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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 203,207 2.42% 95.07%
Three Races 9,507 0.11% 4.45%
Four Races 776 0.01% 0.36%
Five Races 235 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 30 0.00% 0.01%

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 88,184 1.05% 41.25%
2. Black and Some Other Race 25,831 0.31% 12.08%
3. White and Black 23,611 0.28% 11.05%
4. White and Asian 22,701 0.27% 10.62%
5. White and American Indian 11,428 0.14% 5.35%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 10,243 0.12% 4.79%
7. Black and American Indian 7,167 0.09% 3.35%
8. Black and Asian 3,784 0.04% 1.77%
9. White and Black and American Indian 3,715 0.04% 1.74%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 2,501 0.03% 1.17%
11. American Indian and Asian 2,338 0.03% 1.09%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,677 0.02% 0.78%
13. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,397 0.02% 0.65%
14. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1,390 0.02% 0.65%
15. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,293 0.02% 0.60%
16. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,261 0.01% 0.59%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 880 0.01% 0.41%
18. White and Black and Asian 674 0.01% 0.32%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 502 0.01% 0.23%
20. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 417 0.00% 0.20%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 320 0.00% 0.15%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 292 0.00% 0.14%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 291 0.00% 0.14%
24. White and American Indian and Asian 276 0.00% 0.13%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 178 0.00% 0.08%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 176 0.00% 0.08%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 164 0.00% 0.08%
28. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 140 0.00% 0.07%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 107 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 95 0.00% 0.04%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 84 0.00% 0.04%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 78 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.00% 0.03%
34. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 66 0.00% 0.03%
35. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 61 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 39 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.01%
41. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.01%
46. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.00%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.00%
49. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
55. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%

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

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