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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 10,636 2.50% 91.09%
Three Races 935 0.22% 8.01%
Four Races 83 0.02% 0.71%
Five Races 23 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 Asian 2,915 0.69% 24.96%
2. White and Black 2,270 0.53% 19.44%
3. White and American Indian 1,470 0.35% 12.59%
4. White and Some Other Race 1,464 0.34% 12.54%
5. Black and Some Other Race 610 0.14% 5.22%
6. Black and American Indian 541 0.13% 4.63%
7. Black and Asian 432 0.10% 3.70%
8. White and Black and American Indian 334 0.08% 2.86%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 329 0.08% 2.82%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 210 0.05% 1.80%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 174 0.04% 1.49%
12. White and Black and Asian 124 0.03% 1.06%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 114 0.03% 0.98%
14. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 100 0.02% 0.86%
15. American Indian and Asian 92 0.02% 0.79%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 67 0.02% 0.57%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 63 0.01% 0.54%
18. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 45 0.01% 0.39%
19. American Indian and Some Other Race 40 0.01% 0.34%
20. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 38 0.01% 0.33%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 29 0.01% 0.25%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 25 0.01% 0.21%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.01% 0.19%
24. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.15%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.15%
26. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.13%
27. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.11%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 12 0.00% 0.10%
29. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.10%
30. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.09%
31. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.07%
32. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.07%
33. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
34. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.05%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.05%
37. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.03%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
40. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
46. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%

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

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