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MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map.

Number of Races Selected
Number Percent of Total Percent of Multiracial
Two Races 127,086 2.10% 94.84%
Three Races 6,252 0.10% 4.67%
Four Races 506 0.01% 0.38%
Five Races 143 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 7 0.00% 0.01%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and Some Other Race 44,649 0.74% 33.32%
2. Black and Some Other Race 21,860 0.36% 16.31%
3. White and Black 17,166 0.28% 12.81%
4. White and Asian 15,455 0.26% 11.53%
5. White and American Indian 11,956 0.20% 8.92%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 5,177 0.09% 3.86%
7. Black and American Indian 3,173 0.05% 2.37%
8. White and Black and American Indian 2,150 0.04% 1.60%
9. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,567 0.03% 1.17%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,515 0.03% 1.13%
11. Black and Asian 1,369 0.02% 1.02%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,178 0.02% 0.88%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 998 0.02% 0.74%
14. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 975 0.02% 0.73%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 826 0.01% 0.62%
16. American Indian and Asian 675 0.01% 0.50%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 467 0.01% 0.35%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 367 0.01% 0.27%
19. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 289 0.00% 0.22%
20. White and Black and Asian 281 0.00% 0.21%
21. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 248 0.00% 0.19%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 238 0.00% 0.18%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 203 0.00% 0.15%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 169 0.00% 0.13%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 148 0.00% 0.11%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 125 0.00% 0.09%
27. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 117 0.00% 0.09%
28. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 109 0.00% 0.08%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 82 0.00% 0.06%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 62 0.00% 0.05%
31. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 52 0.00% 0.04%
32. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 45 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 32 0.00% 0.02%
34. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 32 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.01%
39. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.01%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
43. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.00%
51. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
55. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
56. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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