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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 119,619 5.00% 92.06%
Three Races 9,253 0.39% 7.12%
Four Races 892 0.04% 0.69%
Five Races 172 0.01% 0.13%
Six Races 2 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 Some Other Race 39,895 1.67% 30.70%
2. White and Asian 27,722 1.16% 21.33%
3. White and American Indian 11,950 0.50% 9.20%
4. White and Black 10,296 0.43% 7.92%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 7,081 0.30% 5.45%
6. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4,462 0.19% 3.43%
7. Black and Some Other Race 4,253 0.18% 3.27%
8. Black and American Indian 3,357 0.14% 2.58%
9. Black and Asian 3,317 0.14% 2.55%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2,914 0.12% 2.24%
11. White and Black and American Indian 2,324 0.10% 1.79%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,521 0.06% 1.17%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,308 0.05% 1.01%
14. White and Asian and Some Other Race 1,263 0.05% 0.97%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1,236 0.05% 0.95%
16. American Indian and Asian 1,202 0.05% 0.93%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 734 0.03% 0.56%
18. White and Black and Some Other Race 708 0.03% 0.54%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 594 0.02% 0.46%
20. White and Black and Asian 592 0.02% 0.46%
21. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 446 0.02% 0.34%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 329 0.01% 0.25%
23. Black and American Indian and Asian 230 0.01% 0.18%
24. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 218 0.01% 0.17%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 214 0.01% 0.16%
26. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 180 0.01% 0.14%
27. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 173 0.01% 0.13%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 156 0.01% 0.12%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 131 0.01% 0.10%
30. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 123 0.01% 0.09%
31. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 118 0.00% 0.09%
32. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 109 0.00% 0.08%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 108 0.00% 0.08%
34. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 97 0.00% 0.07%
35. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 92 0.00% 0.07%
36. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 72 0.00% 0.06%
37. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 59 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 59 0.00% 0.05%
39. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 43 0.00% 0.03%
40. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 40 0.00% 0.03%
41. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 32 0.00% 0.02%
42. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 29 0.00% 0.02%
44. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
49. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
57. White and Black 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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