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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 74,604 5.17% 91.85%
Three Races 5,938 0.41% 7.31%
Four Races 557 0.04% 0.69%
Five Races 123 0.01% 0.15%
Six Races 2 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 Some Other Race 24,133 1.67% 29.71%
2. White and Asian 17,060 1.18% 21.00%
3. White and American Indian 6,534 0.45% 8.04%
4. White and Black 6,492 0.45% 7.99%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 4,697 0.33% 5.78%
6. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3,215 0.22% 3.96%
7. Black and Some Other Race 2,997 0.21% 3.69%
8. Black and American Indian 2,356 0.16% 2.90%
9. Black and Asian 2,204 0.15% 2.71%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,914 0.13% 2.36%
11. White and Black and American Indian 1,638 0.11% 2.02%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 936 0.06% 1.15%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 932 0.06% 1.15%
14. American Indian and Asian 837 0.06% 1.03%
15. American Indian and Some Other Race 783 0.05% 0.96%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 781 0.05% 0.96%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 435 0.03% 0.54%
18. White and Black and Some Other Race 411 0.03% 0.51%
19. White and Black and Asian 375 0.03% 0.46%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 325 0.02% 0.40%
21. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 312 0.02% 0.38%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 217 0.02% 0.27%
23. Black and American Indian and Asian 158 0.01% 0.19%
24. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 148 0.01% 0.18%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 138 0.01% 0.17%
26. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 127 0.01% 0.16%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 123 0.01% 0.15%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 110 0.01% 0.14%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 96 0.01% 0.12%
30. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 80 0.01% 0.10%
31. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 76 0.01% 0.09%
32. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 74 0.01% 0.09%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 68 0.00% 0.08%
34. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 61 0.00% 0.08%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 61 0.00% 0.08%
36. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 61 0.00% 0.08%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.00% 0.04%
38. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 32 0.00% 0.04%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.04%
40. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.00% 0.03%
41. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.03%
42. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.03%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.03%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
52. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black and American Indian 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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