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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 22,561 1.96% 93.78%
Three Races 1,387 0.12% 5.77%
Four Races 81 0.01% 0.34%
Five Races 26 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 2 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 7,210 0.63% 29.97%
2. White and Black 4,056 0.35% 16.86%
3. Black and Some Other Race 3,116 0.27% 12.95%
4. White and American Indian 2,324 0.20% 9.66%
5. White and Asian 2,175 0.19% 9.04%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 1,068 0.09% 4.44%
7. Black and American Indian 1,060 0.09% 4.41%
8. White and Black and American Indian 602 0.05% 2.50%
9. Black and Asian 363 0.03% 1.51%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 324 0.03% 1.35%
11. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 307 0.03% 1.28%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 223 0.02% 0.93%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 192 0.02% 0.80%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 171 0.01% 0.71%
15. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 160 0.01% 0.67%
16. American Indian and Asian 124 0.01% 0.52%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 75 0.01% 0.31%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.01% 0.30%
19. White and Black and Asian 62 0.01% 0.26%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 55 0.00% 0.23%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 49 0.00% 0.20%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 46 0.00% 0.19%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.12%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.10%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.09%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 18 0.00% 0.07%
27. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.07%
28. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.05%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and American Indian and Asian 10 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.04%
32. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.04%
33. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.04%
34. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
37. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
41. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
43. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
44. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
48. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
49. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
50. 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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