Montgomery 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 28,260 3.24% 93.83%
Three Races 1,688 0.19% 5.60%
Four Races 134 0.02% 0.44%
Five Races 29 0.00% 0.10%
Six Races 6 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 Some Other Race 9,618 1.10% 31.94%
2. White and Asian 5,291 0.61% 17.57%
3. White and Black 3,621 0.41% 12.02%
4. Black and Some Other Race 3,518 0.40% 11.68%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 1,595 0.18% 5.30%
6. White and American Indian 1,544 0.18% 5.13%
7. Black and American Indian 814 0.09% 2.70%
8. Black and Asian 744 0.09% 2.47%
9. White and Black and American Indian 695 0.08% 2.31%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 407 0.05% 1.35%
11. American Indian and Asian 364 0.04% 1.21%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 270 0.03% 0.90%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 220 0.03% 0.73%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 198 0.02% 0.66%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 178 0.02% 0.59%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 174 0.02% 0.58%
17. White and Black and Asian 155 0.02% 0.51%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 102 0.01% 0.34%
19. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 89 0.01% 0.30%
20. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 84 0.01% 0.28%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 80 0.01% 0.27%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 69 0.01% 0.23%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 52 0.01% 0.17%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.09%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 25 0.00% 0.08%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.08%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.08%
28. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.06%
29. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.05%
31. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.05%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.03%
33. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.03%
34. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
35. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
44. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
49. White and Black and Asian 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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