Santa Cruz 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 10,316 4.04% 92.35%
Three Races 765 0.30% 6.85%
Four Races 74 0.03% 0.66%
Five Races 15 0.01% 0.13%
Six Races 1 0.00% 0.01%

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 4,324 1.69% 38.71%
2. White and Asian 1,926 0.75% 17.24%
3. White and American Indian 1,904 0.74% 17.04%
4. White and Black 666 0.26% 5.96%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 419 0.16% 3.75%
6. American Indian and Some Other Race 250 0.10% 2.24%
7. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 231 0.09% 2.07%
8. White and Black and American Indian 166 0.06% 1.49%
9. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 154 0.06% 1.38%
10. Black and Some Other Race 143 0.06% 1.28%
11. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 124 0.05% 1.11%
12. White and Asian and Some Other Race 122 0.05% 1.09%
13. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 109 0.04% 0.98%
14. American Indian and Asian 83 0.03% 0.74%
15. Black and American Indian 82 0.03% 0.73%
16. White and American Indian and Asian 80 0.03% 0.72%
17. Black and Asian 71 0.03% 0.64%
18. White and Black and Asian 36 0.01% 0.32%
19. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 33 0.01% 0.30%
20. White and Black and Some Other Race 31 0.01% 0.28%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 26 0.01% 0.23%
22. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.01% 0.18%
23. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.01% 0.17%
24. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.01% 0.16%
25. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.01% 0.14%
26. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.01% 0.13%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 13 0.01% 0.12%
28. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.10%
29. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.09%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.08%
32. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.07%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.04%
34. Black and American Indian and Asian 5 0.00% 0.04%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.04%
36. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.04%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
40. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.03%
41. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
42. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and 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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