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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 18,382 0.65% 91.81%
Three Races 1,348 0.05% 6.73%
Four Races 182 0.01% 0.91%
Five Races 89 0.00% 0.44%
Six Races 20 0.00% 0.10%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 5,259 0.18% 26.27%
2. White and Black 3,462 0.12% 17.29%
3. White and Some Other Race 2,885 0.10% 14.41%
4. White and Asian 2,402 0.08% 12.00%
5. Black and American Indian 1,372 0.05% 6.85%
6. Black and Asian 802 0.03% 4.01%
7. Black and Some Other Race 785 0.03% 3.92%
8. White and Black and American Indian 456 0.02% 2.28%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 344 0.01% 1.72%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 287 0.01% 1.43%
11. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 230 0.01% 1.15%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 186 0.01% 0.93%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 175 0.01% 0.87%
14. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 169 0.01% 0.84%
15. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 133 0.00% 0.66%
16. American Indian and Asian 131 0.00% 0.65%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 98 0.00% 0.49%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 79 0.00% 0.39%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 78 0.00% 0.39%
20. White and Black and Asian 75 0.00% 0.37%
21. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 66 0.00% 0.33%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 66 0.00% 0.33%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 56 0.00% 0.28%
24. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 55 0.00% 0.27%
25. White and Asian and Some Other Race 45 0.00% 0.22%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 41 0.00% 0.20%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 27 0.00% 0.13%
28. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.13%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.10%
31. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.09%
32. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.07%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.07%
34. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.06%
35. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.06%
36. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.06%
37. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.06%
38. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.05%
39. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.04%
40. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.04%
41. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.04%
42. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.04%
43. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.04%
44. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
45. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
46. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
49. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
50. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and American Indian 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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