Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

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 4,080 1.04% 92.83%
Three Races 244 0.06% 5.55%
Four Races 57 0.01% 1.30%
Five Races 14 0.00% 0.32%
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 American Indian 1,286 0.33% 29.26%
2. White and Some Other Race 716 0.18% 16.29%
3. White and Black 690 0.18% 15.70%
4. White and Asian 524 0.13% 11.92%
5. Black and American Indian 269 0.07% 6.12%
6. Black and Asian 186 0.05% 4.23%
7. Black and Some Other Race 173 0.04% 3.94%
8. White and Black and American Indian 65 0.02% 1.48%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 62 0.02% 1.41%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 45 0.01% 1.02%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 40 0.01% 0.91%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 39 0.01% 0.89%
13. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 31 0.01% 0.71%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.01% 0.64%
15. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.01% 0.59%
16. White and Black and Asian 22 0.01% 0.50%
17. White and Black and Some Other Race 22 0.01% 0.50%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.01% 0.48%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 16 0.00% 0.36%
20. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.34%
21. White and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.32%
22. American Indian and Asian 13 0.00% 0.30%
23. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.25%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.20%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.18%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 8 0.00% 0.18%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.18%
28. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.16%
29. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.16%
30. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.11%
31. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.11%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.09%
33. Black and American Indian and Asian 4 0.00% 0.09%
34. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.09%
35. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.07%
36. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.05%
37. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.05%
38. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.05%
39. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%

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

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