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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 11,277 2.39% 94.55%
Three Races 602 0.13% 5.05%
Four Races 41 0.01% 0.34%
Five Races 7 0.00% 0.06%
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. Black and Some Other Race 4,456 0.94% 37.36%
2. White and Some Other Race 2,622 0.55% 21.98%
3. White and Black 1,384 0.29% 11.60%
4. White and American Indian 1,091 0.23% 9.15%
5. White and Asian 771 0.16% 6.46%
6. Black and American Indian 272 0.06% 2.28%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 212 0.04% 1.78%
8. White and Black and Some Other Race 195 0.04% 1.63%
9. White and Black and American Indian 182 0.04% 1.53%
10. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 93 0.02% 0.78%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 86 0.02% 0.72%
12. Black and Asian 86 0.02% 0.72%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 79 0.02% 0.66%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 61 0.01% 0.51%
15. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 39 0.01% 0.33%
16. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.01% 0.30%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 32 0.01% 0.27%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 28 0.01% 0.23%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 25 0.01% 0.21%
20. American Indian and Asian 24 0.01% 0.20%
21. White and Black and Asian 22 0.00% 0.18%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.18%
23. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.13%
24. Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.00% 0.13%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.13%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 12 0.00% 0.10%
27. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.09%
28. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.04%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.03%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
34. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
35. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and American Indian 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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