Cobb County

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 10,690 1.76% 93.99%
Three Races 593 0.10% 5.21%
Four Races 66 0.01% 0.58%
Five Races 24 0.00% 0.21%
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 3,387 0.56% 29.78%
2. White and Black 1,626 0.27% 14.30%
3. White and Asian 1,474 0.24% 12.96%
4. White and American Indian 1,444 0.24% 12.70%
5. Black and Some Other Race 1,033 0.17% 9.08%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 472 0.08% 4.15%
7. Black and American Indian 400 0.07% 3.52%
8. Black and Asian 328 0.05% 2.88%
9. White and Black and American Indian 244 0.04% 2.15%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 103 0.02% 0.91%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 101 0.02% 0.89%
12. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 98 0.02% 0.86%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 88 0.01% 0.77%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 77 0.01% 0.68%
15. American Indian and Asian 73 0.01% 0.64%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 65 0.01% 0.57%
17. White and Black and Asian 60 0.01% 0.53%
18. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 38 0.01% 0.33%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 34 0.01% 0.30%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 33 0.01% 0.29%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 29 0.00% 0.25%
22. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.00% 0.22%
23. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.22%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.16%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.00% 0.11%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.09%
27. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.08%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.07%
30. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
31. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
32. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
34. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.04%
35. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.04%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
38. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
40. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
42. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
48. 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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