Table 21. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of father -- 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 0.79873 0.66381 0.19278 0.32679 0.00138 0.00349 0.00710 0.00591 35.454 ALASKA 0.75086 0.69012 0.05769 0.05704 0.15930 0.22186 0.03215 0.03099 10.474 ARIZONA 0.87294 0.83399 0.03129 0.04436 0.08014 0.10464 0.01563 0.01700 16.402 ARKANSAS 0.81544 0.75934 0.17364 0.22788 0.00539 0.00632 0.00553 0.00646 15.076 CALIFORNIA 0.81572 0.79884 0.09322 0.09242 0.00529 0.01068 0.08577 0.09806 16.480 COLORADO 0.93146 0.90875 0.04013 0.05847 0.00663 0.01226 0.02178 0.02052 21.483 CONNECTICUT 0.88296 0.85233 0.09843 0.12705 0.00133 0.00254 0.01727 0.01809 19.529 DELAWARE 0.88110 0.76447 0.10446 0.21922 0.00159 0.00257 0.01285 0.01373 28.032 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.39506 0.21009 0.55662 0.77497 0.00051 0.00154 0.04781 0.01341 109.880 FLORIDA 0.80876 0.76531 0.17853 0.21888 0.00219 0.00295 0.01052 0.01286 17.004 GEORGIA 0.68070 0.63816 0.30495 0.34764 0.00109 0.00194 0.01327 0.01227 17.680 HAWAII 0.33517 0.36750 0.04857 0.04403 0.00953 0.00673 0.60674 0.58173 16.229 IDAHO 0.97040 0.96206 0.00490 0.00552 0.01552 0.02270 0.00918 0.00971 12.315 ILLINOIS 0.76283 0.77516 0.21006 0.19562 0.00150 0.00251 0.02561 0.02671 13.310 INDIANA 0.91639 0.88453 0.07468 0.10646 0.00145 0.00237 0.00748 0.00663 21.305 IOWA 0.96605 0.95279 0.01938 0.03061 0.00332 0.00506 0.01125 0.01154 18.730 KANSAS 0.90527 0.88626 0.07382 0.08695 0.00688 0.01217 0.01402 0.01462 16.200 KENTUCKY 0.94247 0.89484 0.05098 0.09800 0.00072 0.00136 0.00583 0.00580 25.274 LOUISIANA 0.70998 0.59286 0.27328 0.39110 0.00371 0.00504 0.01304 0.01101 23.694 MAINE 0.98404 0.97829 0.00603 0.00825 0.00563 0.00601 0.00431 0.00745 19.030 MARYLAND 0.66481 0.67544 0.30555 0.29216 0.00185 0.00289 0.02779 0.02951 12.019 MASSACHUSETTS 0.88992 0.87712 0.07679 0.08703 0.00182 0.00279 0.03147 0.03306 13.227 MICHIGAN 0.84658 0.77776 0.13555 0.20196 0.00452 0.00765 0.01335 0.01263 22.055 MINNESOTA 0.92997 0.90498 0.02617 0.04153 0.01298 0.02181 0.03087 0.03168 20.692 MISSISSIPPI 0.64472 0.53287 0.34298 0.45577 0.00514 0.00501 0.00716 0.00635 15.267 MISSOURI 0.87193 0.83610 0.11384 0.15130 0.00346 0.00405 0.01077 0.00854 17.475 MONTANA 0.88982 0.87508 0.00538 0.00513 0.10003 0.11322 0.00478 0.00657 11.360 NEBRASKA 0.94760 0.91910 0.03527 0.05818 0.00761 0.01420 0.00951 0.00852 25.111 NEVADA 0.90115 0.84941 0.05571 0.09664 0.01271 0.02315 0.03044 0.03081 23.688 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98268 0.97846 0.00917 0.01004 0.00102 0.00186 0.00713 0.00964 20.099 NEW JERSEY 0.79882 0.77916 0.15970 0.17597 0.00223 0.00241 0.03925 0.04246 6.657 NEW MEXICO 0.84450 0.81533 0.02009 0.02682 0.12719 0.14733 0.00822 0.01051 16.036 NEW YORK 0.77348 0.73239 0.17999 0.22109 0.00216 0.00516 0.04437 0.04136 22.413 NORTH CAROLINA 0.76194 0.68639 0.21414 0.28762 0.01420 0.01603 0.00971 0.00996 12.605 NORTH DAKOTA 0.91389 0.90019 0.01191 0.01369 0.06840 0.07913 0.00580 0.00700 11.304 OHIO 0.86693 0.83829 0.12306 0.15131 0.00153 0.00189 0.00848 0.00851 10.308 OKLAHOMA 0.84819 0.76121 0.06676 0.10902 0.07173 0.11747 0.01333 0.01230 24.370 OREGON 0.93445 0.92488 0.02337 0.02600 0.01395 0.02088 0.02823 0.02824 11.093 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83240 0.85103 0.15284 0.13351 0.00135 0.00147 0.01342 0.01399 7.384 RHODE ISLAND 0.90949 0.89074 0.05669 0.07297 0.00570 0.00561 0.02811 0.03067 8.586 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.72093 0.61110 0.27006 0.38030 0.00226 0.00224 0.00674 0.00636 13.482 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.86009 0.83919 0.01108 0.01073 0.12407 0.14444 0.00476 0.00563 8.830 TENNESSEE 0.83559 0.76385 0.15549 0.22722 0.00147 0.00161 0.00745 0.00732 12.881 TEXAS 0.88392 0.83291 0.09409 0.14327 0.00215 0.00393 0.01984 0.01989 21.494 UTAH 0.95181 0.94618 0.00827 0.00944 0.01677 0.02313 0.02315 0.02125 12.339 VERMONT 0.99283 0.98534 0.00359 0.00669 0.00084 0.00235 0.00275 0.00563 40.647 VIRGINIA 0.80497 0.73585 0.16697 0.23536 0.00121 0.00232 0.02685 0.02646 21.934 WASHINGTON 0.89428 0.88003 0.04484 0.04500 0.01664 0.02684 0.04424 0.04813 12.018 WEST VIRGINIA 0.97405 0.95268 0.02165 0.04264 0.00054 0.00124 0.00376 0.00344 29.204 WISCONSIN 0.92798 0.86954 0.03923 0.09457 0.00687 0.01331 0.02592 0.02258 32.097 WYOMING 0.95128 0.94296 0.01302 0.01366 0.02955 0.03698 0.00614 0.00640 7.406 US Total 0.82783 0.79291 0.13193 0.16185 0.00818 0.01214 0.03206 0.03311 14.667