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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 178,712 2.16% 95.55%
Three Races 7,584 0.09% 4.05%
Four Races 592 0.01% 0.32%
Five Races 119 0.00% 0.06%
Six Races 24 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 88,292 1.07% 47.21%
2. White and Asian 24,323 0.29% 13.00%
3. White and Black 19,466 0.24% 10.41%
4. White and American Indian 13,507 0.16% 7.22%
5. Black and Some Other Race 9,003 0.11% 4.81%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 7,889 0.10% 4.22%
7. Black and American Indian 4,971 0.06% 2.66%
8. White and Black and American Indian 2,964 0.04% 1.58%
9. Black and Asian 2,590 0.03% 1.38%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 2,277 0.03% 1.22%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,727 0.02% 0.92%
12. American Indian and Asian 1,610 0.02% 0.86%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1,378 0.02% 0.74%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,166 0.01% 0.62%
15. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,080 0.01% 0.58%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 773 0.01% 0.41%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 667 0.01% 0.36%
18. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 452 0.01% 0.24%
19. White and Black and Asian 430 0.01% 0.23%
20. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 362 0.00% 0.19%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 343 0.00% 0.18%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 259 0.00% 0.14%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 201 0.00% 0.11%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 187 0.00% 0.10%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 153 0.00% 0.08%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 151 0.00% 0.08%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 87 0.00% 0.05%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 82 0.00% 0.04%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 73 0.00% 0.04%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 61 0.00% 0.03%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 59 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 42 0.00% 0.02%
33. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 42 0.00% 0.02%
34. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 39 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 33 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 32 0.00% 0.02%
38. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.00% 0.01%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.01%
42. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.00%
49. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
50. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
51. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian 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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