Table 8. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of mother -- 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 0.64812 0.66381 0.34410 0.32679 0.00108 0.00349 0.00670 0.00591 22.5223 ALASKA 0.68174 0.69012 0.04599 0.05704 0.23341 0.22186 0.03886 0.03099 12.7937 ARIZONA 0.85379 0.83399 0.03704 0.04436 0.09452 0.10464 0.01465 0.01700 10.5937 ARKANSAS 0.75641 0.75934 0.23269 0.22788 0.00480 0.00632 0.00609 0.00646 8.0633 CALIFORNIA 0.81885 0.79884 0.08274 0.09242 0.00577 0.01068 0.09263 0.09806 16.1142 COLORADO 0.91698 0.90875 0.05218 0.05847 0.00916 0.01226 0.02168 0.02052 10.6670 CONNECTICUT 0.85037 0.85233 0.12854 0.12705 0.00184 0.00254 0.01925 0.01809 8.8688 DELAWARE 0.75197 0.76447 0.23387 0.21922 0.00141 0.00257 0.01275 0.01373 15.2016 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.20476 0.21009 0.77095 0.77497 0.00077 0.00154 0.02352 0.01341 32.1185 FLORIDA 0.75528 0.76531 0.23172 0.21888 0.00171 0.00295 0.01129 0.01286 15.3195 GEORGIA 0.62919 0.63816 0.35686 0.34764 0.00099 0.00194 0.01297 0.01227 14.6379 HAWAII 0.30536 0.36750 0.03465 0.04403 0.00938 0.00673 0.65061 0.58173 22.3281 IDAHO 0.96738 0.96206 0.00220 0.00552 0.02030 0.02270 0.01012 0.00971 18.8741 ILLINOIS 0.74913 0.77516 0.22370 0.19562 0.00149 0.00251 0.02568 0.02671 15.5829 INDIANA 0.88373 0.88453 0.10779 0.10646 0.00106 0.00237 0.00742 0.00663 17.0819 IOWA 0.95696 0.95279 0.02646 0.03061 0.00471 0.00506 0.01187 0.01154 5.9380 KANSAS 0.89357 0.88626 0.08324 0.08695 0.00737 0.01217 0.01581 0.01462 13.1543 KENTUCKY 0.89738 0.89484 0.09507 0.09800 0.00092 0.00136 0.00662 0.00580 12.3649 LOUISIANA 0.58032 0.59286 0.40554 0.39110 0.00320 0.00504 0.01095 0.01101 10.7085 MAINE 0.98324 0.97829 0.00448 0.00825 0.00654 0.00601 0.00574 0.00745 19.4835 MARYLAND 0.66314 0.67544 0.30517 0.29216 0.00182 0.00289 0.02987 0.02951 11.1098 MASSACHUSETTS 0.87011 0.87712 0.09319 0.08703 0.00186 0.00279 0.03485 0.03306 11.6547 MICHIGAN 0.77944 0.77776 0.20404 0.20196 0.00575 0.00765 0.01077 0.01263 10.2011 MINNESOTA 0.91306 0.90498 0.03632 0.04153 0.01998 0.02181 0.03065 0.03168 6.2763 MISSISSIPPI 0.51418 0.53287 0.47391 0.45577 0.00500 0.00501 0.00690 0.00635 4.0492 MISSOURI 0.81949 0.83610 0.16710 0.15130 0.00312 0.00405 0.01028 0.00854 13.9534 MONTANA 0.86889 0.87508 0.00295 0.00513 0.12086 0.11322 0.00729 0.00657 15.2641 NEBRASKA 0.92011 0.91910 0.05536 0.05818 0.01449 0.01420 0.01004 0.00852 6.2161 NEVADA 0.86088 0.84941 0.09026 0.09664 0.01633 0.02315 0.03252 0.03081 10.7290 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98500 0.97846 0.00651 0.01004 0.00136 0.00186 0.00713 0.00964 22.2216 NEW JERSEY 0.76650 0.77916 0.19426 0.17597 0.00196 0.00241 0.03729 0.04246 10.6945 NEW MEXICO 0.82194 0.81533 0.01891 0.02682 0.14960 0.14733 0.00955 0.01051 10.2560 NEW YORK 0.74132 0.73239 0.21563 0.22109 0.00209 0.00516 0.04096 0.04136 16.0542 NORTH CAROLINA 0.68305 0.68639 0.29254 0.28762 0.01446 0.01603 0.00995 0.00996 3.0219 NORTH DAKOTA 0.89197 0.90019 0.00801 0.01369 0.09085 0.07913 0.00917 0.00700 22.0596 OHIO 0.83806 0.83829 0.15257 0.15131 0.00115 0.00189 0.00822 0.00851 10.8749 OKLAHOMA 0.79492 0.76121 0.10748 0.10902 0.08488 0.11747 0.01271 0.01230 9.2315 OREGON 0.93239 0.92488 0.02158 0.02600 0.01750 0.02088 0.02852 0.02824 8.7419 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83830 0.85103 0.14586 0.13351 0.00106 0.00147 0.01478 0.01399 11.1235 RHODE ISLAND 0.88467 0.89074 0.07481 0.07297 0.00825 0.00561 0.03227 0.03067 13.8580 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.60590 0.61110 0.38536 0.38030 0.00153 0.00224 0.00722 0.00636 11.9122 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.83500 0.83919 0.00613 0.01073 0.15173 0.14444 0.00714 0.00563 18.7844 TENNESSEE 0.75786 0.76385 0.23331 0.22722 0.00131 0.00161 0.00753 0.00732 6.3425 TEXAS 0.84072 0.83291 0.13835 0.14327 0.00188 0.00393 0.01906 0.01989 15.1846 UTAH 0.94994 0.94618 0.00587 0.00944 0.02123 0.02313 0.02295 0.02125 13.5938 VERMONT 0.99079 0.98534 0.00323 0.00669 0.00155 0.00235 0.00442 0.00563 26.8580 VIRGINIA 0.73278 0.73585 0.23890 0.23536 0.00099 0.00232 0.02733 0.02646 15.5923 WASHINGTON 0.88571 0.88003 0.03813 0.04500 0.02474 0.02684 0.05142 0.04813 7.6399 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95888 0.95268 0.03691 0.04264 0.00054 0.00124 0.00367 0.00344 19.2002 WISCONSIN 0.87027 0.86954 0.09619 0.09457 0.01113 0.01331 0.02241 0.02258 4.7187 WYOMING 0.94470 0.94296 0.01083 0.01366 0.03643 0.03698 0.00805 0.00640 12.0274 US Total 0.79236 0.79291 0.16486 0.16185 0.00969 0.01214 0.03309 0.03311 5.5433