States Ranked by Percent of Population Identifying as Multiracial | ||||
Rank | State | Number Identifying as Multiracial | Total Population | Percent Identifying as Multiracial |
1. | Hawaii | 259,343 | 1,211,537 | 21.41% |
2. | Alaska | 34,146 | 626,932 | 5.45% |
3. | California | 1,607,646 | 33,871,648 | 4.75% |
4. | Oklahoma | 155,985 | 3,450,654 | 4.52% |
5. | Nevada | 76,428 | 1,998,257 | 3.82% |
6. | New Mexico | 66,327 | 1,819,046 | 3.65% |
7. | Washington | 213,519 | 5,894,121 | 3.62% |
8. | New York | 590,182 | 18,976,457 | 3.11% |
9. | Oregon | 104,745 | 3,421,399 | 3.06% |
10. | Arizona | 146,526 | 5,130,632 | 2.86% |
11. | Colorado | 122,187 | 4,301,261 | 2.84% |
12. | Rhode Island | 28,251 | 1,048,319 | 2.69% |
13. | New Jersey | 213,755 | 8,414,350 | 2.54% |
14. | Texas | 514,633 | 20,851,820 | 2.47% |
15. | Florida | 376,315 | 15,982,378 | 2.35% |
16. | District of Columbia | 13,446 | 572,059 | 2.35% |
17. | Massachusetts | 146,005 | 6,349,097 | 2.30% |
18. | Connecticut | 74,848 | 3,405,565 | 2.20% |
19. | Utah | 47,195 | 2,233,169 | 2.11% |
20. | Kansas | 56,496 | 2,688,418 | 2.10% |
21. | Virginia | 143,069 | 7,078,515 | 2.02% |
22. | Idaho | 25,609 | 1,293,953 | 1.98% |
23. | Maryland | 103,587 | 5,296,486 | 1.96% |
24. | Michigan | 192,416 | 9,938,444 | 1.94% |
25. | Illinois | 235,016 | 12,419,293 | 1.89% |
26. | Wyoming | 8,883 | 493,782 | 1.80% |
27. | Montana | 15,730 | 902,195 | 1.74% |
28. | Minnesota | 82,742 | 4,919,479 | 1.68% |
29. | Delaware | 13,033 | 783,600 | 1.66% |
30. | Missouri | 82,061 | 5,595,211 | 1.47% |
31. | Nebraska | 23,953 | 1,711,263 | 1.40% |
32. | Georgia | 114,188 | 8,186,453 | 1.39% |
33. | Ohio | 157,885 | 11,353,140 | 1.39% |
34. | South Dakota | 10,156 | 754,844 | 1.35% |
35. | Arkansas | 35,744 | 2,673,400 | 1.34% |
36. | North Carolina | 103,260 | 8,049,313 | 1.28% |
37. | Wisconsin | 66,895 | 5,363,675 | 1.25% |
38. | Indiana | 75,672 | 6,080,485 | 1.24% |
39. | Vermont | 7,335 | 608,827 | 1.20% |
40. | Pennsylvania | 142,224 | 12,281,054 | 1.16% |
41. | North Dakota | 7,398 | 642,200 | 1.15% |
42. | Tennessee | 63,109 | 5,689,283 | 1.11% |
43. | Iowa | 31,778 | 2,926,324 | 1.09% |
44. | Louisiana | 48,265 | 4,468,976 | 1.08% |
45. | New Hampshire | 13,214 | 1,235,786 | 1.07% |
46. | Kentucky | 42,443 | 4,041,769 | 1.05% |
47. | South Carolina | 39,950 | 4,012,012 | 1.00% |
48. | Alabama | 44,179 | 4,447,100 | 0.99% |
49. | Maine | 12,647 | 1,274,923 | 0.99% |
50. | West Virginia | 15,788 | 1,808,344 | 0.87% |
51. | Mississippi | 20,021 | 2,844,658 | 0.70% |
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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