Table 9. NCHS vs Census race distribution of population age 0 and mean absolute percent error (using NCHS race of father -- unknown recoded to White) 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 0.87337 0.66381 0.12082 0.32679 0.00090 0.00349 0.00491 0.00591 46.430 ALASKA 0.79556 0.69012 0.04978 0.05704 0.12741 0.22186 0.02725 0.03099 20.659 ARIZONA 0.91107 0.83399 0.02328 0.04436 0.05380 0.10464 0.01185 0.01700 33.921 ARKANSAS 0.86015 0.75934 0.13008 0.22788 0.00480 0.00632 0.00497 0.00646 25.831 CALIFORNIA 0.82232 0.79884 0.09018 0.09242 0.00510 0.01068 0.08240 0.09806 18.396 COLORADO 0.94742 0.90875 0.03112 0.05847 0.00515 0.01226 0.01630 0.02052 32.394 CONNECTICUT 0.90092 0.85233 0.08247 0.12705 0.00123 0.00254 0.01538 0.01809 26.813 DELAWARE 0.91654 0.76447 0.07249 0.21922 0.00113 0.00257 0.00985 0.01373 42.853 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0.80380 0.21009 0.18192 0.77497 0.00034 0.00154 0.01394 0.01341 110.222 FLORIDA 0.85244 0.76531 0.13699 0.21888 0.00180 0.00295 0.00877 0.01286 29.841 GEORGIA 0.76125 0.63816 0.22667 0.34764 0.00095 0.00194 0.01114 0.01227 28.616 HAWAII 0.40774 0.36750 0.04464 0.04403 0.00846 0.00673 0.53916 0.58173 11.321 IDAHO 0.97455 0.96206 0.00434 0.00552 0.01351 0.02270 0.00760 0.00971 21.242 ILLINOIS 0.78844 0.77516 0.18777 0.19562 0.00121 0.00251 0.02258 0.02671 18.263 INDIANA 0.93587 0.88453 0.05652 0.10646 0.00128 0.00237 0.00633 0.00663 25.836 IOWA 0.97364 0.95279 0.01434 0.03061 0.00221 0.00506 0.00981 0.01154 31.643 KANSAS 0.91852 0.88626 0.06301 0.08695 0.00603 0.01217 0.01245 0.01462 24.135 KENTUCKY 0.95897 0.89484 0.03603 0.09800 0.00070 0.00136 0.00430 0.00580 36.198 LOUISIANA 0.81910 0.59286 0.16941 0.39110 0.00262 0.00504 0.00887 0.01101 40.541 MAINE 0.98651 0.97829 0.00494 0.00825 0.00476 0.00601 0.00379 0.00745 27.714 MARYLAND 0.69207 0.67544 0.28050 0.29216 0.00177 0.00289 0.02566 0.02951 14.558 MASSACHUSETTS 0.91166 0.87712 0.05989 0.08703 0.00149 0.00279 0.02697 0.03306 25.055 MICHIGAN 0.92407 0.77776 0.06329 0.20196 0.00358 0.00765 0.00905 0.01263 42.240 MINNESOTA 0.94158 0.90498 0.02147 0.04153 0.01116 0.02181 0.02579 0.03168 29.942 MISSISSIPPI 0.77695 0.53287 0.21466 0.45577 0.00332 0.00501 0.00507 0.00635 38.137 MISSOURI 0.91228 0.83610 0.07690 0.15130 0.00292 0.00405 0.00791 0.00854 23.449 MONTANA 0.90510 0.87508 0.00460 0.00513 0.08596 0.11322 0.00434 0.00657 17.939 NEBRASKA 0.95711 0.91910 0.02914 0.05818 0.00617 0.01420 0.00757 0.00852 30.418 NEVADA 0.92150 0.84941 0.04315 0.09664 0.01087 0.02315 0.02448 0.03081 34.355 NEW HAMPSHIRE 0.98409 0.97846 0.00849 0.01004 0.00096 0.00186 0.00645 0.00964 24.348 NEW JERSEY 0.84643 0.77916 0.11781 0.17597 0.00185 0.00241 0.03391 0.04246 21.294 NEW MEXICO 0.89681 0.81533 0.01611 0.02682 0.08041 0.14733 0.00667 0.01051 32.972 NEW YORK 0.83253 0.73239 0.12817 0.22109 0.00169 0.00516 0.03760 0.04136 33.027 NORTH CAROLINA 0.81765 0.68639 0.16444 0.28762 0.01014 0.01603 0.00777 0.00996 30.184 NORTH DAKOTA 0.92896 0.90019 0.01086 0.01369 0.05470 0.07913 0.00548 0.00700 19.106 OHIO 0.89356 0.83829 0.09795 0.15131 0.00132 0.00189 0.00717 0.00851 21.930 OKLAHOMA 0.87809 0.76121 0.05193 0.10902 0.05929 0.11747 0.01070 0.01230 32.574 OREGON 0.94467 0.92488 0.01980 0.02600 0.01160 0.02088 0.02393 0.02824 21.425 PENNSYLVANIA 0.83804 0.85103 0.14758 0.13351 0.00130 0.00147 0.01308 0.01399 7.540 RHODE ISLAND 0.92385 0.89074 0.04851 0.07297 0.00490 0.00561 0.02274 0.03067 18.958 SOUTH CAROLINA 0.83010 0.61110 0.16395 0.38030 0.00139 0.00224 0.00456 0.00636 39.780 SOUTH DAKOTA 0.90102 0.83919 0.00980 0.01073 0.08479 0.14444 0.00440 0.00563 19.843 TENNESSEE 0.88891 0.76385 0.10381 0.22722 0.00118 0.00161 0.00610 0.00732 28.544 TEXAS 0.91093 0.83291 0.07115 0.14327 0.00166 0.00393 0.01627 0.01989 33.937 UTAH 0.95717 0.94618 0.00731 0.00944 0.01446 0.02313 0.02106 0.02125 15.522 VERMONT 0.99366 0.98534 0.00311 0.00669 0.00084 0.00235 0.00239 0.00563 44.049 VIRGINIA 0.85250 0.73585 0.12505 0.23536 0.00096 0.00232 0.02148 0.02646 35.015 WASHINGTON 0.90624 0.88003 0.03991 0.04500 0.01498 0.02684 0.03887 0.04813 19.430 WEST VIRGINIA 0.97989 0.95268 0.01680 0.04264 0.00050 0.00124 0.00281 0.00344 35.424 WISCONSIN 0.95006 0.86954 0.02382 0.09457 0.00562 0.01331 0.02051 0.02258 37.751 WYOMING 0.95903 0.94296 0.01112 0.01366 0.02487 0.03698 0.00497 0.00640 18.830 US Total 0.86365 0.79291 0.10151 0.16185 0.00640 0.01214 0.02844 0.03311 26.888