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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 146,556 1.29% 92.82%
Three Races 10,401 0.09% 6.59%
Four Races 713 0.01% 0.45%
Five Races 193 0.00% 0.12%
Six Races 22 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 Black 43,903 0.39% 27.81%
2. White and American Indian 34,561 0.30% 21.89%
3. White and Some Other Race 25,854 0.23% 16.38%
4. White and Asian 17,966 0.16% 11.38%
5. Black and American Indian 7,673 0.07% 4.86%
6. Black and Some Other Race 7,649 0.07% 4.84%
7. White and Black and American Indian 5,778 0.05% 3.66%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 2,381 0.02% 1.51%
9. Black and Asian 2,250 0.02% 1.43%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,383 0.01% 0.88%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,256 0.01% 0.80%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 939 0.01% 0.59%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 804 0.01% 0.51%
14. American Indian and Asian 554 0.00% 0.35%
15. White and Black and Asian 547 0.00% 0.35%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 532 0.00% 0.34%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 478 0.00% 0.30%
18. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 446 0.00% 0.28%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 388 0.00% 0.25%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 373 0.00% 0.24%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 337 0.00% 0.21%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 250 0.00% 0.16%
23. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 180 0.00% 0.11%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 160 0.00% 0.10%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 158 0.00% 0.10%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 151 0.00% 0.10%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 133 0.00% 0.08%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 125 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 73 0.00% 0.05%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 70 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 53 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 50 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 49 0.00% 0.03%
34. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 34 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 29 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.01%
43. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.01%
44. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.00%
52. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
55. 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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