Table 7. Evaluation of 1990 Final County Estimates by State and Region Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: June 20, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | MEASURES OF DIFFERENCE | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Mean | Mean | Weighted | Root Mean | Index of | 50th | | | Algebraic | Absolute | Mean Abso- | Square | Dissimi- | Percentile | 90th AREA | NUMBER | Percent Error | Percent Error | lute Error | Error | larity | (Median) | Percentile ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States 3140 1.8 3.6 2.3 4.9 1.1 2.7 7.4 Northeast 217 0.6 2.1 1.6 3.0 0.8 1.6 4.4 Midwest 1055 2.4 3.2 2.1 4.1 0.9 2.6 6.4 South 1424 1.7 4.0 2.9 5.4 1.4 3.1 8.4 West 444 0.8 4.1 2.0 5.7 1.0 2.9 9.1 Maine 16 0.4 1.4 1.7 1.8 0.9 0.9 3.7 New Hampshire 10 1.1 2.2 1.4 2.8 0.7 1.7 5.2 Vermont 14 3.2 3.2 1.9 4.6 0.7 2.2 5.9 Massachusetts 14 -0.5 2.0 1.9 2.7 0.5 1.5 3.0 Rhode Island 5 -1.9 2.3 1.4 2.8 0.8 2.3 4.4 Connecticut 8 -1.8 1.8 1.5 2.0 0.3 1.5 3.3 New York 62 -0.5 1.6 1.2 2.1 0.6 1.3 3.5 New Jersey 21 -0.1 2.1 2.0 2.5 1.0 2.0 3.8 Pennsylvania 67 1.8 2.6 1.8 3.7 0.5 1.9 6.2 Ohio 88 1.0 1.6 1.1 2.0 0.4 1.2 3.4 Indiana 92 2.1 2.6 2.0 3.1 0.8 2.3 5.2 Illinois 102 2.1 2.8 2.6 3.5 0.7 2.3 5.1 Michigan 83 2.0 3.1 1.8 3.8 0.9 2.5 6.5 Wisconsin 72 2.5 3.3 2.6 4.0 1.3 3.0 5.6 Minnesota 87 2.2 3.0 1.9 3.6 0.9 2.9 5.6 Iowa 99 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.0 0.9 3.4 6.2 Missouri 115 1.9 2.8 1.9 3.6 0.7 2.2 5.6 North Dakota 53 4.5 4.6 3.2 5.5 1.4 4.4 8.0 South Dakota 66 3.8 4.4 3.4 6.0 1.3 3.3 10.1 Nebraska 93 4.4 4.5 2.7 6.1 0.7 3.9 7.8 Kansas 105 1.1 3.2 3.0 4.0 1.1 2.5 6.8 Delaware 3 3.1 3.1 2.4 4.0 0.7 1.7 6.6 Maryland 24 -0.5 2.2 1.6 3.2 0.8 1.3 5.3 Virginia 136 1.2 5.1 4.1 7.6 2.0 3.3 10.8 West Virginia 55 2.5 3.5 3.4 4.3 1.0 3.2 6.6 North Carolina 100 2.0 3.2 2.7 4.0 1.3 2.8 6.2 South Carolina 46 1.5 3.9 3.1 4.7 1.4 3.7 7.0 Georgia 159 1.0 3.7 2.7 5.0 1.3 2.8 8.3 Florida 67 2.7 4.9 2.8 6.3 1.4 3.7 11.1 Kentucky 120 1.4 3.4 3.0 4.3 1.2 2.9 6.3 Tennessee 95 3.2 3.5 2.2 4.4 0.8 2.9 6.6 Alabama 67 1.9 2.7 3.1 3.5 1.1 2.1 6.3 Mississippi 82 1.5 3.9 3.7 5.2 1.9 2.8 9.6 Arkansas 75 3.2 3.6 3.2 4.7 1.1 3.0 8.3 Louisiana 64 4.4 4.9 3.7 6.0 1.0 4.4 10.0 Oklahoma 77 3.4 4.4 3.7 5.6 1.2 3.9 8.6 Texas 254 0.2 4.4 2.8 6.3 1.2 3.2 9.6 Montana 57 2.0 4.3 2.8 6.2 1.3 3.3 9.9 Idaho 44 0.1 4.1 3.2 5.3 1.2 3.0 11.1 Wyoming 23 5.4 6.2 5.1 7.2 1.8 5.8 11.1 Colorado 63 1.5 4.4 2.7 5.5 1.2 4.0 9.1 New Mexico 33 0.0 4.0 4.3 5.6 2.0 2.9 6.7 Arizona 15 -2.9 5.5 2.1 6.7 0.8 5.7 11.8 Utah 29 0.5 3.8 2.4 4.8 1.2 3.2 8.2 Nevada 17 -3.6 4.7 2.6 6.7 0.4 2.7 9.9 Washington 39 1.1 2.4 1.1 3.2 0.6 2.1 5.1 Oregon 36 2.0 3.0 2.3 4.0 1.1 2.7 5.5 California 58 1.7 2.8 1.7 4.2 0.7 1.6 8.3 Alaska 25 -4.7 7.2 4.4 10.1 1.6 5.1 15.7 Hawaii 5 5.5 5.8 1.9 9.3 0.3 2.0 20.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------