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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 1,517 1.12% 91.11%
Three Races 130 0.10% 7.81%
Four Races 12 0.01% 0.72%
Five Races 6 0.00% 0.36%
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 Black 552 0.41% 33.15%
2. White and American Indian 329 0.24% 19.76%
3. White and Asian 212 0.16% 12.73%
4. White and Some Other Race 202 0.15% 12.13%
5. White and Black and American Indian 73 0.05% 4.38%
6. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 50 0.04% 3.00%
7. Black and American Indian 47 0.03% 2.82%
8. Black and Some Other Race 38 0.03% 2.28%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 27 0.02% 1.62%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.02% 1.44%
11. American Indian and Asian 23 0.02% 1.38%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 18 0.01% 1.08%
13. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.01% 0.72%
14. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 8 0.01% 0.48%
15. American Indian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.36%
16. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.36%
17. Black and Asian 5 0.00% 0.30%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 5 0.00% 0.30%
19. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.30%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.30%
21. White and Black and Asian 4 0.00% 0.24%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.24%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.24%
24. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.18%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.12%
26. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.06%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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