Connecticut

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 70,473 2.07% 94.15%
Three Races 4,015 0.12% 5.36%
Four Races 292 0.01% 0.39%
Five Races 66 0.00% 0.09%
Six Races 2 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 24,391 0.72% 32.59%
2. White and Black 11,725 0.34% 15.67%
3. Black and Some Other Race 9,008 0.26% 12.04%
4. White and American Indian 7,652 0.22% 10.22%
5. White and Asian 7,343 0.22% 9.81%
6. Black and American Indian 3,439 0.10% 4.59%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 2,738 0.08% 3.66%
8. White and Black and American Indian 1,765 0.05% 2.36%
9. Black and Asian 945 0.03% 1.26%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 802 0.02% 1.07%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 668 0.02% 0.89%
12. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 665 0.02% 0.89%
13. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 538 0.02% 0.72%
14. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 490 0.01% 0.65%
15. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 465 0.01% 0.62%
16. American Indian and Asian 365 0.01% 0.49%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 232 0.01% 0.31%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 224 0.01% 0.30%
19. White and Black and Asian 191 0.01% 0.26%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 153 0.00% 0.20%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 152 0.00% 0.20%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 129 0.00% 0.17%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 109 0.00% 0.15%
24. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 87 0.00% 0.12%
25. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 66 0.00% 0.09%
26. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 65 0.00% 0.09%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 55 0.00% 0.07%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 54 0.00% 0.07%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 41 0.00% 0.05%
30. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 33 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 32 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.03%
36. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.02%
38. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.02%
41. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
46. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
51. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black 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 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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