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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 3,682 1.65% 91.73%
Three Races 292 0.13% 7.27%
Four Races 25 0.01% 0.62%
Five Races 14 0.01% 0.35%
Six Races 1 0.00% 0.02%

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 992 0.44% 24.71%
2. White and Black 584 0.26% 14.55%
3. White and Asian 513 0.23% 12.78%
4. White and American Indian 387 0.17% 9.64%
5. Black and American Indian 365 0.16% 9.09%
6. Black and Some Other Race 342 0.15% 8.52%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 172 0.08% 4.29%
8. White and Black and American Indian 137 0.06% 3.41%
9. Black and Asian 117 0.05% 2.91%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 86 0.04% 2.14%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 44 0.02% 1.10%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 29 0.01% 0.72%
13. White and Black and Asian 25 0.01% 0.62%
14. American Indian and Asian 24 0.01% 0.60%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.01% 0.50%
16. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.01% 0.45%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.01% 0.45%
18. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.01% 0.40%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 15 0.01% 0.37%
20. Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.01% 0.32%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 11 0.00% 0.27%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 11 0.00% 0.27%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.27%
24. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.22%
25. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.15%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.15%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.15%
28. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.15%
29. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.10%
31. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.07%
32. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.07%
33. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.05%
34. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.05%
35. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.05%
36. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.05%
37. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%

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

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