Table 21.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error   
                                      (using NCHS race of father -- unknowns recoded randomly)

  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                 0.79873     0.66381      0.19278     0.32679      0.00138     0.00349      0.00710     0.00591     35.454
 ALASKA                  0.75086     0.69012      0.05769     0.05704      0.15930     0.22186      0.03215     0.03099     10.474
 ARIZONA                 0.87294     0.83399      0.03129     0.04436      0.08014     0.10464      0.01563     0.01700     16.402
 ARKANSAS                0.81544     0.75934      0.17364     0.22788      0.00539     0.00632      0.00553     0.00646     15.076
 CALIFORNIA              0.81572     0.79884      0.09322     0.09242      0.00529     0.01068      0.08577     0.09806     16.480
 COLORADO                0.93146     0.90875      0.04013     0.05847      0.00663     0.01226      0.02178     0.02052     21.483
 CONNECTICUT             0.88296     0.85233      0.09843     0.12705      0.00133     0.00254      0.01727     0.01809     19.529
 DELAWARE                0.88110     0.76447      0.10446     0.21922      0.00159     0.00257      0.01285     0.01373     28.032
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.39506     0.21009      0.55662     0.77497      0.00051     0.00154      0.04781     0.01341    109.880
 FLORIDA                 0.80876     0.76531      0.17853     0.21888      0.00219     0.00295      0.01052     0.01286     17.004
 GEORGIA                 0.68070     0.63816      0.30495     0.34764      0.00109     0.00194      0.01327     0.01227     17.680
 HAWAII                  0.33517     0.36750      0.04857     0.04403      0.00953     0.00673      0.60674     0.58173     16.229
 IDAHO                   0.97040     0.96206      0.00490     0.00552      0.01552     0.02270      0.00918     0.00971     12.315
 ILLINOIS                0.76283     0.77516      0.21006     0.19562      0.00150     0.00251      0.02561     0.02671     13.310
 INDIANA                 0.91639     0.88453      0.07468     0.10646      0.00145     0.00237      0.00748     0.00663     21.305
 IOWA                    0.96605     0.95279      0.01938     0.03061      0.00332     0.00506      0.01125     0.01154     18.730
 KANSAS                  0.90527     0.88626      0.07382     0.08695      0.00688     0.01217      0.01402     0.01462     16.200
 KENTUCKY                0.94247     0.89484      0.05098     0.09800      0.00072     0.00136      0.00583     0.00580     25.274
 LOUISIANA               0.70998     0.59286      0.27328     0.39110      0.00371     0.00504      0.01304     0.01101     23.694
 MAINE                   0.98404     0.97829      0.00603     0.00825      0.00563     0.00601      0.00431     0.00745     19.030
 MARYLAND                0.66481     0.67544      0.30555     0.29216      0.00185     0.00289      0.02779     0.02951     12.019
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.88992     0.87712      0.07679     0.08703      0.00182     0.00279      0.03147     0.03306     13.227
 MICHIGAN                0.84658     0.77776      0.13555     0.20196      0.00452     0.00765      0.01335     0.01263     22.055
 MINNESOTA               0.92997     0.90498      0.02617     0.04153      0.01298     0.02181      0.03087     0.03168     20.692
 MISSISSIPPI             0.64472     0.53287      0.34298     0.45577      0.00514     0.00501      0.00716     0.00635     15.267
 MISSOURI                0.87193     0.83610      0.11384     0.15130      0.00346     0.00405      0.01077     0.00854     17.475
 MONTANA                 0.88982     0.87508      0.00538     0.00513      0.10003     0.11322      0.00478     0.00657     11.360
 NEBRASKA                0.94760     0.91910      0.03527     0.05818      0.00761     0.01420      0.00951     0.00852     25.111
 NEVADA                  0.90115     0.84941      0.05571     0.09664      0.01271     0.02315      0.03044     0.03081     23.688
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98268     0.97846      0.00917     0.01004      0.00102     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964     20.099
 NEW JERSEY              0.79882     0.77916      0.15970     0.17597      0.00223     0.00241      0.03925     0.04246      6.657
 NEW MEXICO              0.84450     0.81533      0.02009     0.02682      0.12719     0.14733      0.00822     0.01051     16.036
 NEW YORK                0.77348     0.73239      0.17999     0.22109      0.00216     0.00516      0.04437     0.04136     22.413
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.76194     0.68639      0.21414     0.28762      0.01420     0.01603      0.00971     0.00996     12.605
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.91389     0.90019      0.01191     0.01369      0.06840     0.07913      0.00580     0.00700     11.304
 OHIO                    0.86693     0.83829      0.12306     0.15131      0.00153     0.00189      0.00848     0.00851     10.308
 OKLAHOMA                0.84819     0.76121      0.06676     0.10902      0.07173     0.11747      0.01333     0.01230     24.370
 OREGON                  0.93445     0.92488      0.02337     0.02600      0.01395     0.02088      0.02823     0.02824     11.093
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83240     0.85103      0.15284     0.13351      0.00135     0.00147      0.01342     0.01399      7.384
 RHODE ISLAND            0.90949     0.89074      0.05669     0.07297      0.00570     0.00561      0.02811     0.03067      8.586
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.72093     0.61110      0.27006     0.38030      0.00226     0.00224      0.00674     0.00636     13.482
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.86009     0.83919      0.01108     0.01073      0.12407     0.14444      0.00476     0.00563      8.830
 TENNESSEE               0.83559     0.76385      0.15549     0.22722      0.00147     0.00161      0.00745     0.00732     12.881
 TEXAS                   0.88392     0.83291      0.09409     0.14327      0.00215     0.00393      0.01984     0.01989     21.494
 UTAH                    0.95181     0.94618      0.00827     0.00944      0.01677     0.02313      0.02315     0.02125     12.339
 VERMONT                 0.99283     0.98534      0.00359     0.00669      0.00084     0.00235      0.00275     0.00563     40.647
 VIRGINIA                0.80497     0.73585      0.16697     0.23536      0.00121     0.00232      0.02685     0.02646     21.934
 WASHINGTON              0.89428     0.88003      0.04484     0.04500      0.01664     0.02684      0.04424     0.04813     12.018
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.97405     0.95268      0.02165     0.04264      0.00054     0.00124      0.00376     0.00344     29.204
 WISCONSIN               0.92798     0.86954      0.03923     0.09457      0.00687     0.01331      0.02592     0.02258     32.097
 WYOMING                 0.95128     0.94296      0.01302     0.01366      0.02955     0.03698      0.00614     0.00640      7.406
 US Total                0.82783     0.79291      0.13193     0.16185      0.00818     0.01214      0.03206     0.03311     14.667