Table 17. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of mother -- unknown recoded to Asian) 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 0.00108 0.00349 0.00681 0.00591 23.003 ALASKA 0.68157 0.69012 0.04599 0.05704 0.23341 0.22186 0.03903 0.03099 12.939 ARIZONA 0.85365 0.83399 0.03704 0.04436 0.09452 0.10464 0.01479 0.01700 10.393 ARKANSAS 0.75630 0.75934 0.23269 0.22788 0.00480 0.00632 0.00621 0.00646 7.633 CALIFORNIA 0.81796 0.79884 0.08274 0.09242 0.00577 0.01068 0.09353 0.09806 15.858 COLORADO 0.91670 0.90875 0.05218 0.05847 0.00916 0.01226 0.02197 0.02052 11.006 CONNECTICUT 0.84969 0.85233 0.12854 0.12705 0.00184 0.00254 0.01994 0.01809 9.837 DELAWARE 0.75141 0.76447 0.23387 0.21922 0.00141 0.00257 0.01332 0.01373 14.196 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.15712 0.21009 0.77095 0.77497 0.00077 0.00154 0.07116 0.01341 126.633 FLORIDA 0.75466 0.76531 0.23172 0.21888 0.00171 0.00295 0.01191 0.01286 14.123 GEORGIA 0.62906 0.63816 0.35686 0.34764 0.00099 0.00194 0.01309 0.01227 14.902 HAWAII 0.30525 0.36750 0.03465 0.04403 0.00938 0.00673 0.65072 0.58173 22.339 IDAHO 0.96707 0.96206 0.00220 0.00552 0.02030 0.02270 0.01043 0.00971 19.675 ILLINOIS 0.74877 0.77516 0.22370 0.19562 0.00149 0.00251 0.02605 0.02671 15.251 INDIANA 0.88223 0.88453 0.10779 0.10646 0.00106 0.00237 0.00892 0.00663 22.798 IOWA 0.95688 0.95279 0.02646 0.03061 0.00471 0.00506 0.01194 0.01154 6.103 KANSAS 0.89243 0.88626 0.08324 0.08695 0.00737 0.01217 0.01695 0.01462 15.069 KENTUCKY 0.89723 0.89484 0.09507 0.09800 0.00092 0.00136 0.00678 0.00580 13.012 LOUISIANA 0.57691 0.59286 0.40554 0.39110 0.00320 0.00504 0.01436 0.01101 18.323 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 0.00182 0.00289 0.03392 0.02951 14.694 MASSACHUSETTS 0.86906 0.87712 0.09319 0.08703 0.00186 0.00279 0.03590 0.03306 12.479 MICHIGAN 0.77911 0.77776 0.20404 0.20196 0.00575 0.00765 0.01110 0.01263 9.531 MINNESOTA 0.91292 0.90498 0.03632 0.04153 0.01998 0.02181 0.03079 0.03168 6.168 MISSISSIPPI 0.51411 0.53287 0.47391 0.45577 0.00500 0.00501 0.00697 0.00635 4.329 MISSOURI 0.81918 0.83610 0.16710 0.15130 0.00312 0.00405 0.01059 0.00854 14.869 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 0.01449 0.01420 0.01013 0.00852 6.455 NEVADA 0.85944 0.84941 0.09026 0.09664 0.01633 0.02315 0.03396 0.03081 11.855 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98489 0.97846 0.00651 0.01004 0.00136 0.00186 0.00725 0.00964 21.925 NEW JERSEY 0.76581 0.77916 0.19426 0.17597 0.00196 0.00241 0.03798 0.04246 10.309 NEW MEXICO 0.82164 0.81533 0.01891 0.02682 0.14960 0.14733 0.00984 0.01051 9.546 NEW YORK 0.74121 0.73239 0.21563 0.22109 0.00209 0.00516 0.04107 0.04136 15.982 NORTH CAROLINA 0.68215 0.68639 0.29254 0.28762 0.01446 0.01603 0.01086 0.00996 5.289 NORTH DAKOTA 0.89186 0.90019 0.00801 0.01369 0.09085 0.07913 0.00927 0.00700 22.439 OHIO 0.83783 0.83829 0.15257 0.15131 0.00115 0.00189 0.00845 0.00851 10.198 OKLAHOMA 0.79482 0.76121 0.10748 0.10902 0.08488 0.11747 0.01282 0.01230 9.444 OREGON 0.93102 0.92488 0.02158 0.02600 0.01750 0.02088 0.02990 0.02824 9.924 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83802 0.85103 0.14586 0.13351 0.00106 0.00147 0.01506 0.01399 11.619 RHODE ISLAND 0.88319 0.89074 0.07481 0.07297 0.00825 0.00561 0.03375 0.03067 15.103 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.60495 0.61110 0.38536 0.38030 0.00153 0.00224 0.00816 0.00636 15.680 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 0.00131 0.00161 0.00760 0.00732 6.579 TEXAS 0.84050 0.83291 0.13835 0.14327 0.00188 0.00393 0.01928 0.01989 14.895 UTAH 0.94958 0.94618 0.00587 0.00944 0.02123 0.02313 0.02332 0.02125 14.016 VERMONT 0.99019 0.98534 0.00323 0.00669 0.00155 0.00235 0.00502 0.00563 24.188 VIRGINIA 0.73206 0.73585 0.23890 0.23536 0.00099 0.00232 0.02805 0.02646 16.302 WASHINGTON 0.88560 0.88003 0.03813 0.04500 0.02474 0.02684 0.05153 0.04813 7.692 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95875 0.95268 0.03691 0.04264 0.00054 0.00124 0.00380 0.00344 20.183 WISCONSIN 0.87026 0.86954 0.09619 0.09457 0.01113 0.01331 0.02243 0.02258 4.703 WYOMING 0.94455 0.94296 0.01083 0.01366 0.03643 0.03698 0.00819 0.00640 12.595 US Total 0.79163 0.79291 0.16486 0.16185 0.00969 0.01214 0.03381 0.03311 6.085