Table 19. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of child -- unknowns recoded randomly) 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 0.64413 0.66381 0.34673 0.32679 0.00179 0.00349 0.00736 0.00591 20.5960 ALASKA 0.63961 0.69012 0.06138 0.05704 0.25344 0.22186 0.04556 0.03099 19.0525 ARIZONA 0.83811 0.83399 0.04556 0.04436 0.09862 0.10464 0.01771 0.01700 3.2796 ARKANSAS 0.74711 0.75934 0.23713 0.22788 0.00840 0.00632 0.00736 0.00646 13.0842 CALIFORNIA 0.79094 0.79884 0.09749 0.09242 0.00904 0.01068 0.10254 0.09806 6.6008 COLORADO 0.90116 0.90875 0.06164 0.05847 0.01248 0.01226 0.02472 0.02052 7.1349 CONNECTICUT 0.83482 0.85233 0.14109 0.12705 0.00260 0.00254 0.02149 0.01809 8.6327 DELAWARE 0.74550 0.76447 0.23884 0.21922 0.00206 0.00257 0.01360 0.01373 8.0695 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.15951 0.21009 0.81380 0.77497 0.00068 0.00154 0.02600 0.01341 44.6415 FLORIDA 0.74492 0.76531 0.23941 0.21888 0.00295 0.00295 0.01272 0.01286 3.2967 GEORGIA 0.62102 0.63816 0.36343 0.34764 0.00150 0.00194 0.01405 0.01227 11.0609 HAWAII 0.23009 0.36750 0.04795 0.04403 0.00958 0.00673 0.71238 0.58173 27.7597 IDAHO 0.95720 0.96206 0.00478 0.00552 0.02413 0.02270 0.01389 0.00971 15.8382 ILLINOIS 0.73706 0.77516 0.23298 0.19562 0.00219 0.00251 0.02777 0.02671 10.1677 INDIANA 0.87241 0.88453 0.11630 0.10646 0.00220 0.00237 0.00909 0.00663 13.7379 IOWA 0.94882 0.95279 0.03177 0.03061 0.00587 0.00506 0.01354 0.01154 9.3920 KANSAS 0.87585 0.88626 0.09551 0.08695 0.01100 0.01217 0.01765 0.01462 10.3397 KENTUCKY 0.89131 0.89484 0.09995 0.09800 0.00134 0.00136 0.00740 0.00580 7.8403 LOUISIANA 0.57308 0.59286 0.41062 0.39110 0.00474 0.00504 0.01156 0.01101 4.8043 MAINE 0.97543 0.97829 0.00718 0.00825 0.01039 0.00601 0.00700 0.00745 23.0006 MARYLAND 0.64361 0.67544 0.32127 0.29216 0.00268 0.00289 0.03244 0.02951 8.0082 MASSACHUSETTS 0.85315 0.87712 0.10629 0.08703 0.00274 0.00279 0.03782 0.03306 10.3090 MICHIGAN 0.76982 0.77776 0.20995 0.20196 0.00824 0.00765 0.01200 0.01263 4.4203 MINNESOTA 0.89849 0.90498 0.04398 0.04153 0.02421 0.02181 0.03333 0.03168 5.6964 MISSISSIPPI 0.51128 0.53287 0.47588 0.45577 0.00543 0.00501 0.00741 0.00635 8.3607 MISSOURI 0.80836 0.83610 0.17433 0.15130 0.00548 0.00405 0.01183 0.00854 23.0623 MONTANA 0.84258 0.87508 0.00590 0.00513 0.14249 0.11322 0.00903 0.00657 20.5230 NEBRASKA 0.90895 0.91910 0.06228 0.05818 0.01704 0.01420 0.01173 0.00852 16.4592 NEVADA 0.83799 0.84941 0.10064 0.09664 0.02224 0.02315 0.03912 0.03081 9.0910 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.97792 0.97846 0.01087 0.01004 0.00181 0.00186 0.00940 0.00964 3.3904 NEW JERSEY 0.75323 0.77916 0.20472 0.17597 0.00256 0.00241 0.03949 0.04246 8.2613 NEW MEXICO 0.80542 0.81533 0.02702 0.02682 0.15587 0.14733 0.01169 0.01051 4.7290 NEW YORK 0.72791 0.73239 0.22631 0.22109 0.00288 0.00516 0.04290 0.04136 12.7459 NORTH CAROLINA 0.67101 0.68639 0.30052 0.28762 0.01728 0.01603 0.01119 0.00996 6.7258 NORTH DAKOTA 0.87173 0.90019 0.01244 0.01369 0.10508 0.07913 0.01075 0.00700 24.6790 OHIO 0.82571 0.83829 0.16250 0.15131 0.00222 0.00189 0.00957 0.00851 9.8227 OKLAHOMA 0.75081 0.76121 0.11671 0.10902 0.11784 0.11747 0.01464 0.01230 6.9462 OREGON 0.90933 0.92488 0.02939 0.02600 0.02523 0.02088 0.03604 0.02824 15.8013 PENNSYLVANIA 0.82304 0.85103 0.15895 0.13351 0.00195 0.00147 0.01606 0.01399 17.3412 RHODE ISLAND 0.86783 0.89074 0.08688 0.07297 0.01006 0.00561 0.03522 0.03067 28.9421 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.59910 0.61110 0.39065 0.38030 0.00234 0.00224 0.00792 0.00636 8.3208 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.82016 0.83919 0.01117 0.01073 0.16015 0.14444 0.00852 0.00563 17.0909 TENNESSEE 0.75012 0.76385 0.23931 0.22722 0.00209 0.00161 0.00848 0.00732 13.0685 TEXAS 0.83038 0.83291 0.14582 0.14327 0.00302 0.00393 0.02078 0.01989 7.3901 UTAH 0.93566 0.94618 0.01014 0.00944 0.02482 0.02313 0.02939 0.02125 13.5218 VERMONT 0.98828 0.98534 0.00466 0.00669 0.00191 0.00235 0.00514 0.00563 14.4210 VIRGINIA 0.72137 0.73585 0.24722 0.23536 0.00169 0.00232 0.02972 0.02646 11.6547 WASHINGTON 0.85614 0.88003 0.05308 0.04500 0.03085 0.02684 0.05993 0.04813 15.0337 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95313 0.95268 0.04166 0.04264 0.00095 0.00124 0.00426 0.00344 12.3148 WISCONSIN 0.86163 0.86954 0.10036 0.09457 0.01401 0.01331 0.02400 0.02258 4.6533 WYOMING 0.93197 0.94296 0.01551 0.01366 0.04287 0.03698 0.00966 0.00640 20.3727 US Total 0.77700 0.79291 0.17437 0.16185 0.01211 0.01214 0.03652 0.03311 5.0711