Orlando, FL

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 45,062 2.74% 94.97%
Three Races 2,177 0.13% 4.59%
Four Races 176 0.01% 0.37%
Five Races 33 0.00% 0.07%
Six Races 1 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 16,569 1.01% 34.92%
2. Black and Some Other Race 7,677 0.47% 16.18%
3. White and Black 5,453 0.33% 11.49%
4. White and Asian 4,794 0.29% 10.10%
5. White and American Indian 4,596 0.28% 9.69%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 1,916 0.12% 4.04%
7. Black and Asian 990 0.06% 2.09%
8. Black and American Indian 802 0.05% 1.69%
9. White and Black and American Indian 615 0.04% 1.30%
10. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 573 0.03% 1.21%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 452 0.03% 0.95%
12. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 412 0.03% 0.87%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 399 0.02% 0.84%
14. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 364 0.02% 0.77%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 282 0.02% 0.59%
16. American Indian and Asian 211 0.01% 0.44%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 195 0.01% 0.41%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 174 0.01% 0.37%
19. White and Black and Asian 164 0.01% 0.35%
20. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 121 0.01% 0.26%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 116 0.01% 0.24%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 91 0.01% 0.19%
23. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 55 0.00% 0.12%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 50 0.00% 0.11%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 43 0.00% 0.09%
26. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 41 0.00% 0.09%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 30 0.00% 0.06%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 30 0.00% 0.06%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.00% 0.05%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.04%
32. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.04%
34. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.03%
36. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.03%
38. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 11 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.02%
40. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
51. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and 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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