Bergen 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 18,973 2.15% 95.06%
Three Races 858 0.10% 4.30%
Four Races 99 0.01% 0.50%
Five Races 22 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 6 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 8,755 0.99% 43.87%
2. White and Asian 3,292 0.37% 16.49%
3. White and Black 1,768 0.20% 8.86%
4. Black and Some Other Race 1,454 0.16% 7.29%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 1,167 0.13% 5.85%
6. White and American Indian 801 0.09% 4.01%
7. Black and American Indian 463 0.05% 2.32%
8. Black and Asian 378 0.04% 1.89%
9. American Indian and Asian 333 0.04% 1.67%
10. White and Black and American Indian 305 0.03% 1.53%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 179 0.02% 0.90%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 163 0.02% 0.82%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 124 0.01% 0.62%
14. White and Asian and Some Other Race 113 0.01% 0.57%
15. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 111 0.01% 0.56%
16. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 95 0.01% 0.48%
17. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 70 0.01% 0.35%
18. White and Black and Asian 60 0.01% 0.30%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 51 0.01% 0.26%
20. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 47 0.01% 0.24%
21. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 36 0.00% 0.18%
22. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 30 0.00% 0.15%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.11%
24. White and American Indian and Asian 21 0.00% 0.11%
25. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.10%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.00% 0.08%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.06%
28. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.05%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.04%
30. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.04%
31. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
34. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
36. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
37. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
42. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
45. 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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