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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 18,608 4.63% 92.98%
Three Races 1,297 0.32% 6.48%
Four Races 99 0.02% 0.49%
Five Races 8 0.00% 0.04%
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 8,075 2.01% 40.35%
2. White and Asian 3,570 0.89% 17.84%
3. White and American Indian 1,995 0.50% 9.97%
4. White and Black 1,170 0.29% 5.85%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 954 0.24% 4.77%
6. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 588 0.15% 2.94%
7. Black and Asian 476 0.12% 2.38%
8. American Indian and Some Other Race 461 0.11% 2.30%
9. Black and Some Other Race 388 0.10% 1.94%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 358 0.09% 1.79%
11. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 204 0.05% 1.02%
12. White and Black and American Indian 202 0.05% 1.01%
13. White and Asian and Some Other Race 190 0.05% 0.95%
14. American Indian and Asian 185 0.05% 0.92%
15. White and American Indian and Asian 174 0.04% 0.87%
16. Black and American Indian 165 0.04% 0.82%
17. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 165 0.04% 0.82%
18. White and Black and Asian 151 0.04% 0.75%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 102 0.03% 0.51%
20. White and Black and Some Other Race 83 0.02% 0.41%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 43 0.01% 0.21%
22. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 39 0.01% 0.19%
23. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 32 0.01% 0.16%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 32 0.01% 0.16%
25. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.01% 0.15%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.01% 0.12%
27. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.09%
28. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.08%
30. Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.00% 0.06%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.06%
32. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.04%
34. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
38. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
39. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
40. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
42. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
46. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
50. White 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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