Table 4. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of child) 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 0.64413 0.66381 0.34673 0.32679 0.00179 0.00349 0.00736 0.00591 20.5990 ALASKA 0.63975 0.69012 0.06132 0.05704 0.25335 0.22186 0.04558 0.03099 19.0223 ARIZONA 0.83811 0.83399 0.04557 0.04436 0.09861 0.10464 0.01771 0.01700 3.2914 ARKANSAS 0.74711 0.75934 0.23714 0.22788 0.00840 0.00632 0.00736 0.00646 13.0937 CALIFORNIA 0.79109 0.79884 0.09748 0.09242 0.00904 0.01068 0.10240 0.09806 6.5523 COLORADO 0.90120 0.90875 0.06160 0.05847 0.01249 0.01226 0.02471 0.02052 7.1143 CONNECTICUT 0.83486 0.85233 0.14103 0.12705 0.00260 0.00254 0.02151 0.01809 8.6602 DELAWARE 0.74543 0.76447 0.23890 0.21922 0.00206 0.00257 0.01361 0.01373 8.0496 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.15587 0.21009 0.81749 0.77497 0.00072 0.00154 0.02592 0.01341 44.4594 FLORIDA 0.74488 0.76531 0.23944 0.21888 0.00294 0.00295 0.01273 0.01286 3.2766 GEORGIA 0.62105 0.63816 0.36341 0.34764 0.00150 0.00194 0.01404 0.01227 11.0412 HAWAII 0.23011 0.36750 0.04796 0.04403 0.00958 0.00673 0.71235 0.58173 27.7632 IDAHO 0.95718 0.96206 0.00478 0.00552 0.02414 0.02270 0.01390 0.00971 15.8592 ILLINOIS 0.73713 0.77516 0.23294 0.19562 0.00219 0.00251 0.02774 0.02671 10.1709 INDIANA 0.87266 0.88453 0.11607 0.10646 0.00218 0.00237 0.00909 0.00663 13.8618 IOWA 0.94882 0.95279 0.03177 0.03061 0.00587 0.00506 0.01354 0.01154 9.3986 KANSAS 0.87582 0.88626 0.09552 0.08695 0.01099 0.01217 0.01767 0.01462 10.4072 KENTUCKY 0.89134 0.89484 0.09992 0.09800 0.00134 0.00136 0.00740 0.00580 7.8323 LOUISIANA 0.57328 0.59286 0.41042 0.39110 0.00476 0.00504 0.01153 0.01101 4.6026 MAINE 0.97548 0.97829 0.00712 0.00825 0.01040 0.00601 0.00701 0.00745 23.1726 MARYLAND 0.64522 0.67544 0.31964 0.29216 0.00268 0.00289 0.03247 0.02951 7.8324 MASSACHUSETTS 0.85320 0.87712 0.10627 0.08703 0.00274 0.00279 0.03779 0.03306 10.2361 MICHIGAN 0.76978 0.77776 0.20998 0.20196 0.00824 0.00765 0.01200 0.01263 4.4398 MINNESOTA 0.89849 0.90498 0.04398 0.04153 0.02419 0.02181 0.03333 0.03168 5.6914 MISSISSIPPI 0.51131 0.53287 0.47585 0.45577 0.00543 0.00501 0.00741 0.00635 8.3608 MISSOURI 0.80838 0.83610 0.17431 0.15130 0.00549 0.00405 0.01182 0.00854 23.0573 MONTANA 0.84258 0.87508 0.00590 0.00513 0.14249 0.11322 0.00903 0.00657 20.5230 NEBRASKA 0.90898 0.91910 0.06224 0.05818 0.01704 0.01420 0.01173 0.00852 16.4520 NEVADA 0.83781 0.84941 0.10077 0.09664 0.02228 0.02315 0.03914 0.03081 9.1019 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.97792 0.97846 0.01087 0.01004 0.00181 0.00186 0.00940 0.00964 3.3832 NEW JERSEY 0.75331 0.77916 0.20466 0.17597 0.00257 0.00241 0.03947 0.04246 8.2819 NEW MEXICO 0.80541 0.81533 0.02703 0.02682 0.15587 0.14733 0.01169 0.01051 4.7436 NEW YORK 0.72793 0.73239 0.22629 0.22109 0.00287 0.00516 0.04290 0.04136 12.7592 NORTH CAROLINA 0.67099 0.68639 0.30053 0.28762 0.01728 0.01603 0.01120 0.00996 6.7533 NORTH DAKOTA 0.87172 0.90019 0.01244 0.01369 0.10509 0.07913 0.01075 0.00700 24.6846 OHIO 0.82573 0.83829 0.16247 0.15131 0.00223 0.00189 0.00957 0.00851 9.8370 OKLAHOMA 0.75080 0.76121 0.11671 0.10902 0.11784 0.11747 0.01465 0.01230 6.9525 OREGON 0.90933 0.92488 0.02940 0.02600 0.02528 0.02088 0.03599 0.02824 15.8183 PENNSYLVANIA 0.82304 0.85103 0.15898 0.13351 0.00194 0.00147 0.01605 0.01399 17.1364 RHODE ISLAND 0.86791 0.89074 0.08685 0.07297 0.01002 0.00561 0.03522 0.03067 28.7180 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.59908 0.61110 0.39068 0.38030 0.00234 0.00224 0.00791 0.00636 8.3161 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.82013 0.83919 0.01117 0.01073 0.16018 0.14444 0.00852 0.00563 17.1086 TENNESSEE 0.75013 0.76385 0.23932 0.22722 0.00209 0.00161 0.00846 0.00732 13.0284 TEXAS 0.83040 0.83291 0.14581 0.14327 0.00302 0.00393 0.02077 0.01989 7.3927 UTAH 0.93564 0.94618 0.01014 0.00944 0.02480 0.02313 0.02941 0.02125 13.5489 VERMONT 0.98827 0.98534 0.00467 0.00669 0.00191 0.00235 0.00515 0.00563 14.3700 VIRGINIA 0.72152 0.73585 0.24707 0.23536 0.00169 0.00232 0.02971 0.02646 11.6132 WASHINGTON 0.85615 0.88003 0.05308 0.04500 0.03085 0.02684 0.05991 0.04813 15.0251 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95312 0.95268 0.04167 0.04264 0.00095 0.00124 0.00426 0.00344 12.3123 WISCONSIN 0.86163 0.86954 0.10036 0.09457 0.01401 0.01331 0.02400 0.02258 4.6544 WYOMING 0.93194 0.94296 0.01552 0.01366 0.04289 0.03698 0.00966 0.00640 20.4152 US Total 0.77717 0.79291 0.17423 0.16185 0.01211 0.01214 0.03650 0.03311 5.0142