Rockland 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 6,738 2.35% 93.61%
Three Races 421 0.15% 5.85%
Four Races 27 0.01% 0.38%
Five Races 12 0.00% 0.17%
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 1,964 0.68% 27.29%
2. Black and Some Other Race 1,719 0.60% 23.88%
3. White and Black 824 0.29% 11.45%
4. White and Asian 696 0.24% 9.67%
5. Asian and Some Other Race 361 0.13% 5.02%
6. White and American Indian 283 0.10% 3.93%
7. Black and American Indian 254 0.09% 3.53%
8. White and Black and American Indian 211 0.07% 2.93%
9. Black and Asian 170 0.06% 2.36%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 122 0.04% 1.69%
11. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 117 0.04% 1.63%
12. American Indian and Asian 88 0.03% 1.22%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 72 0.03% 1.00%
14. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 56 0.02% 0.78%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 38 0.01% 0.53%
16. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 38 0.01% 0.53%
17. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 37 0.01% 0.51%
18. White and Black and Asian 34 0.01% 0.47%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 22 0.01% 0.31%
20. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 15 0.01% 0.21%
21. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.18%
22. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.13%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.13%
24. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.08%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.08%
26. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.07%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 4 0.00% 0.06%
28. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.06%
29. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.04%
31. White and American Indian and Asian 2 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.03%
33. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.03%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
36. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
37. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. White and 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%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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