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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 20,991 3.38% 94.44%
Three Races 1,151 0.19% 5.18%
Four Races 70 0.01% 0.31%
Five Races 14 0.00% 0.06%
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 7,928 1.28% 35.67%
2. Black and Some Other Race 4,049 0.65% 18.22%
3. White and Black 2,585 0.42% 11.63%
4. White and American Indian 1,362 0.22% 6.13%
5. White and Asian 1,354 0.22% 6.09%
6. Asian and Some Other Race 1,200 0.19% 5.40%
7. Black and American Indian 1,057 0.17% 4.76%
8. American Indian and Some Other Race 380 0.06% 1.71%
9. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 377 0.06% 1.70%
10. White and Black and Some Other Race 366 0.06% 1.65%
11. White and Black and American Indian 321 0.05% 1.44%
12. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 182 0.03% 0.82%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 149 0.02% 0.67%
14. American Indian and Asian 145 0.02% 0.65%
15. Black and Asian 128 0.02% 0.58%
16. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 116 0.02% 0.52%
17. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 90 0.01% 0.40%
18. White and Asian and Some Other Race 67 0.01% 0.30%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 61 0.01% 0.27%
20. White and Black and Asian 40 0.01% 0.18%
21. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 40 0.01% 0.18%
22. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.12%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.12%
24. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.10%
25. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.10%
26. White and American Indian and Asian 19 0.00% 0.09%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 18 0.00% 0.08%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 17 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.05%
30. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.04%
31. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.03%
33. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.02%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.02%
37. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
38. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
41. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
42. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
44. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.00%
47. Black 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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