Table 5.  NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error     
                                                    (using NCHS race of mother)

  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                 0.64808     0.66381      0.34414     0.32679      0.00108     0.00349      0.00670     0.00591    22.5291
 ALASKA                  0.68169     0.69012      0.04600     0.05704      0.23345     0.22186      0.03887     0.03099    12.8022
 ARIZONA                 0.85377     0.83399      0.03704     0.04436      0.09453     0.10464      0.01465     0.01700    10.5844
 ARKANSAS                0.75638     0.75934      0.23272     0.22788      0.00480     0.00632      0.00609     0.00646     8.0623
 CALIFORNIA              0.81869     0.79884      0.08282     0.09242      0.00578     0.01068      0.09272     0.09806    16.0558
 COLORADO                0.91696     0.90875      0.05219     0.05847      0.00916     0.01226      0.02169     0.02052    10.6622
 CONNECTICUT             0.85027     0.85233      0.12863     0.12705      0.00184     0.00254      0.01926     0.01809     8.8950
 DELAWARE                0.75183     0.76447      0.23400     0.21922      0.00141     0.00257      0.01276     0.01373    15.2004
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    0.16498     0.21009      0.80952     0.77497      0.00081     0.00154      0.02470     0.01341    39.4058
 FLORIDA                 0.75513     0.76531      0.23186     0.21888      0.00171     0.00295      0.01130     0.01286    15.3182
 GEORGIA                 0.62914     0.63816      0.35690     0.34764      0.00099     0.00194      0.01297     0.01227    14.6447
 HAWAII                  0.30529     0.36750      0.03466     0.04403      0.00938     0.00673      0.65068     0.58173    22.3373
 IDAHO                   0.96737     0.96206      0.00220     0.00552      0.02031     0.02270      0.01012     0.00971    18.8719
 ILLINOIS                0.74904     0.77516      0.22378     0.19562      0.00149     0.00251      0.02569     0.02671    15.5821
 INDIANA                 0.88356     0.88453      0.10795     0.10646      0.00106     0.00237      0.00743     0.00663    17.1503
 IOWA                    0.95696     0.95279      0.02646     0.03061      0.00471     0.00506      0.01187     0.01154     5.9364
 KANSAS                  0.89345     0.88626      0.08334     0.08695      0.00738     0.01217      0.01583     0.01462    13.1372
 KENTUCKY                0.89737     0.89484      0.09508     0.09800      0.00092     0.00136      0.00663     0.00580    12.3626
 LOUISIANA               0.57888     0.59286      0.40692     0.39110      0.00321     0.00504      0.01098     0.01101    10.7183
 MAINE                   0.98324     0.97829      0.00448     0.00825      0.00654     0.00601      0.00574     0.00745    19.4835
 MARYLAND                0.66177     0.67544      0.30641     0.29216      0.00183     0.00289      0.02999     0.02951    11.3057
 MASSACHUSETTS           0.86997     0.87712      0.09329     0.08703      0.00186     0.00279      0.03488     0.03306    11.6970
 MICHIGAN                0.77937     0.77776      0.20411     0.20196      0.00575     0.00765      0.01077     0.01263    10.1938
 MINNESOTA               0.91304     0.90498      0.03632     0.04153      0.01998     0.02181      0.03066     0.03168     6.2668
 MISSISSIPPI             0.51415     0.53287      0.47395     0.45577      0.00500     0.00501      0.00690     0.00635     4.0527
 MISSOURI                0.81944     0.83610      0.16715     0.15130      0.00312     0.00405      0.01029     0.00854    13.9670
 MONTANA                 0.86889     0.87508      0.00295     0.00513      0.12086     0.11322      0.00729     0.00657    15.2641
 NEBRASKA                0.92010     0.91910      0.05537     0.05818      0.01449     0.01420      0.01004     0.00852     6.2185
 NEVADA                  0.86068     0.84941      0.09039     0.09664      0.01636     0.02315      0.03257     0.03081    10.7020
 NEW HAMPSHIRE           0.98500     0.97846      0.00651     0.01004      0.00136     0.00186      0.00713     0.00964    22.2155
 NEW JERSEY              0.76634     0.77916      0.19439     0.17597      0.00196     0.00241      0.03731     0.04246    10.6895
 NEW MEXICO              0.82188     0.81533      0.01892     0.02682      0.14965     0.14733      0.00955     0.01051    10.2500
 NEW YORK                0.74129     0.73239      0.21566     0.22109      0.00209     0.00516      0.04096     0.04136    16.0465
 NORTH CAROLINA          0.68277     0.68639      0.29280     0.28762      0.01447     0.01603      0.00996     0.00996     3.0182
 NORTH DAKOTA            0.89196     0.90019      0.00801     0.01369      0.09086     0.07913      0.00917     0.00700    22.0648
 OHIO                    0.83802     0.83829      0.15261     0.15131      0.00115     0.00189      0.00822     0.00851    10.8727
 OKLAHOMA                0.79490     0.76121      0.10749     0.10902      0.08489     0.11747      0.01271     0.01230     9.2290
 OREGON                  0.93230     0.92488      0.02161     0.02600      0.01752     0.02088      0.02856     0.02824     8.7167
 PENNSYLVANIA            0.83825     0.85103      0.14590     0.13351      0.00106     0.00147      0.01479     0.01399    11.1346
 RHODE ISLAND            0.88450     0.89074      0.07492     0.07297      0.00826     0.00561      0.03232     0.03067    13.9939
 SOUTH CAROLINA          0.60552     0.61110      0.38573     0.38030      0.00153     0.00224      0.00722     0.00636    11.9623
 SOUTH DAKOTA            0.83500     0.83919      0.00613     0.01073      0.15173     0.14444      0.00714     0.00563    18.7844
 TENNESSEE               0.75784     0.76385      0.23332     0.22722      0.00131     0.00161      0.00753     0.00732     6.3452
 TEXAS                   0.84068     0.83291      0.13838     0.14327      0.00188     0.00393      0.01906     0.01989    15.1700
 UTAH                    0.94993     0.94618      0.00587     0.00944      0.02124     0.02313      0.02296     0.02125    13.5891
 VERMONT                 0.99079     0.98534      0.00323     0.00669      0.00156     0.00235      0.00443     0.00563    26.8290
 VIRGINIA                0.73259     0.73585      0.23907     0.23536      0.00100     0.00232      0.02735     0.02646    15.6283
 WASHINGTON              0.88569     0.88003      0.03814     0.04500      0.02474     0.02684      0.05143     0.04813     7.6377
 WEST VIRGINIA           0.95888     0.95268      0.03691     0.04264      0.00054     0.00124      0.00367     0.00344    19.1992
 WISCONSIN               0.87027     0.86954      0.09619     0.09457      0.01113     0.01331      0.02241     0.02258     4.7183
 WYOMING                 0.94469     0.94296      0.01083     0.01366      0.03644     0.03698      0.00805     0.00640    12.0252
 US Total                0.79221     0.79291      0.16498     0.16185      0.00969     0.01214      0.03311     0.03311     5.5407