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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 10,624 3.06% 94.46%
Three Races 590 0.17% 5.25%
Four Races 27 0.01% 0.24%
Five Races 6 0.00% 0.05%
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 Some Other Race 3,756 1.08% 33.40%
2. White and American Indian 3,294 0.95% 29.29%
3. White and Asian 1,353 0.39% 12.03%
4. White and Black 841 0.24% 7.48%
5. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 317 0.09% 2.82%
6. American Indian and Some Other Race 314 0.09% 2.79%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 194 0.06% 1.72%
8. White and Black and American Indian 168 0.05% 1.49%
9. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 135 0.04% 1.20%
10. Black and Some Other Race 109 0.03% 0.97%
11. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 102 0.03% 0.91%
12. Black and American Indian 98 0.03% 0.87%
13. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 81 0.02% 0.72%
14. White and American Indian and Asian 74 0.02% 0.66%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 66 0.02% 0.59%
16. White and Black and Some Other Race 48 0.01% 0.43%
17. American Indian and Asian 45 0.01% 0.40%
18. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 44 0.01% 0.39%
19. Black and Asian 43 0.01% 0.38%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 38 0.01% 0.34%
21. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.01% 0.20%
22. White and Black and Asian 21 0.01% 0.19%
23. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.13%
24. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.13%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.05%
26. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.04%
27. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 5 0.00% 0.04%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.04%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
31. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.04%
32. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.04%
34. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
35. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
36. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. Asian and American Indian 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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