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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 11,007 1.78% 93.88%
Three Races 660 0.11% 5.63%
Four Races 39 0.01% 0.33%
Five Races 15 0.00% 0.13%
Six Races 3 0.00% 0.03%

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 3,190 0.52% 27.21%
2. White and Black 3,080 0.50% 26.27%
3. White and American Indian 2,002 0.32% 17.08%
4. White and Asian 1,133 0.18% 9.66%
5. Black and Some Other Race 537 0.09% 4.58%
6. Black and American Indian 478 0.08% 4.08%
7. White and Black and American Indian 334 0.05% 2.85%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 227 0.04% 1.94%
9. Black and Asian 131 0.02% 1.12%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 104 0.02% 0.89%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 65 0.01% 0.55%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 64 0.01% 0.55%
13. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 62 0.01% 0.53%
14. White and Asian and Some Other Race 44 0.01% 0.38%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 30 0.00% 0.26%
16. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.23%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 24 0.00% 0.20%
18. White and Black and Asian 22 0.00% 0.19%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 22 0.00% 0.19%
20. American Indian and Asian 21 0.00% 0.18%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.18%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.13%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.12%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.09%
25. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.09%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.08%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.07%
28. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.03%
31. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.03%
32. Black and American Indian and Asian 3 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
36. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
37. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and Black 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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