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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 25,952 2.29% 96.38%
Three Races 888 0.08% 3.30%
Four Races 59 0.01% 0.22%
Five Races 29 0.00% 0.11%
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 8,450 0.75% 31.38%
2. Black and Some Other Race 8,153 0.72% 30.28%
3. White and Asian 2,089 0.18% 7.76%
4. White and Black 1,996 0.18% 7.41%
5. White and American Indian 1,755 0.16% 6.52%
6. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 701 0.06% 2.60%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 699 0.06% 2.60%
8. Black and Asian 622 0.05% 2.31%
9. American Indian and Some Other Race 504 0.04% 1.87%
10. Black and American Indian 370 0.03% 1.37%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 216 0.02% 0.80%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 200 0.02% 0.74%
13. White and Black and American Indian 168 0.01% 0.62%
14. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 142 0.01% 0.53%
15. American Indian and Asian 123 0.01% 0.46%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 119 0.01% 0.44%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 101 0.01% 0.38%
18. White and Black and Asian 92 0.01% 0.34%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 67 0.01% 0.25%
20. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 47 0.00% 0.17%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 45 0.00% 0.17%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 39 0.00% 0.14%
23. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 28 0.00% 0.10%
24. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.10%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.10%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 27 0.00% 0.10%
27. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.07%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 19 0.00% 0.07%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.06%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.04%
32. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
37. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
38. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
39. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
41. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
42. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
43. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
44. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 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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