Hampden County

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 10,020 2.20% 94.48%
Three Races 548 0.12% 5.17%
Four Races 27 0.01% 0.25%
Five Races 10 0.00% 0.09%
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 Some Other Race 3,709 0.81% 34.97%
2. White and Black 1,861 0.41% 17.55%
3. Black and Some Other Race 1,199 0.26% 11.31%
4. White and American Indian 970 0.21% 9.15%
5. White and Asian 734 0.16% 6.92%
6. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 520 0.11% 4.90%
7. Black and American Indian 353 0.08% 3.33%
8. White and Black and American Indian 265 0.06% 2.50%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 218 0.05% 2.06%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 124 0.03% 1.17%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 121 0.03% 1.14%
12. Black and Asian 98 0.02% 0.92%
13. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 93 0.02% 0.88%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 81 0.02% 0.76%
15. American Indian and Asian 29 0.01% 0.27%
16. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 27 0.01% 0.25%
17. White and Black and Asian 27 0.01% 0.25%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 24 0.01% 0.23%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.18%
20. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 0.00% 0.16%
21. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.13%
22. Black and American Indian and Asian 13 0.00% 0.12%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.11%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.09%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.09%
26. White and American Indian and Asian 9 0.00% 0.08%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 9 0.00% 0.08%
28. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.08%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.07%
30. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.05%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.04%
32. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
33. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
36. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
37. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 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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