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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 114,612 2.66% 93.80%
Three Races 6,946 0.16% 5.68%
Four Races 464 0.01% 0.38%
Five Races 160 0.00% 0.13%
Six Races 5 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 42,383 0.99% 34.69%
2. White and American Indian 24,795 0.58% 20.29%
3. White and Asian 16,234 0.38% 13.29%
4. White and Black 13,426 0.31% 10.99%
5. Black and Some Other Race 3,876 0.09% 3.17%
6. American Indian and Some Other Race 2,946 0.07% 2.41%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 2,534 0.06% 2.07%
8. Black and American Indian 2,486 0.06% 2.03%
9. White and Black and American Indian 2,003 0.05% 1.64%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,735 0.04% 1.42%
11. Black and Asian 1,518 0.04% 1.24%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,234 0.03% 1.01%
13. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 985 0.02% 0.81%
14. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 974 0.02% 0.80%
15. White and Black and Some Other Race 645 0.01% 0.53%
16. American Indian and Asian 637 0.01% 0.52%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 563 0.01% 0.46%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 514 0.01% 0.42%
19. White and Black and Asian 508 0.01% 0.42%
20. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 410 0.01% 0.34%
21. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 291 0.01% 0.24%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 154 0.00% 0.13%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 146 0.00% 0.12%
24. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 120 0.00% 0.10%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 107 0.00% 0.09%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 106 0.00% 0.09%
27. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 93 0.00% 0.08%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 93 0.00% 0.08%
29. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 78 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 78 0.00% 0.06%
31. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 76 0.00% 0.06%
32. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 55 0.00% 0.05%
33. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 44 0.00% 0.04%
34. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 40 0.00% 0.03%
35. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 38 0.00% 0.03%
36. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 36 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 0.00% 0.01%
44. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.00%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 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. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
56. Black and American Indian 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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