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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 5,217 4.07% 95.15%
Three Races 238 0.19% 4.34%
Four Races 24 0.02% 0.44%
Five Races 4 0.00% 0.07%
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 Some Other Race 2,035 1.59% 37.11%
2. Black and Some Other Race 1,029 0.80% 18.77%
3. White and Asian 787 0.61% 14.35%
4. White and Black 422 0.33% 7.70%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 284 0.22% 5.18%
6. White and American Indian 261 0.20% 4.76%
7. Black and American Indian 109 0.08% 1.99%
8. Black and Asian 89 0.07% 1.62%
9. White and Black and American Indian 89 0.07% 1.62%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 57 0.04% 1.04%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 54 0.04% 0.98%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 38 0.03% 0.69%
13. American Indian and Asian 32 0.02% 0.58%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.02% 0.51%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 28 0.02% 0.51%
16. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.02% 0.36%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.02% 0.36%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 13 0.01% 0.24%
19. White and Black and Asian 11 0.01% 0.20%
20. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.01% 0.18%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 10 0.01% 0.18%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 8 0.01% 0.15%
23. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.01% 0.13%
24. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.01% 0.13%
25. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.11%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.09%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.07%
28. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.07%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.05%
32. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
36. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%

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

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