Table 7. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of child -- unknown recoded to White) 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 0.64418 0.66381 0.34668 0.32679 0.00179 0.00349 0.00736 0.00591 20.5905 ALASKA 0.63987 0.69012 0.06130 0.05704 0.25327 0.22186 0.04556 0.03099 18.9861 ARIZONA 0.83814 0.83399 0.04556 0.04436 0.09859 0.10464 0.01771 0.01700 3.2876 ARKANSAS 0.74714 0.75934 0.23710 0.22788 0.00840 0.00632 0.00736 0.00646 13.0802 CALIFORNIA 0.79133 0.79884 0.09737 0.09242 0.00903 0.01068 0.10228 0.09806 6.5094 COLORADO 0.90123 0.90875 0.06158 0.05847 0.01248 0.01226 0.02470 0.02052 7.0853 CONNECTICUT 0.83498 0.85233 0.14093 0.12705 0.00260 0.00254 0.02149 0.01809 8.5962 DELAWARE 0.74559 0.76447 0.23875 0.21922 0.00206 0.00257 0.01360 0.01373 8.0557 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.19774 0.21009 0.77694 0.77497 0.00068 0.00154 0.02463 0.01341 36.3508 FLORIDA 0.74506 0.76531 0.23928 0.21888 0.00294 0.00295 0.01272 0.01286 3.2863 GEORGIA 0.62110 0.63816 0.36336 0.34764 0.00150 0.00194 0.01404 0.01227 11.0339 HAWAII 0.23019 0.36750 0.04795 0.04403 0.00958 0.00673 0.71228 0.58173 27.7484 IDAHO 0.95720 0.96206 0.00478 0.00552 0.02413 0.02270 0.01389 0.00971 15.8382 ILLINOIS 0.73727 0.77516 0.23283 0.19562 0.00218 0.00251 0.02772 0.02671 10.1498 INDIANA 0.87293 0.88453 0.11583 0.10646 0.00217 0.00237 0.00907 0.00663 13.7727 IOWA 0.94882 0.95279 0.03177 0.03061 0.00587 0.00506 0.01354 0.01154 9.3920 KANSAS 0.87600 0.88626 0.09538 0.08695 0.01097 0.01217 0.01765 0.01462 10.3513 KENTUCKY 0.89136 0.89484 0.09990 0.09800 0.00134 0.00136 0.00740 0.00580 7.8242 LOUISIANA 0.57507 0.59286 0.40871 0.39110 0.00474 0.00504 0.01148 0.01101 4.4070 MAINE 0.97549 0.97829 0.00712 0.00825 0.01039 0.00601 0.00700 0.00745 23.1732 MARYLAND 0.64690 0.67544 0.31812 0.29216 0.00266 0.00289 0.03232 0.02951 7.6192 MASSACHUSETTS 0.85345 0.87712 0.10609 0.08703 0.00274 0.00279 0.03772 0.03306 10.1695 MICHIGAN 0.76990 0.77776 0.20987 0.20196 0.00824 0.00765 0.01199 0.01263 4.4208 MINNESOTA 0.89851 0.90498 0.04398 0.04153 0.02419 0.02181 0.03333 0.03168 5.6791 MISSISSIPPI 0.51133 0.53287 0.47583 0.45577 0.00543 0.00501 0.00741 0.00635 8.3559 MISSOURI 0.80849 0.83610 0.17421 0.15130 0.00548 0.00405 0.01182 0.00854 23.0015 MONTANA 0.84258 0.87508 0.00590 0.00513 0.14249 0.11322 0.00903 0.00657 20.5230 NEBRASKA 0.90899 0.91910 0.06224 0.05818 0.01704 0.01420 0.01173 0.00852 16.4404 NEVADA 0.83809 0.84941 0.10059 0.09664 0.02224 0.02315 0.03907 0.03081 9.0350 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.97792 0.97846 0.01087 0.01004 0.00181 0.00186 0.00940 0.00964 3.3904 NEW JERSEY 0.75351 0.77916 0.20449 0.17597 0.00256 0.00241 0.03944 0.04246 8.2487 NEW MEXICO 0.80546 0.81533 0.02702 0.02682 0.15583 0.14733 0.01169 0.01051 4.7216 NEW YORK 0.72797 0.73239 0.22626 0.22109 0.00287 0.00516 0.04290 0.04136 12.7521 NORTH CAROLINA 0.67132 0.68639 0.30022 0.28762 0.01726 0.01603 0.01119 0.00996 6.6580 NORTH DAKOTA 0.87173 0.90019 0.01244 0.01369 0.10508 0.07913 0.01075 0.00700 24.6790 OHIO 0.82579 0.83829 0.16242 0.15131 0.00222 0.00189 0.00957 0.00851 9.8084 OKLAHOMA 0.75085 0.76121 0.11669 0.10902 0.11782 0.11747 0.01464 0.01230 6.9354 OREGON 0.90950 0.92488 0.02934 0.02600 0.02523 0.02088 0.03592 0.02824 15.6433 PENNSYLVANIA 0.82311 0.85103 0.15891 0.13351 0.00194 0.00147 0.01604 0.01399 17.0986 RHODE ISLAND 0.86817 0.89074 0.08668 0.07297 0.01000 0.00561 0.03516 0.03067 28.5102 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.59950 0.61110 0.39026 0.38030 0.00234 0.00224 0.00790 0.00636 8.2098 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.82016 0.83919 0.01117 0.01073 0.16015 0.14444 0.00852 0.00563 17.0909 TENNESSEE 0.75015 0.76385 0.23930 0.22722 0.00209 0.00161 0.00846 0.00732 13.0192 TEXAS 0.83045 0.83291 0.14576 0.14327 0.00302 0.00393 0.02077 0.01989 7.3814 UTAH 0.93569 0.94618 0.01014 0.00944 0.02479 0.02313 0.02939 0.02125 13.4905 VERMONT 0.98828 0.98534 0.00466 0.00669 0.00191 0.00235 0.00514 0.00563 14.4210 VIRGINIA 0.72176 0.73585 0.24687 0.23536 0.00169 0.00232 0.02969 0.02646 11.5749 WASHINGTON 0.85618 0.88003 0.05307 0.04500 0.03085 0.02684 0.05990 0.04813 15.0115 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95313 0.95268 0.04166 0.04264 0.00095 0.00124 0.00426 0.00344 12.3148 WISCONSIN 0.86163 0.86954 0.10036 0.09457 0.01401 0.01331 0.02400 0.02258 4.6533 WYOMING 0.93197 0.94296 0.01551 0.01366 0.04287 0.03698 0.00966 0.00640 20.3727 US Total 0.77737 0.79291 0.17407 0.16185 0.01210 0.01214 0.03646 0.03311 4.9814