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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 559,491 2.95% 94.80%
Three Races 27,676 0.15% 4.69%
Four Races 2,333 0.01% 0.40%
Five Races 618 0.00% 0.10%
Six Races 64 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 213,842 1.13% 36.23%
2. Black and Some Other Race 94,969 0.50% 16.09%
3. White and Black 61,887 0.33% 10.49%
4. White and Asian 47,061 0.25% 7.97%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 40,639 0.21% 6.89%
6. White and American Indian 31,114 0.16% 5.27%
7. Black and American Indian 20,500 0.11% 3.47%
8. Black and Asian 12,984 0.07% 2.20%
9. American Indian and Some Other Race 11,066 0.06% 1.88%
10. White and Black and American Indian 9,942 0.05% 1.68%
11. American Indian and Asian 9,036 0.05% 1.53%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 5,234 0.03% 0.89%
13. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5,088 0.03% 0.86%
14. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4,601 0.02% 0.78%
15. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3,246 0.02% 0.55%
16. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3,063 0.02% 0.52%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 2,296 0.01% 0.39%
18. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1,875 0.01% 0.32%
19. White and Black and Asian 1,698 0.01% 0.29%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 1,340 0.01% 0.23%
21. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 1,183 0.01% 0.20%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 1,147 0.01% 0.19%
23. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 683 0.00% 0.12%
24. Black and American Indian and Asian 619 0.00% 0.10%
25. White and American Indian and Asian 574 0.00% 0.10%
26. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 530 0.00% 0.09%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 468 0.00% 0.08%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 464 0.00% 0.08%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 440 0.00% 0.07%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 395 0.00% 0.07%
31. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 355 0.00% 0.06%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 305 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 211 0.00% 0.04%
34. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 158 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 151 0.00% 0.03%
36. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 99 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 90 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 89 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.00% 0.01%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 70 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 65 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 64 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 62 0.00% 0.01%
44. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 59 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 57 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 42 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 42 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 40 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 39 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.00%
52. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.00%
54. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
57. 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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