Table 14. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of mother -- unknown recoded to American Indian) 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 0.64801 0.66381 0.34410 0.32679 0.00119 0.00349 0.00670 0.00591 21.720 ALASKA 0.68157 0.69012 0.04599 0.05704 0.23358 0.22186 0.03886 0.03099 12.819 ARIZONA 0.85365 0.83399 0.03704 0.04436 0.09466 0.10464 0.01465 0.01700 10.558 ARKANSAS 0.75630 0.75934 0.23269 0.22788 0.00491 0.00632 0.00609 0.00646 7.623 CALIFORNIA 0.81796 0.79884 0.08274 0.09242 0.00667 0.01068 0.09263 0.09806 13.990 COLORADO 0.91670 0.90875 0.05218 0.05847 0.00944 0.01226 0.02168 0.02052 10.078 CONNECTICUT 0.84969 0.85233 0.12854 0.12705 0.00252 0.00254 0.01925 0.01809 2.129 DELAWARE 0.75141 0.76447 0.23387 0.21922 0.00197 0.00257 0.01275 0.01373 9.757 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.15712 0.21009 0.77095 0.77497 0.04841 0.00154 0.02352 0.01341 787.033 FLORIDA 0.75466 0.76531 0.23172 0.21888 0.00234 0.00295 0.01129 0.01286 10.029 GEORGIA 0.62906 0.63816 0.35686 0.34764 0.00112 0.00194 0.01297 0.01227 12.999 HAWAII 0.30525 0.36750 0.03465 0.04403 0.00948 0.00673 0.65061 0.58173 22.713 IDAHO 0.96707 0.96206 0.00220 0.00552 0.02061 0.02270 0.01012 0.00971 18.520 ILLINOIS 0.74877 0.77516 0.22370 0.19562 0.00185 0.00251 0.02568 0.02671 11.932 INDIANA 0.88223 0.88453 0.10779 0.10646 0.00257 0.00237 0.00742 0.00663 5.422 IOWA 0.95688 0.95279 0.02646 0.03061 0.00479 0.00506 0.01187 0.01154 5.554 KANSAS 0.89243 0.88626 0.08324 0.08695 0.00851 0.01217 0.01581 0.01462 10.784 KENTUCKY 0.89723 0.89484 0.09507 0.09800 0.00108 0.00136 0.00662 0.00580 9.582 LOUISIANA 0.57691 0.59286 0.40554 0.39110 0.00661 0.00504 0.01095 0.01101 9.540 MAINE 0.98324 0.97829 0.00448 0.00825 0.00654 0.00601 0.00574 0.00745 19.483 MARYLAND 0.65909 0.67544 0.30517 0.29216 0.00588 0.00289 0.02987 0.02951 27.822 MASSACHUSETTS 0.86906 0.87712 0.09319 0.08703 0.00291 0.00279 0.03485 0.03306 4.429 MICHIGAN 0.77911 0.77776 0.20404 0.20196 0.00608 0.00765 0.01077 0.01263 9.101 MINNESOTA 0.91292 0.90498 0.03632 0.04153 0.02011 0.02181 0.03065 0.03168 6.120 MISSISSIPPI 0.51411 0.53287 0.47391 0.45577 0.00507 0.00501 0.00690 0.00635 4.345 MISSOURI 0.81918 0.83610 0.16710 0.15130 0.00343 0.00405 0.01028 0.00854 12.054 MONTANA 0.86889 0.87508 0.00295 0.00513 0.12086 0.11322 0.00729 0.00657 15.264 NEBRASKA 0.92002 0.91910 0.05536 0.05818 0.01457 0.01420 0.01004 0.00852 6.359 NEVADA 0.85944 0.84941 0.09026 0.09664 0.01777 0.02315 0.03252 0.03081 9.131 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98489 0.97846 0.00651 0.01004 0.00147 0.00186 0.00713 0.00964 20.698 NEW JERSEY 0.76581 0.77916 0.19426 0.17597 0.00265 0.00241 0.03729 0.04246 8.607 NEW MEXICO 0.82164 0.81533 0.01891 0.02682 0.14990 0.14733 0.00955 0.01051 10.297 NEW YORK 0.74121 0.73239 0.21563 0.22109 0.00220 0.00516 0.04096 0.04136 15.502 NORTH CAROLINA 0.68215 0.68639 0.29254 0.28762 0.01536 0.01603 0.00995 0.00996 1.643 NORTH DAKOTA 0.89186 0.90019 0.00801 0.01369 0.09096 0.07913 0.00917 0.00700 22.096 OHIO 0.83783 0.83829 0.15257 0.15131 0.00138 0.00189 0.00822 0.00851 7.795 OKLAHOMA 0.79482 0.76121 0.10748 0.10902 0.08499 0.11747 0.01271 0.01230 9.205 OREGON 0.93102 0.92488 0.02158 0.02600 0.01888 0.02088 0.02852 0.02824 7.055 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83802 0.85103 0.14586 0.13351 0.00133 0.00147 0.01478 0.01399 6.510 RHODE ISLAND 0.88319 0.89074 0.07481 0.07297 0.00973 0.00561 0.03227 0.03067 20.473 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.60495 0.61110 0.38536 0.38030 0.00248 0.00224 0.00722 0.00636 6.537 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.83500 0.83919 0.00613 0.01073 0.15173 0.14444 0.00714 0.00563 18.784 TENNESSEE 0.75779 0.76385 0.23331 0.22722 0.00137 0.00161 0.00753 0.00732 5.280 TEXAS 0.84050 0.83291 0.13835 0.14327 0.00210 0.00393 0.01906 0.01989 13.745 UTAH 0.94958 0.94618 0.00587 0.00944 0.02160 0.02313 0.02295 0.02125 13.187 VERMONT 0.99019 0.98534 0.00323 0.00669 0.00215 0.00235 0.00442 0.00563 20.472 VIRGINIA 0.73206 0.73585 0.23890 0.23536 0.00172 0.00232 0.02733 0.02646 7.812 WASHINGTON 0.88560 0.88003 0.03813 0.04500 0.02485 0.02684 0.05142 0.04813 7.539 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95875 0.95268 0.03691 0.04264 0.00068 0.00124 0.00367 0.00344 16.456 WISCONSIN 0.87026 0.86954 0.09619 0.09457 0.01114 0.01331 0.02241 0.02258 4.692 WYOMING 0.94455 0.94296 0.01083 0.01366 0.03658 0.03698 0.00805 0.00640 11.925 US Total 0.79163 0.79291 0.16486 0.16185 0.01041 0.01214 0.03309 0.03311 4.071