Montgomery County

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 8,070 1.08% 92.48%
Three Races 585 0.08% 6.70%
Four Races 57 0.01% 0.65%
Five Races 12 0.00% 0.14%
Six Races 2 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 Black 2,440 0.33% 27.96%
2. White and Asian 1,578 0.21% 18.08%
3. White and Some Other Race 1,329 0.18% 15.23%
4. White and American Indian 944 0.13% 10.82%
5. Black and Some Other Race 446 0.06% 5.11%
6. Black and American Indian 388 0.05% 4.45%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 356 0.05% 4.08%
8. White and Black and American Indian 300 0.04% 3.44%
9. Black and Asian 184 0.02% 2.11%
10. American Indian and Asian 139 0.02% 1.59%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 97 0.01% 1.11%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 80 0.01% 0.92%
13. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 64 0.01% 0.73%
14. White and Black and Asian 61 0.01% 0.70%
15. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.01% 0.53%
16. American Indian and Some Other Race 42 0.01% 0.48%
17. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 34 0.00% 0.39%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.34%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 21 0.00% 0.24%
20. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.24%
21. Black and American Indian and Asian 18 0.00% 0.21%
22. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.19%
23. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.16%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.16%
25. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.15%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.14%
27. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.13%
28. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.09%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.07%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.05%
32. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
34. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
35. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%

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

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