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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 38 0.32% 77.55%
Three Races 8 0.07% 16.33%
Four Races 3 0.03% 6.12%
Five Races 0 0.00% 0.00%
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 15 0.13% 30.61%
2. White and American Indian 9 0.08% 18.37%
3. Black and American Indian 6 0.05% 12.24%
4. White and Black and American Indian 4 0.03% 8.16%
5. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.03% 8.16%
6. White and Some Other Race 3 0.03% 6.12%
7. Black and Asian 3 0.03% 6.12%
8. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.02% 4.08%
9. Black and Some Other Race 1 0.01% 2.04%
10. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.01% 2.04%
11. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.01% 2.04%

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

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