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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 112,645 2.70% 96.40%
Three Races 3,696 0.09% 3.16%
Four Races 364 0.01% 0.31%
Five Races 137 0.00% 0.12%
Six Races 14 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 63,554 1.52% 54.39%
2. White and Asian 11,359 0.27% 9.72%
3. White and American Indian 9,956 0.24% 8.52%
4. White and Black 7,178 0.17% 6.14%
5. Black and Some Other Race 6,291 0.15% 5.38%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 5,970 0.14% 5.11%
7. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,800 0.04% 1.54%
8. Black and American Indian 1,774 0.04% 1.52%
9. Black and Asian 1,341 0.03% 1.15%
10. White and Black and American Indian 954 0.02% 0.82%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 889 0.02% 0.76%
12. American Indian and Asian 865 0.02% 0.74%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 642 0.02% 0.55%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 620 0.01% 0.53%
15. White and Black and Some Other Race 604 0.01% 0.52%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 549 0.01% 0.47%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 433 0.01% 0.37%
18. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 366 0.01% 0.31%
19. White and Black and Asian 228 0.01% 0.20%
20. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 227 0.01% 0.19%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 177 0.00% 0.15%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 168 0.00% 0.14%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 106 0.00% 0.09%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 89 0.00% 0.08%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 89 0.00% 0.08%
26. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 78 0.00% 0.07%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 62 0.00% 0.05%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 59 0.00% 0.05%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 42 0.00% 0.04%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 40 0.00% 0.03%
31. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 35 0.00% 0.03%
32. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.02%
34. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.02%
35. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.01%
43. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
51. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
52. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
53. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and American Indian 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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