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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 11,328 5.38% 95.19%
Three Races 532 0.25% 4.47%
Four Races 31 0.01% 0.26%
Five Races 9 0.00% 0.08%
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 6,166 2.93% 51.82%
2. White and American Indian 1,281 0.61% 10.76%
3. White and Asian 958 0.45% 8.05%
4. Asian and Some Other Race 727 0.35% 6.11%
5. White and Black 627 0.30% 5.27%
6. American Indian and Some Other Race 323 0.15% 2.71%
7. Black and Some Other Race 284 0.13% 2.39%
8. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 264 0.13% 2.22%
9. American Indian and Asian 222 0.11% 1.87%
10. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 193 0.09% 1.62%
11. Black and Asian 111 0.05% 0.93%
12. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 104 0.05% 0.87%
13. Black and American Indian 98 0.05% 0.82%
14. White and Black and American Indian 81 0.04% 0.68%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 81 0.04% 0.68%
16. White and American Indian and Asian 67 0.03% 0.56%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 58 0.03% 0.49%
18. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 42 0.02% 0.35%
19. White and Black and Asian 36 0.02% 0.30%
20. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.01% 0.21%
21. White and Black and Some Other Race 24 0.01% 0.20%
22. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 22 0.01% 0.18%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 16 0.01% 0.13%
24. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.01% 0.10%
25. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.08%
26. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.08%
27. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.06%
28. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.05%
29. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.05%
30. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.05%
32. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
33. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.03%
34. Black and American Indian and Asian 3 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
38. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black 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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