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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 4,520 2.51% 90.53%
Three Races 435 0.24% 8.71%
Four Races 28 0.02% 0.56%
Five Races 10 0.01% 0.20%
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 Black 1,075 0.60% 21.53%
2. White and Asian 754 0.42% 15.10%
3. White and Some Other Race 659 0.37% 13.20%
4. Black and American Indian 505 0.28% 10.11%
5. White and American Indian 456 0.25% 9.13%
6. Black and Some Other Race 443 0.25% 8.87%
7. Black and Asian 277 0.15% 5.55%
8. White and Black and American Indian 203 0.11% 4.07%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 116 0.06% 2.32%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 72 0.04% 1.44%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 54 0.03% 1.08%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 48 0.03% 0.96%
13. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 47 0.03% 0.94%
14. White and Black and Asian 41 0.02% 0.82%
15. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.02% 0.76%
16. American Indian and Asian 24 0.01% 0.48%
17. American Indian and Some Other Race 22 0.01% 0.44%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 20 0.01% 0.40%
19. Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.01% 0.30%
20. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.01% 0.28%
21. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.01% 0.26%
22. White and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.01% 0.26%
23. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.18%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.18%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.18%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.16%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 7 0.00% 0.14%
28. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.12%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.10%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.08%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.06%
33. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.06%
34. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.06%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.06%
36. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.06%
37. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.04%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 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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