00636     20.182
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.81998     0.83919      0.01117     0.01073      0.16033     0.14444      0.00852     0.00563     17.128
 TENNESSEE               0.75005     0.76385      0.23930     0.22722      0.00218     0.00161      0.00846     0.00732     14.512
 TEXAS                   0.83015     0.83291      0.14576     0.14327      0.00332     0.00393      0.02077     0.01989      5.460
 UTAH                    0.93504     0.94618      0.01014     0.00944      0.02544     0.02313      0.02939     0.02125     14.210
 VERMONT                 0.98744     0.98534      0.00466     0.00669      0.00275     0.00235      0.00514     0.00563     14.094
 VIRGINIA                0.72092     0.73585      0.24687     0.23536      0.00253     0.00232      0.02969     0.02646      6.985
 WASHINGTON              0.85603     0.88003      0.05307     0.04500      0.03099     0.02684      0.05990     0.04813     15.151
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95295     0.95268      0.04166     0.04264      0.00113     0.00124      0.00426     0.00344      8.656
 WISCONSIN               0.86162     0.86954      0.10036     0.09457      0.01402     0.01331      0.02400     0.02258      4.680
 WYOMING                 0.93153     0.94296      0.01551     0.01366      0.04331     0.03698      0.00966     0.00640     20.681
 US Total                0.77647     0.79291      0.17407     0.16185      0.01300     0.01214      0.03646     0.03311      6.714