Contra Costa County

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 45,015 4.74% 92.41%
Three Races 3,315 0.35% 6.81%
Four Races 335 0.04% 0.69%
Five Races 49 0.01% 0.10%
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 Some Other Race 15,762 1.66% 32.36%
2. White and Asian 10,662 1.12% 21.89%
3. White and American Indian 5,416 0.57% 11.12%
4. White and Black 3,804 0.40% 7.81%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 2,384 0.25% 4.89%
6. Black and Some Other Race 1,256 0.13% 2.58%
7. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,247 0.13% 2.56%
8. Black and Asian 1,113 0.12% 2.28%
9. Black and American Indian 1,001 0.11% 2.05%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,000 0.11% 2.05%
11. White and Black and American Indian 686 0.07% 1.41%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 585 0.06% 1.20%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 525 0.06% 1.08%
14. White and Asian and Some Other Race 482 0.05% 0.99%
15. American Indian and Asian 365 0.04% 0.75%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 304 0.03% 0.62%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 299 0.03% 0.61%
18. White and Black and Some Other Race 297 0.03% 0.61%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 269 0.03% 0.55%
20. White and Black and Asian 217 0.02% 0.45%
21. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 134 0.01% 0.28%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 112 0.01% 0.23%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 91 0.01% 0.19%
24. Black and American Indian and Asian 72 0.01% 0.15%
25. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 70 0.01% 0.14%
26. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 62 0.01% 0.13%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.00% 0.09%
28. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 46 0.00% 0.09%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 42 0.00% 0.09%
30. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 42 0.00% 0.09%
31. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 35 0.00% 0.07%
32. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 34 0.00% 0.07%
33. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.06%
34. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.06%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.06%
36. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.06%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.04%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.03%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
44. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
51. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%

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

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