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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 988 2.44% 94.82%
Three Races 43 0.11% 4.13%
Four Races 8 0.02% 0.77%
Five Races 3 0.01% 0.29%
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 Asian 302 0.75% 28.98%
2. White and Some Other Race 259 0.64% 24.86%
3. White and Black 219 0.54% 21.02%
4. White and American Indian 64 0.16% 6.14%
5. Black and Some Other Race 43 0.11% 4.13%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 32 0.08% 3.07%
7. Black and American Indian 22 0.05% 2.11%
8. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.04% 1.44%
9. White and Black and American Indian 13 0.03% 1.25%
10. White and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.03% 1.25%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.03% 1.15%
12. Black and Asian 9 0.02% 0.86%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 8 0.02% 0.77%
14. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.01% 0.58%
15. American Indian and Asian 4 0.01% 0.38%
16. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.01% 0.29%
17. American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.01% 0.29%
18. White and Black and Asian 3 0.01% 0.29%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.01% 0.29%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 2 0.00% 0.19%
21. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.19%
22. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.19%
23. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.10%
24. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.10%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 1 0.00% 0.10%

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

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