Wayne 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 48,209 2.34% 94.03%
Three Races 2,783 0.14% 5.43%
Four Races 182 0.01% 0.35%
Five Races 79 0.00% 0.15%
Six Races 16 0.00% 0.03%

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 20,599 1.00% 40.18%
2. White and Black 7,833 0.38% 15.28%
3. White and American Indian 5,738 0.28% 11.19%
4. White and Asian 4,577 0.22% 8.93%
5. Black and American Indian 3,714 0.18% 7.24%
6. Black and Some Other Race 1,998 0.10% 3.90%
7. White and Black and American Indian 1,543 0.07% 3.01%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 1,409 0.07% 2.75%
9. Black and Asian 1,013 0.05% 1.98%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 332 0.02% 0.65%
11. American Indian and Asian 310 0.02% 0.60%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 283 0.01% 0.55%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 227 0.01% 0.44%
14. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 206 0.01% 0.40%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 184 0.01% 0.36%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 175 0.01% 0.34%
17. White and Black and Asian 127 0.01% 0.25%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 119 0.01% 0.23%
19. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 93 0.00% 0.18%
20. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 93 0.00% 0.18%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 77 0.00% 0.15%
22. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 67 0.00% 0.13%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 66 0.00% 0.13%
24. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 65 0.00% 0.13%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 65 0.00% 0.13%
26. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 58 0.00% 0.11%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 57 0.00% 0.11%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 32 0.00% 0.06%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.03%
34. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.03%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.02%
36. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
41. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
42. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
45. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
54. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. 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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