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 | 11,888 | 2.09% | 98.58% |
| Three Races | 164 | 0.03% | 1.36% |
| Four Races | 6 | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| Five Races | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Six Races | 1 | 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 Some Other Race | 10,156 | 1.78% | 84.22% |
| 2. | White and American Indian | 432 | 0.08% | 3.58% |
| 3. | American Indian and Some Other Race | 281 | 0.05% | 2.33% |
| 4. | White and Asian | 262 | 0.05% | 2.17% |
| 5. | Black and Some Other Race | 236 | 0.04% | 1.96% |
| 6. | White and Black | 190 | 0.03% | 1.58% |
| 7. | Asian and Some Other Race | 184 | 0.03% | 1.53% |
| 8. | White and American Indian and Some Other Race | 49 | 0.01% | 0.41% |
| 9. | Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race | 38 | 0.01% | 0.32% |
| 10. | White and Asian and Some Other Race | 35 | 0.01% | 0.29% |
| 11. | White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 29 | 0.01% | 0.24% |
| 12. | American Indian and Asian | 29 | 0.01% | 0.24% |
| 13. | White and Black and American Indian | 26 | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| 14. | Black and American Indian | 16 | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| 15. | Black and Asian | 13 | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| 16. | Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 13 | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| 17. | White and Black and Some Other Race | 13 | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| 18. | White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race | 11 | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| 19. | White and Black and Asian | 8 | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| 20. | Black and Asian and Some Other Race | 8 | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| 21. | White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 7 | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| 22. | Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 5 | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| 23. | American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| 24. | White and American Indian and Asian | 3 | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| 25. | American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race | 2 | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| 26. | White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race | 2 | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| 27. | Black and American Indian and Asian | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 28. | Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 29. | White and Black and American Indian and Asian | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 30. | White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 31. | White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 32. | White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race | 1 | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| 33. | White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 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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