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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 8,487 3.57% 92.56%
Three Races 627 0.26% 6.84%
Four Races 45 0.02% 0.49%
Five Races 9 0.00% 0.10%
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 2,225 0.93% 24.27%
2. White and Black 1,614 0.68% 17.60%
3. White and Asian 1,271 0.53% 13.86%
4. White and American Indian 985 0.41% 10.74%
5. Black and Some Other Race 777 0.33% 8.47%
6. Black and Asian 396 0.17% 4.32%
7. Black and American Indian 315 0.13% 3.44%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 230 0.10% 2.51%
9. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 186 0.08% 2.03%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 183 0.08% 2.00%
11. White and Black and American Indian 129 0.05% 1.41%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 105 0.04% 1.15%
13. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 101 0.04% 1.10%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 96 0.04% 1.05%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 94 0.04% 1.03%
16. White and Black and Asian 61 0.03% 0.67%
17. American Indian and Asian 57 0.02% 0.62%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 50 0.02% 0.55%
19. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 43 0.02% 0.47%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 36 0.02% 0.39%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 30 0.01% 0.33%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 23 0.01% 0.25%
23. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.01% 0.22%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 17 0.01% 0.19%
25. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.01% 0.17%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.01% 0.14%
27. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.01% 0.13%
28. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.10%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.09%
31. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.09%
32. Black and American Indian and Asian 7 0.00% 0.08%
33. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.08%
34. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.08%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.07%
36. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.05%
37. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.04%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
45. 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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