Multnomah 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 24,770 3.75% 92.21%
Three Races 1,900 0.29% 7.07%
Four Races 133 0.02% 0.50%
Five Races 56 0.01% 0.21%
Six Races 5 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 6,195 0.94% 23.06%
2. White and American Indian 5,320 0.81% 19.80%
3. White and Asian 4,503 0.68% 16.76%
4. White and Black 3,963 0.60% 14.75%
5. Black and Some Other Race 921 0.14% 3.43%
6. Black and American Indian 793 0.12% 2.95%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 729 0.11% 2.71%
8. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 672 0.10% 2.50%
9. White and Black and American Indian 651 0.10% 2.42%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 588 0.09% 2.19%
11. Black and Asian 340 0.05% 1.27%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 298 0.05% 1.11%
13. American Indian and Some Other Race 294 0.04% 1.09%
14. American Indian and Asian 179 0.03% 0.67%
15. White and Black and Some Other Race 173 0.03% 0.64%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 167 0.03% 0.62%
17. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 160 0.02% 0.60%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 154 0.02% 0.57%
19. White and Black and Asian 115 0.02% 0.43%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 99 0.01% 0.37%
21. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 69 0.01% 0.26%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 52 0.01% 0.19%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 52 0.01% 0.19%
24. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 44 0.01% 0.16%
25. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.01% 0.14%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 35 0.01% 0.13%
27. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.00% 0.12%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 30 0.00% 0.11%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.09%
30. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.08%
31. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.07%
32. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.07%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.06%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.05%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.05%
36. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.05%
37. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.03%
38. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.03%
39. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.03%
40. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
41. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
42. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian 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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