New Haven 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 16,736 2.03% 93.92%
Three Races 995 0.12% 5.58%
Four Races 77 0.01% 0.43%
Five Races 12 0.00% 0.07%
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 5,815 0.71% 32.63%
2. White and Black 3,193 0.39% 17.92%
3. Black and Some Other Race 1,986 0.24% 11.14%
4. White and American Indian 1,722 0.21% 9.66%
5. White and Asian 1,470 0.18% 8.25%
6. Black and American Indian 1,049 0.13% 5.89%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 520 0.06% 2.92%
8. White and Black and American Indian 460 0.06% 2.58%
9. White and Black and Some Other Race 231 0.03% 1.30%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 193 0.02% 1.08%
11. Black and Asian 186 0.02% 1.04%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 153 0.02% 0.86%
13. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 132 0.02% 0.74%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 124 0.02% 0.70%
15. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 108 0.01% 0.61%
16. American Indian and Asian 67 0.01% 0.38%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 55 0.01% 0.31%
18. White and Black and Asian 44 0.01% 0.25%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 41 0.00% 0.23%
20. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 41 0.00% 0.23%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 33 0.00% 0.19%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 30 0.00% 0.17%
23. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.13%
24. Black and American Indian and Asian 24 0.00% 0.13%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.11%
26. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.10%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.07%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.07%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
31. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.03%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.03%
33. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
35. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
39. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
42. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
43. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and American Indian and Asian 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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