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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 12,337 1.20% 93.19%
Three Races 805 0.08% 6.08%
Four Races 73 0.01% 0.55%
Five Races 24 0.00% 0.18%
Six Races 0 0.00% 0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and Black 3,721 0.36% 28.11%
2. White and American Indian 3,026 0.30% 22.86%
3. White and Some Other Race 2,049 0.20% 15.48%
4. White and Asian 1,556 0.15% 11.75%
5. Black and American Indian 541 0.05% 4.09%
6. Black and Some Other Race 530 0.05% 4.00%
7. White and Black and American Indian 317 0.03% 2.39%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 258 0.03% 1.95%
9. Black and Asian 222 0.02% 1.68%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 168 0.02% 1.27%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 147 0.01% 1.11%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 66 0.01% 0.50%
13. White and Black and Asian 65 0.01% 0.49%
14. American Indian and Asian 60 0.01% 0.45%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 58 0.01% 0.44%
16. American Indian and Some Other Race 54 0.01% 0.41%
17. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 49 0.00% 0.37%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 45 0.00% 0.34%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 40 0.00% 0.30%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 34 0.00% 0.26%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 29 0.00% 0.22%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.19%
23. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.14%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.14%
25. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.11%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.00% 0.11%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.10%
28. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.09%
29. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.09%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.09%
31. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.08%
32. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.06%
33. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.05%
34. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.03%
37. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.02%
40. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
43. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
46. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%

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

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