Wisconsin

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 62,793 1.17% 93.87%
Three Races 3,759 0.07% 5.62%
Four Races 235 0.00% 0.35%
Five Races 85 0.00% 0.13%
Six Races 23 0.00% 0.03%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 16,157 0.30% 24.15%
2. White and Black 14,437 0.27% 21.58%
3. White and Some Other Race 14,068 0.26% 21.03%
4. White and Asian 8,484 0.16% 12.68%
5. Black and American Indian 2,003 0.04% 2.99%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 1,946 0.04% 2.91%
7. Black and Some Other Race 1,860 0.03% 2.78%
8. White and Black and American Indian 1,816 0.03% 2.71%
9. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,104 0.02% 1.65%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 688 0.01% 1.03%
11. American Indian and Asian 610 0.01% 0.91%
12. Black and Asian 600 0.01% 0.90%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 597 0.01% 0.89%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 534 0.01% 0.80%
15. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 315 0.01% 0.47%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 264 0.00% 0.39%
17. White and Black and Asian 172 0.00% 0.26%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 161 0.00% 0.24%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 153 0.00% 0.23%
20. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 112 0.00% 0.17%
21. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 101 0.00% 0.15%
22. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 82 0.00% 0.12%
23. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 81 0.00% 0.12%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 78 0.00% 0.12%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 56 0.00% 0.08%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 52 0.00% 0.08%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 40 0.00% 0.06%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 35 0.00% 0.05%
29. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.04%
30. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.03%
37. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.02%
38. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
44. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
47. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
48. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%

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

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