Table 22. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of mother except when father is American Indian -- 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 0.64729 0.66381 0.34410 0.32679 0.00192 0.00349 0.00670 0.00591 16.563 ALASKA 0.65801 0.69012 0.04599 0.05704 0.25791 0.22186 0.03808 0.03099 15.790 ARIZONA 0.84886 0.83399 0.03694 0.04436 0.09964 0.10464 0.01456 0.01700 9.412 ARKANSAS 0.75267 0.75934 0.23264 0.22788 0.00862 0.00632 0.00607 0.00646 11.385 CALIFORNIA 0.81448 0.79884 0.08261 0.09242 0.01045 0.01068 0.09247 0.09806 5.109 COLORADO 0.91320 0.90875 0.05218 0.05847 0.01296 0.01226 0.02166 0.02052 5.627 CONNECTICUT 0.84886 0.85233 0.12836 0.12705 0.00355 0.00254 0.01923 0.01809 11.936 DELAWARE 0.75094 0.76447 0.23378 0.21922 0.00263 0.00257 0.01266 0.01373 4.549 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.15712 0.21009 0.77087 0.77497 0.04849 0.00154 0.02352 0.01341 788.426 FLORIDA 0.75342 0.76531 0.23164 0.21888 0.00366 0.00295 0.01127 0.01286 11.004 GEORGIA 0.62851 0.63816 0.35684 0.34764 0.00170 0.00194 0.01295 0.01227 5.469 HAWAII 0.30352 0.36750 0.03455 0.04403 0.01758 0.00673 0.64435 0.58173 52.704 IDAHO 0.96311 0.96206 0.00220 0.00552 0.02464 0.02270 0.01006 0.00971 18.086 ILLINOIS 0.74806 0.77516 0.22361 0.19562 0.00266 0.00251 0.02567 0.02671 6.963 INDIANA 0.88110 0.88453 0.10774 0.10646 0.00375 0.00237 0.00741 0.00663 17.869 IOWA 0.95562 0.95279 0.02646 0.03061 0.00608 0.00506 0.01184 0.01154 9.142 KANSAS 0.88860 0.88626 0.08319 0.08695 0.01245 0.01217 0.01576 0.01462 3.644 KENTUCKY 0.89674 0.89484 0.09503 0.09800 0.00160 0.00136 0.00662 0.00580 8.891 LOUISIANA 0.57534 0.59286 0.40548 0.39110 0.00827 0.00504 0.01092 0.01101 17.885 MAINE 0.97951 0.97829 0.00448 0.00825 0.01039 0.00601 0.00563 0.00745 35.764 MARYLAND 0.65806 0.67544 0.30500 0.29216 0.00713 0.00289 0.02982 0.02951 38.602 MASSACHUSETTS 0.86803 0.87712 0.09301 0.08703 0.00413 0.00279 0.03483 0.03306 15.282 MICHIGAN 0.77653 0.77776 0.20400 0.20196 0.00871 0.00765 0.01076 0.01263 7.468 MINNESOTA 0.90840 0.90498 0.03627 0.04153 0.02469 0.02181 0.03064 0.03168 7.397 MISSISSIPPI 0.51367 0.53287 0.47387 0.45577 0.00559 0.00501 0.00688 0.00635 6.839 MISSOURI 0.81685 0.83610 0.16705 0.15130 0.00588 0.00405 0.01022 0.00854 19.352 MONTANA 0.84710 0.87508 0.00269 0.00513 0.14292 0.11322 0.00729 0.00657 22.025 NEBRASKA 0.91714 0.91910 0.05532 0.05818 0.01749 0.01420 0.01004 0.00852 11.550 NEVADA 0.85309 0.84941 0.09016 0.09664 0.02438 0.02315 0.03237 0.03081 4.379 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98443 0.97846 0.00651 0.01004 0.00192 0.00186 0.00713 0.00964 16.306 NEW JERSEY 0.76512 0.77916 0.19410 0.17597 0.00351 0.00241 0.03727 0.04246 17.511 NEW MEXICO 0.81430 0.81533 0.01880 0.02682 0.15746 0.14733 0.00944 0.01051 11.784 NEW YORK 0.74037 0.73239 0.21555 0.22109 0.00314 0.00516 0.04093 0.04136 10.933 NORTH CAROLINA 0.67905 0.68639 0.29225 0.28762 0.01880 0.01603 0.00990 0.00996 5.128 NORTH DAKOTA 0.87732 0.90019 0.00780 0.01369 0.10582 0.07913 0.00906 0.00700 27.203 OHIO 0.83675 0.83829 0.15251 0.15131 0.00254 0.00189 0.00819 0.00851 9.882 OKLAHOMA 0.76074 0.76121 0.10731 0.10902 0.11941 0.11747 0.01254 0.01230 1.310 OREGON 0.92282 0.92488 0.02154 0.02600 0.02722 0.02088 0.02843 0.02824 12.103 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83713 0.85103 0.14568 0.13351 0.00244 0.00147 0.01475 0.01399 20.350 RHODE ISLAND 0.88091 0.89074 0.07414 0.07297 0.01268 0.00561 0.03227 0.03067 33.455 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.60410 0.61110 0.38531 0.38030 0.00337 0.00224 0.00722 0.00636 16.541 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.82492 0.83919 0.00613 0.01073 0.16207 0.14444 0.00687 0.00563 19.657 TENNESSEE 0.75698 0.76385 0.23324 0.22722 0.00229 0.00161 0.00749 0.00732 11.993 TEXAS 0.83930 0.83291 0.13832 0.14327 0.00334 0.00393 0.01905 0.01989 5.878 UTAH 0.94557 0.94618 0.00587 0.00944 0.02564 0.02313 0.02292 0.02125 14.132 VERMONT 0.98984 0.98534 0.00323 0.00669 0.00251 0.00235 0.00442 0.00563 20.157 VIRGINIA 0.73147 0.73585 0.23873 0.23536 0.00248 0.00232 0.02733 0.02646 2.973 WASHINGTON 0.87881 0.88003 0.03807 0.04500 0.03200 0.02684 0.05113 0.04813 10.253 WEST VIRGINIA 0.95834 0.95268 0.03691 0.04264 0.00113 0.00124 0.00362 0.00344 6.981 WISCONSIN 0.86729 0.86954 0.09615 0.09457 0.01418 0.01331 0.02238 0.02258 2.328 WYOMING 0.93797 0.94296 0.01083 0.01366 0.04316 0.03698 0.00805 0.00640 15.914 US Total 0.78906 0.79291 0.16477 0.16185 0.01317 0.01214 0.03300 0.03311 2.771