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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 59,408 3.86% 93.30%
Three Races 3,834 0.25% 6.02%
Four Races 349 0.02% 0.55%
Five Races 84 0.01% 0.13%
Six Races 1 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 Some Other Race 24,683 1.61% 38.76%
2. Black and Some Other Race 10,748 0.70% 16.88%
3. White and Black 6,495 0.42% 10.20%
4. White and Asian 6,093 0.40% 9.57%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 2,673 0.17% 4.20%
6. Black and American Indian 2,237 0.15% 3.51%
7. White and American Indian 1,593 0.10% 2.50%
8. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,590 0.10% 2.50%
9. White and Black and American Indian 1,460 0.09% 2.29%
10. Black and Asian 1,001 0.07% 1.57%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 837 0.05% 1.31%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 595 0.04% 0.93%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 554 0.04% 0.87%
14. American Indian and Asian 512 0.03% 0.80%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 311 0.02% 0.49%
16. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 296 0.02% 0.46%
17. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 283 0.02% 0.44%
18. White and Black and Asian 207 0.01% 0.33%
19. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 194 0.01% 0.30%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 184 0.01% 0.29%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 143 0.01% 0.22%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 120 0.01% 0.19%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 107 0.01% 0.17%
24. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 104 0.01% 0.16%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 94 0.01% 0.15%
26. White and American Indian and Asian 68 0.00% 0.11%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 64 0.00% 0.10%
28. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 62 0.00% 0.10%
29. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 61 0.00% 0.10%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 55 0.00% 0.09%
31. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 51 0.00% 0.08%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 34 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.04%
34. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.02%
36. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.01%
38. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.01%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.01%
42. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
43. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
44. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
46. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
51. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.00%
52. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and 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 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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