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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 39,863 0.99% 93.92%
Three Races 2,282 0.06% 5.38%
Four Races 196 0.00% 0.46%
Five Races 95 0.00% 0.22%
Six Races 7 0.00% 0.02%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 12,842 0.32% 30.26%
2. White and Black 11,084 0.27% 26.12%
3. White and Some Other Race 6,166 0.15% 14.53%
4. White and Asian 4,728 0.12% 11.14%
5. Black and American Indian 1,174 0.03% 2.77%
6. Black and Some Other Race 1,126 0.03% 2.65%
7. White and Black and American Indian 831 0.02% 1.96%
8. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 633 0.02% 1.49%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 592 0.01% 1.39%
10. Black and Asian 571 0.01% 1.35%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 433 0.01% 1.02%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 251 0.01% 0.59%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 233 0.01% 0.55%
14. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 208 0.01% 0.49%
15. American Indian and Asian 174 0.00% 0.41%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 163 0.00% 0.38%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 147 0.00% 0.35%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 146 0.00% 0.34%
19. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 141 0.00% 0.33%
20. White and Black and Asian 137 0.00% 0.32%
21. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 118 0.00% 0.28%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.00% 0.17%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 61 0.00% 0.14%
24. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 43 0.00% 0.10%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 36 0.00% 0.08%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 33 0.00% 0.08%
27. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 30 0.00% 0.07%
28. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 28 0.00% 0.07%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 25 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.05%
32. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.05%
33. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.04%
34. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.03%
37. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.02%
39. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
41. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
51. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 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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