Horry 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 1,959 1.00% 93.06%
Three Races 124 0.06% 5.89%
Four Races 8 0.00% 0.38%
Five Races 14 0.01% 0.67%
Six Races 0 0.00% 0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 572 0.29% 27.17%
2. White and Black 412 0.21% 19.57%
3. White and Some Other Race 365 0.19% 17.34%
4. White and Asian 268 0.14% 12.73%
5. Black and American Indian 75 0.04% 3.56%
6. Black and Some Other Race 71 0.04% 3.37%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 60 0.03% 2.85%
8. White and Black and American Indian 54 0.03% 2.57%
9. Black and Asian 35 0.02% 1.66%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.01% 1.38%
11. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.01% 1.00%
12. American Indian and Asian 19 0.01% 0.90%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.01% 0.90%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 19 0.01% 0.90%
15. White and American Indian and Asian 15 0.01% 0.71%
16. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.01% 0.67%
17. American Indian and Some Other Race 11 0.01% 0.52%
18. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.33%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.29%
20. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.29%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.24%
22. White and Black and Asian 4 0.00% 0.19%
23. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.19%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 4 0.00% 0.19%
25. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.14%
26. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.10%
27. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.10%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 1 0.00% 0.05%
29. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.05%
30. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.05%

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

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