Texas

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 494,972 2.37% 96.18%
Three Races 17,564 0.08% 3.41%
Four Races 1,458 0.01% 0.28%
Five Races 573 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 66 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 267,739 1.28% 52.03%
2. White and American Indian 67,407 0.32% 13.10%
3. White and Asian 44,486 0.21% 8.64%
4. White and Black 40,094 0.19% 7.79%
5. Black and Some Other Race 23,062 0.11% 4.48%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 17,067 0.08% 3.32%
7. American Indian and Some Other Race 8,579 0.04% 1.67%
8. Black and American Indian 7,563 0.04% 1.47%
9. Black and Asian 5,348 0.03% 1.04%
10. White and Black and American Indian 4,446 0.02% 0.86%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3,498 0.02% 0.68%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3,418 0.02% 0.66%
13. American Indian and Asian 2,847 0.01% 0.55%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 2,551 0.01% 0.50%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2,499 0.01% 0.49%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 2,457 0.01% 0.48%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 2,207 0.01% 0.43%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,462 0.01% 0.28%
19. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,137 0.01% 0.22%
20. White and Black and Asian 1,007 0.00% 0.20%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 992 0.00% 0.19%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 500 0.00% 0.10%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 453 0.00% 0.09%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 415 0.00% 0.08%
25. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 378 0.00% 0.07%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 355 0.00% 0.07%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 297 0.00% 0.06%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 274 0.00% 0.05%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 228 0.00% 0.04%
30. Black and American Indian and Asian 215 0.00% 0.04%
31. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 153 0.00% 0.03%
32. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 144 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 137 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 132 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 116 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 93 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 92 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 91 0.00% 0.02%
39. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 90 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 73 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 71 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 68 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 66 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 63 0.00% 0.01%
45. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 40 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.00%
56. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.00%

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

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