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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 5,304 2.26% 91.13%
Three Races 456 0.19% 7.84%
Four Races 56 0.02% 0.96%
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 Black 1,233 0.53% 21.19%
2. White and Asian 869 0.37% 14.93%
3. White and Some Other Race 768 0.33% 13.20%
4. White and American Indian 765 0.33% 13.14%
5. Black and Some Other Race 440 0.19% 7.56%
6. Black and American Indian 439 0.19% 7.54%
7. Black and Asian 312 0.13% 5.36%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 161 0.07% 2.77%
9. White and Black and American Indian 148 0.06% 2.54%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 127 0.05% 2.18%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 77 0.03% 1.32%
12. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.03% 1.22%
13. White and Black and Asian 39 0.02% 0.67%
14. American Indian and Asian 37 0.02% 0.64%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 36 0.02% 0.62%
16. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.01% 0.53%
17. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.01% 0.50%
18. American Indian and Some Other Race 27 0.01% 0.46%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 26 0.01% 0.45%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 23 0.01% 0.40%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 20 0.01% 0.34%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.01% 0.26%
23. Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.01% 0.26%
24. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.01% 0.22%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.19%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.19%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.19%
28. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.15%
29. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.12%
30. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.09%
31. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.09%
32. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.09%
33. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.09%
34. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.07%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.07%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.05%
37. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
41. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.03%
42. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
43. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.03%
44. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%

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

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