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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 132,609 1.08% 93.24%
Three Races 8,574 0.07% 6.03%
Four Races 740 0.01% 0.52%
Five Races 263 0.00% 0.18%
Six Races 38 0.00% 0.03%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and Black 35,533 0.29% 24.98%
2. White and Some Other Race 30,643 0.25% 21.55%
3. White and American Indian 18,962 0.15% 13.33%
4. White and Asian 16,933 0.14% 11.91%
5. Black and Some Other Race 10,469 0.09% 7.36%
6. Black and American Indian 7,211 0.06% 5.07%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 4,346 0.04% 3.06%
8. White and Black and American Indian 4,186 0.03% 2.94%
9. Black and Asian 2,486 0.02% 1.75%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,549 0.01% 1.09%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,343 0.01% 0.94%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,126 0.01% 0.79%
13. American Indian and Asian 1,016 0.01% 0.71%
14. American Indian and Some Other Race 919 0.01% 0.65%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 911 0.01% 0.64%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 635 0.01% 0.45%
17. White and Black and Asian 481 0.00% 0.34%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 449 0.00% 0.32%
19. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 391 0.00% 0.27%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 284 0.00% 0.20%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 280 0.00% 0.20%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 256 0.00% 0.18%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 224 0.00% 0.16%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 206 0.00% 0.14%
25. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 192 0.00% 0.13%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 183 0.00% 0.13%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 163 0.00% 0.11%
28. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 85 0.00% 0.06%
29. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 82 0.00% 0.06%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 76 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 72 0.00% 0.05%
32. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 54 0.00% 0.04%
33. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 49 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 45 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 38 0.00% 0.03%
38. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 35 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.00% 0.02%
41. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.02%
42. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.02%
43. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian 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 Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
55. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%

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

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