North Carolina

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 96,203 1.20% 93.17%
Three Races 6,326 0.08% 6.13%
Four Races 478 0.01% 0.46%
Five Races 232 0.00% 0.22%
Six Races 21 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 22,414 0.28% 21.71%
2. White and American Indian 19,403 0.24% 18.79%
3. White and Black 18,690 0.23% 18.10%
4. White and Asian 12,046 0.15% 11.67%
5. Black and American Indian 6,088 0.08% 5.90%
6. Black and Some Other Race 5,876 0.07% 5.69%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 3,676 0.05% 3.56%
8. White and Black and American Indian 2,469 0.03% 2.39%
9. Black and Asian 2,430 0.03% 2.35%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,605 0.02% 1.55%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,069 0.01% 1.04%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,012 0.01% 0.98%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 909 0.01% 0.88%
14. American Indian and Asian 773 0.01% 0.75%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 594 0.01% 0.58%
16. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 508 0.01% 0.49%
17. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 469 0.01% 0.45%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 459 0.01% 0.44%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 413 0.01% 0.40%
20. White and Black and Asian 372 0.00% 0.36%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 274 0.00% 0.27%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 198 0.00% 0.19%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 165 0.00% 0.16%
24. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 161 0.00% 0.16%
25. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 133 0.00% 0.13%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 131 0.00% 0.13%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 129 0.00% 0.12%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 119 0.00% 0.12%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 61 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 58 0.00% 0.06%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 56 0.00% 0.05%
32. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 49 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 49 0.00% 0.05%
34. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 47 0.00% 0.05%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.00% 0.04%
36. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 46 0.00% 0.04%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 41 0.00% 0.04%
38. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.03%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
52. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
54. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
55. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
56. 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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