Table 6. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of father) 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 0.81865 0.66381 0.17303 0.32679 0.00129 0.00349 0.00703 0.00591 38.0977 ALASKA 0.76555 0.69012 0.05708 0.05704 0.14611 0.22186 0.03125 0.03099 11.5033 ARIZONA 0.88432 0.83399 0.03028 0.04436 0.06999 0.10464 0.01541 0.01700 20.0621 ARKANSAS 0.82918 0.75934 0.15888 0.22788 0.00587 0.00632 0.00607 0.00646 13.1902 CALIFORNIA 0.81631 0.79884 0.09324 0.09242 0.00527 0.01068 0.08519 0.09806 16.7110 COLORADO 0.93408 0.90875 0.03902 0.05847 0.00646 0.01226 0.02044 0.02052 20.9450 CONNECTICUT 0.88550 0.85233 0.09531 0.12705 0.00142 0.00254 0.01777 0.01809 18.6398 DELAWARE 0.88300 0.76447 0.10162 0.21922 0.00158 0.00257 0.01380 0.01373 27.1010 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.40570 0.21009 0.55104 0.77497 0.00104 0.00154 0.04223 0.01341 92.4138 FLORIDA 0.81979 0.76531 0.16730 0.21888 0.00220 0.00295 0.01070 0.01286 18.1556 GEORGIA 0.70823 0.63816 0.27700 0.34764 0.00116 0.00194 0.01361 0.01227 20.6399 HAWAII 0.33732 0.36750 0.04995 0.04403 0.00947 0.00673 0.60326 0.58173 16.4792 IDAHO 0.97139 0.96206 0.00487 0.00552 0.01519 0.02270 0.00855 0.00971 14.4516 ILLINOIS 0.76767 0.77516 0.20620 0.19562 0.00133 0.00251 0.02480 0.02671 15.1718 INDIANA 0.92420 0.88453 0.06680 0.10646 0.00151 0.00237 0.00748 0.00663 22.7061 IOWA 0.96906 0.95279 0.01683 0.03061 0.00260 0.00506 0.01151 0.01154 23.8986 KANSAS 0.90938 0.88626 0.07008 0.08695 0.00671 0.01217 0.01384 0.01462 18.0696 KENTUCKY 0.94743 0.89484 0.04616 0.09800 0.00089 0.00136 0.00551 0.00580 24.4640 LOUISIANA 0.74255 0.59286 0.24109 0.39110 0.00373 0.00504 0.01262 0.01101 26.0337 MAINE 0.98436 0.97829 0.00572 0.00825 0.00552 0.00601 0.00439 0.00745 20.0835 MARYLAND 0.67177 0.67544 0.29899 0.29216 0.00189 0.00289 0.02735 0.02951 11.2224 MASSACHUSETTS 0.89903 0.87712 0.06845 0.08703 0.00170 0.00279 0.03082 0.03306 17.4136 MICHIGAN 0.89718 0.77776 0.08571 0.20196 0.00485 0.00765 0.01225 0.01263 28.1036 MINNESOTA 0.93338 0.90498 0.02448 0.04153 0.01273 0.02181 0.02941 0.03168 23.2529 MISSISSIPPI 0.68024 0.53287 0.30772 0.45577 0.00476 0.00501 0.00727 0.00635 19.9102 MISSOURI 0.89156 0.83610 0.09506 0.15130 0.00360 0.00405 0.00978 0.00854 17.3424 MONTANA 0.89270 0.87508 0.00520 0.00513 0.09719 0.11322 0.00491 0.00657 10.6843 NEBRASKA 0.95112 0.91910 0.03321 0.05818 0.00704 0.01420 0.00863 0.00852 24.5380 NEVADA 0.90091 0.84941 0.05447 0.09664 0.01373 0.02315 0.03090 0.03081 22.6704 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98252 0.97846 0.00933 0.01004 0.00106 0.00186 0.00709 0.00964 19.2910 NEW JERSEY 0.82112 0.77916 0.13723 0.17597 0.00215 0.00241 0.03950 0.04246 11.2761 NEW MEXICO 0.86429 0.81533 0.02119 0.02682 0.10575 0.14733 0.00878 0.01051 17.9421 NEW YORK 0.79616 0.73239 0.15602 0.22109 0.00205 0.00516 0.04577 0.04136 27.2602 NORTH CAROLINA 0.77621 0.68639 0.20182 0.28762 0.01244 0.01603 0.00953 0.00996 17.4025 NORTH DAKOTA 0.92096 0.90019 0.01208 0.01369 0.06087 0.07913 0.00610 0.00700 12.4947 OHIO 0.87692 0.83829 0.11326 0.15131 0.00152 0.00189 0.00829 0.00851 12.8772 OKLAHOMA 0.85002 0.76121 0.06388 0.10902 0.07294 0.11747 0.01316 0.01230 24.4884 OREGON 0.93483 0.92488 0.02332 0.02600 0.01367 0.02088 0.02819 0.02824 11.5335 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83400 0.85103 0.15126 0.13351 0.00134 0.00147 0.01340 0.01399 7.2143 RHODE ISLAND 0.91116 0.89074 0.05659 0.07297 0.00571 0.00561 0.02653 0.03067 10.0032 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.75817 0.61110 0.23336 0.38030 0.00197 0.00224 0.00650 0.00636 19.2410 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.88799 0.83919 0.01109 0.01073 0.09595 0.14444 0.00497 0.00563 13.6053 TENNESSEE 0.85983 0.76385 0.13098 0.22722 0.00149 0.00161 0.00770 0.00732 16.9035 TEXAS 0.88990 0.83291 0.08794 0.14327 0.00205 0.00393 0.02011 0.01989 23.5968 UTAH 0.95358 0.94618 0.00793 0.00944 0.01567 0.02313 0.02283 0.02125 14.1170 VERMONT 0.99333 0.98534 0.00327 0.00669 0.00088 0.00235 0.00252 0.00563 42.4175 VIRGINIA 0.81221 0.73585 0.15921 0.23536 0.00123 0.00232 0.02735 0.02646 23.3203 WASHINGTON 0.89481 0.88003 0.04478 0.04500 0.01680 0.02684 0.04361 0.04813 12.2392 WEST VIRGINIA 0.97457 0.95268 0.02125 0.04264 0.00063 0.00124 0.00355 0.00344 26.1954 WISCONSIN 0.93735 0.86954 0.02987 0.09457 0.00705 0.01331 0.02572 0.02258 34.2892 WYOMING 0.95376 0.94296 0.01255 0.01366 0.02807 0.03698 0.00561 0.00640 11.4097 US Total 0.83954 0.79291 0.11946 0.16185 0.00754 0.01214 0.03346 0.03311 17.7644