Fort Wayne, IN

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 6,695 1.33% 94.55%
Three Races 356 0.07% 5.03%
Four Races 22 0.00% 0.31%
Five Races 8 0.00% 0.11%
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 Black 2,140 0.43% 30.22%
2. White and American Indian 1,551 0.31% 21.90%
3. White and Some Other Race 1,432 0.29% 20.22%
4. White and Asian 772 0.15% 10.90%
5. Black and Some Other Race 221 0.04% 3.12%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 163 0.03% 2.30%
7. Black and American Indian 155 0.03% 2.19%
8. White and Black and American Indian 139 0.03% 1.96%
9. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 87 0.02% 1.23%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 83 0.02% 1.17%
11. Black and Asian 68 0.01% 0.96%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 37 0.01% 0.52%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 36 0.01% 0.51%
14. White and Asian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.35%
15. White and Black and Asian 22 0.00% 0.31%
16. American Indian and Asian 19 0.00% 0.27%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.27%
18. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.25%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.17%
20. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.16%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 11 0.00% 0.16%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.10%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 6 0.00% 0.08%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.08%
25. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.07%
26. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.07%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 5 0.00% 0.07%
28. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.07%
29. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.06%
30. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.06%
31. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
33. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
34. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
36. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
37. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. White and Black 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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