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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 76,210 1.49% 92.56%
Three Races 5,474 0.11% 6.65%
Four Races 534 0.01% 0.65%
Five Races 108 0.00% 0.13%
Six Races 14 0.00% 0.02%

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 18,888 0.37% 22.94%
2. White and Black 16,126 0.32% 19.58%
3. White and Asian 9,958 0.20% 12.09%
4. Black and Some Other Race 8,578 0.17% 10.42%
5. White and American Indian 6,820 0.13% 8.28%
6. Black and American Indian 5,682 0.11% 6.90%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 3,748 0.07% 4.55%
8. White and Black and American Indian 2,683 0.05% 3.26%
9. Black and Asian 2,342 0.05% 2.84%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 892 0.02% 1.08%
11. American Indian and Asian 815 0.02% 0.99%
12. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 799 0.02% 0.97%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 759 0.01% 0.92%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 614 0.01% 0.75%
15. American Indian and Some Other Race 573 0.01% 0.70%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 460 0.01% 0.56%
17. White and Black and Asian 385 0.01% 0.47%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 297 0.01% 0.36%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 262 0.01% 0.32%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 174 0.00% 0.21%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 174 0.00% 0.21%
22. Black and American Indian and Asian 149 0.00% 0.18%
23. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 147 0.00% 0.18%
24. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 145 0.00% 0.18%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 135 0.00% 0.16%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 128 0.00% 0.16%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 88 0.00% 0.11%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 77 0.00% 0.09%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 48 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 43 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 42 0.00% 0.05%
32. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 37 0.00% 0.04%
33. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.03%
34. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.03%
36. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.03%
37. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.03%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.02%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.02%
40. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.02%
41. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.02%
42. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.02%
44. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
51. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
54. White 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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