Table 12. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of father -- unknown recoded to Black) 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 0.57164 0.66381 0.42255 0.32679 0.00090 0.00349 0.00491 0.00591 33.578 ALASKA 0.66756 0.69012 0.17779 0.05704 0.12741 0.22186 0.02725 0.03099 67.402 ARIZONA 0.67977 0.83399 0.25459 0.04436 0.05380 0.10464 0.01185 0.01700 142.838 ARKANSAS 0.67887 0.75934 0.31135 0.22788 0.00480 0.00632 0.00497 0.00646 23.590 CALIFORNIA 0.78958 0.79884 0.12292 0.09242 0.00510 0.01068 0.08240 0.09806 25.600 COLORADO 0.74503 0.90875 0.23352 0.05847 0.00515 0.01226 0.01630 0.02052 98.984 CONNECTICUT 0.76625 0.85233 0.21714 0.12705 0.00123 0.00254 0.01538 0.01809 36.871 DELAWARE 0.62988 0.76447 0.35915 0.21922 0.00113 0.00257 0.00985 0.01373 41.506 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.13394 0.21009 0.85178 0.77497 0.00034 0.00154 0.01394 0.01341 31.979 FLORIDA 0.67130 0.76531 0.31813 0.21888 0.00180 0.00295 0.00877 0.01286 32.049 GEORGIA 0.57953 0.63816 0.40838 0.34764 0.00095 0.00194 0.01114 0.01227 21.759 HAWAII 0.30148 0.36750 0.15089 0.04403 0.00846 0.00673 0.53916 0.58173 73.400 IDAHO 0.86419 0.96206 0.11469 0.00552 0.01351 0.02270 0.00760 0.00971 512.201 ILLINOIS 0.69906 0.77516 0.27715 0.19562 0.00121 0.00251 0.02258 0.02671 29.707 INDIANA 0.78194 0.88453 0.21045 0.10646 0.00128 0.00237 0.00633 0.00663 39.976 IOWA 0.82568 0.95279 0.16230 0.03061 0.00221 0.00506 0.00981 0.01154 128.697 KANSAS 0.81765 0.88626 0.16387 0.08695 0.00603 0.01217 0.01245 0.01462 40.396 KENTUCKY 0.73954 0.89484 0.25545 0.09800 0.00070 0.00136 0.00430 0.00580 63.104 LOUISIANA 0.52177 0.59286 0.46674 0.39110 0.00262 0.00504 0.00887 0.01101 24.663 MAINE 0.84896 0.97829 0.14249 0.00825 0.00476 0.00601 0.00379 0.00745 427.692 MARYLAND 0.63023 0.67544 0.34234 0.29216 0.00177 0.00289 0.02566 0.02951 18.912 MASSACHUSETTS 0.78657 0.87712 0.18497 0.08703 0.00149 0.00279 0.02697 0.03306 46.985 MICHIGAN 0.66249 0.77776 0.32488 0.20196 0.00358 0.00765 0.00905 0.01263 39.294 MINNESOTA 0.81855 0.90498 0.14449 0.04153 0.01116 0.02181 0.02579 0.03168 81.216 MISSISSIPPI 0.47452 0.53287 0.51708 0.45577 0.00332 0.00501 0.00507 0.00635 19.560 MISSOURI 0.72122 0.83610 0.26796 0.15130 0.00292 0.00405 0.00791 0.00854 31.590 MONTANA 0.78953 0.87508 0.12017 0.00513 0.08596 0.11322 0.00434 0.00657 577.023 NEBRASKA 0.83449 0.91910 0.15176 0.05818 0.00617 0.01420 0.00757 0.00852 59.421 NEVADA 0.71367 0.84941 0.25098 0.09664 0.01087 0.02315 0.02448 0.03081 62.320 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.89421 0.97846 0.09838 0.01004 0.00096 0.00186 0.00645 0.00964 242.485 NEW JERSEY 0.70495 0.77916 0.25929 0.17597 0.00185 0.00241 0.03391 0.04246 25.091 NEW MEXICO 0.65718 0.81533 0.25574 0.02682 0.08041 0.14733 0.00667 0.01051 238.682 NEW YORK 0.65407 0.73239 0.30663 0.22109 0.00169 0.00516 0.03760 0.04136 31.449 NORTH CAROLINA 0.63246 0.68639 0.34963 0.28762 0.01014 0.01603 0.00777 0.00996 22.051 NORTH DAKOTA 0.82768 0.90019 0.11214 0.01369 0.05470 0.07913 0.00548 0.00700 194.999 OHIO 0.75834 0.83829 0.23317 0.15131 0.00132 0.00189 0.00717 0.00851 27.374 OKLAHOMA 0.69096 0.76121 0.23905 0.10902 0.05929 0.11747 0.01070 0.01230 47.769 OREGON 0.79365 0.92488 0.17082 0.02600 0.01160 0.02088 0.02393 0.02824 157.711 PENNSYLVANIA 0.81372 0.85103 0.17190 0.13351 0.00130 0.00147 0.01308 0.01399 12.808 RHODE ISLAND 0.78101 0.89074 0.19135 0.07297 0.00490 0.00561 0.02274 0.03067 53.279 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.53265 0.61110 0.46140 0.38030 0.00139 0.00224 0.00456 0.00636 25.139 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.78473 0.83919 0.12609 0.01073 0.08479 0.14444 0.00440 0.00563 286.151 TENNESSEE 0.68144 0.76385 0.31127 0.22722 0.00118 0.00161 0.00610 0.00732 22.818 TEXAS 0.71995 0.83291 0.26213 0.14327 0.00166 0.00393 0.01627 0.01989 43.142 UTAH 0.87981 0.94618 0.08467 0.00944 0.01446 0.02313 0.02106 0.02125 210.662 VERMONT 0.94416 0.98534 0.05261 0.00669 0.00084 0.00235 0.00239 0.00563 203.228 VIRGINIA 0.63795 0.73585 0.33960 0.23536 0.00096 0.00232 0.02148 0.02646 33.733 WASHINGTON 0.79756 0.88003 0.14859 0.04500 0.01498 0.02684 0.03887 0.04813 75.742 WEST VIRGINIA 0.77046 0.95268 0.22624 0.04264 0.00050 0.00124 0.00281 0.00344 131.992 WISCONSIN 0.74731 0.86954 0.22656 0.09457 0.00562 0.01331 0.02051 0.02258 55.136 WYOMING 0.84506 0.94296 0.12509 0.01366 0.02487 0.03698 0.00497 0.00640 220.364 US Total 0.71340 0.79291 0.25176 0.16185 0.00640 0.01214 0.02844 0.03311 31.731