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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 57,283 3.66% 92.27%
Three Races 4,380 0.28% 7.06%
Four Races 346 0.02% 0.56%
Five Races 66 0.00% 0.11%
Six Races 8 0.00% 0.01%

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 21,622 1.38% 34.83%
2. White and Asian 9,735 0.62% 15.68%
3. White and American Indian 7,565 0.48% 12.19%
4. White and Black 6,439 0.41% 10.37%
5. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2,227 0.14% 3.59%
6. Black and Some Other Race 2,034 0.13% 3.28%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 2,004 0.13% 3.23%
8. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,744 0.11% 2.81%
9. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,327 0.08% 2.14%
10. Black and Asian 1,155 0.07% 1.86%
11. Black and American Indian 1,089 0.07% 1.75%
12. White and Black and American Indian 750 0.05% 1.21%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 704 0.05% 1.13%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 453 0.03% 0.73%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 400 0.03% 0.64%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 337 0.02% 0.54%
17. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 314 0.02% 0.51%
18. American Indian and Asian 294 0.02% 0.47%
19. White and American Indian and Asian 281 0.02% 0.45%
20. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 246 0.02% 0.40%
21. White and Black and Asian 243 0.02% 0.39%
22. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 89 0.01% 0.14%
23. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 88 0.01% 0.14%
24. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 85 0.01% 0.14%
25. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 73 0.00% 0.12%
26. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 70 0.00% 0.11%
27. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 69 0.00% 0.11%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 69 0.00% 0.11%
29. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 62 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 58 0.00% 0.09%
31. Black and American Indian and Asian 56 0.00% 0.09%
32. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 52 0.00% 0.08%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.00% 0.07%
34. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.00% 0.06%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 36 0.00% 0.06%
36. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 34 0.00% 0.05%
37. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33 0.00% 0.05%
38. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.04%
39. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.03%
40. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.03%
41. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.02%
46. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and American Indian 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 Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. Asian and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black and American Indian 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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