Fairfield 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 20,986 2.38% 95.60%
Three Races 864 0.10% 3.94%
Four Races 82 0.01% 0.37%
Five Races 19 0.00% 0.09%
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 9,144 1.04% 41.66%
2. Black and Some Other Race 3,243 0.37% 14.77%
3. White and Black 2,419 0.27% 11.02%
4. White and Asian 2,320 0.26% 10.57%
5. White and American Indian 1,134 0.13% 5.17%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 965 0.11% 4.40%
7. Black and American Indian 644 0.07% 2.93%
8. White and Black and American Indian 324 0.04% 1.48%
9. Black and Asian 266 0.03% 1.21%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 169 0.02% 0.77%
11. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 168 0.02% 0.77%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 157 0.02% 0.72%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 144 0.02% 0.66%
14. American Indian and Asian 138 0.02% 0.63%
15. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 123 0.01% 0.56%
16. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 104 0.01% 0.47%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 72 0.01% 0.33%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 61 0.01% 0.28%
19. White and Black and Asian 55 0.01% 0.25%
20. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 35 0.00% 0.16%
21. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 34 0.00% 0.15%
22. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.14%
23. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.11%
24. White and American Indian and Asian 23 0.00% 0.10%
25. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.10%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.09%
27. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.06%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.06%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.00% 0.06%
30. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.05%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
40. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
41. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
47. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
48. Black 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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