Table 18. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of father -- 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 0.57164 0.66381 0.12082 0.32679 0.00090 0.00349 0.30665 0.00591 1309.99 ALASKA 0.66756 0.69012 0.04978 0.05704 0.12741 0.22186 0.15526 0.03099 114.90 ARIZONA 0.67977 0.83399 0.02328 0.04436 0.05380 0.10464 0.24316 0.01700 361.14 ARKANSAS 0.67887 0.75934 0.13008 0.22788 0.00480 0.00632 0.18625 0.00646 714.63 CALIFORNIA 0.78958 0.79884 0.09018 0.09242 0.00510 0.01068 0.11514 0.09806 18.31 COLORADO 0.74503 0.90875 0.03112 0.05847 0.00515 0.01226 0.21870 0.02052 272.20 CONNECTICUT 0.76625 0.85233 0.08247 0.12705 0.00123 0.00254 0.15005 0.01809 206.58 DELAWARE 0.62988 0.76447 0.07249 0.21922 0.00113 0.00257 0.29651 0.01373 550.06 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.13394 0.21009 0.18192 0.77497 0.00034 0.00154 0.68380 0.01341 1297.89 FLORIDA 0.67130 0.76531 0.13699 0.21888 0.00180 0.00295 0.18991 0.01286 366.29 GEORGIA 0.57953 0.63816 0.22667 0.34764 0.00095 0.00194 0.19285 0.01227 391.75 HAWAII 0.30148 0.36750 0.04464 0.04403 0.00846 0.00673 0.64542 0.58173 13.98 IDAHO 0.86419 0.96206 0.00434 0.00552 0.01351 0.02270 0.11796 0.00971 296.69 ILLINOIS 0.69906 0.77516 0.18777 0.19562 0.00121 0.00251 0.11196 0.02671 96.19 INDIANA 0.78194 0.88453 0.05652 0.10646 0.00128 0.00237 0.16026 0.00663 605.11 IOWA 0.82568 0.95279 0.01434 0.03061 0.00221 0.00506 0.15777 0.01154 347.61 KANSAS 0.81765 0.88626 0.06301 0.08695 0.00603 0.01217 0.11331 0.01462 190.14 KENTUCKY 0.73954 0.89484 0.03603 0.09800 0.00070 0.00136 0.22373 0.00580 971.91 LOUISIANA 0.52177 0.59286 0.16941 0.39110 0.00262 0.00504 0.30620 0.01101 699.59 MAINE 0.84896 0.97829 0.00494 0.00825 0.00476 0.00601 0.14134 0.00745 468.11 MARYLAND 0.63023 0.67544 0.28050 0.29216 0.00177 0.00289 0.08750 0.02951 61.47 MASSACHUSETTS 0.78657 0.87712 0.05989 0.08703 0.00149 0.00279 0.15205 0.03306 112.05 MICHIGAN 0.66249 0.77776 0.06329 0.20196 0.00358 0.00765 0.27064 0.01263 544.77 MINNESOTA 0.81855 0.90498 0.02147 0.04153 0.01116 0.02181 0.14881 0.03168 119.08 MISSISSIPPI 0.47452 0.53287 0.21466 0.45577 0.00332 0.00501 0.30750 0.00635 1209.49 MISSOURI 0.72122 0.83610 0.07690 0.15130 0.00292 0.00405 0.19897 0.00854 580.11 MONTANA 0.78953 0.87508 0.00460 0.00513 0.08596 0.11322 0.11991 0.00657 442.64 NEBRASKA 0.83449 0.91910 0.02914 0.05818 0.00617 0.01420 0.13019 0.00852 385.93 NEVADA 0.71367 0.84941 0.04315 0.09664 0.01087 0.02315 0.23231 0.03081 194.58 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.89421 0.97846 0.00849 0.01004 0.00096 0.00186 0.09634 0.00964 242.82 NEW JERSEY 0.70495 0.77916 0.11781 0.17597 0.00185 0.00241 0.17539 0.04246 94.77 NEW MEXICO 0.65718 0.81533 0.01611 0.02682 0.08041 0.14733 0.24630 0.01051 586.91 NEW YORK 0.65407 0.73239 0.12817 0.22109 0.00169 0.00516 0.21606 0.04136 135.61 NORTH CAROLINA 0.63246 0.68639 0.16444 0.28762 0.01014 0.01603 0.19296 0.00996 481.25 NORTH DAKOTA 0.82768 0.90019 0.01086 0.01369 0.05470 0.07913 0.10677 0.00700 371.36 OHIO 0.75834 0.83829 0.09795 0.15131 0.00132 0.00189 0.14240 0.00851 412.09 OKLAHOMA 0.69096 0.76121 0.05193 0.10902 0.05929 0.11747 0.19782 0.01230 404.87 OREGON 0.79365 0.92488 0.01980 0.02600 0.01160 0.02088 0.17495 0.02824 150.49 PENNSYLVANIA 0.81372 0.85103 0.14758 0.13351 0.00130 0.00147 0.03740 0.01399 48.46 RHODE ISLAND 0.78101 0.89074 0.04851 0.07297 0.00490 0.00561 0.16558 0.03067 124.63 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.53265 0.61110 0.16395 0.38030 0.00139 0.00224 0.30202 0.00636 1189.79 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.78473 0.83919 0.00980 0.01073 0.08479 0.14444 0.12068 0.00563 524.59 TENNESSEE 0.68144 0.76385 0.10381 0.22722 0.00118 0.00161 0.21357 0.00732 726.95 TEXAS 0.71995 0.83291 0.07115 0.14327 0.00166 0.00393 0.20725 0.01989 265.90 UTAH 0.87981 0.94618 0.00731 0.00944 0.01446 0.02313 0.09842 0.02125 107.52 VERMONT 0.94416 0.98534 0.00311 0.00669 0.00084 0.00235 0.05190 0.00563 235.92 VIRGINIA 0.63795 0.73585 0.12505 0.23536 0.00096 0.00232 0.23604 0.02646 227.67 WASHINGTON 0.79756 0.88003 0.03991 0.04500 0.01498 0.02684 0.14755 0.04813 67.86 WEST VIRGINIA 0.77046 0.95268 0.01680 0.04264 0.00050 0.00124 0.21224 0.00344 1551.34 WISCONSIN 0.74731 0.86954 0.02382 0.09457 0.00562 0.01331 0.22325 0.02258 258.87 WYOMING 0.84506 0.94296 0.01112 0.01366 0.02487 0.03698 0.11895 0.00640 454.98 US Total 0.71340 0.79291 0.10151 0.16185 0.00640 0.01214 0.17869 0.03311 133.57