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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 5,874 1.09% 91.14%
Three Races 492 0.09% 7.63%
Four Races 48 0.01% 0.74%
Five Races 30 0.01% 0.47%
Six Races 1 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 Black 1,255 0.23% 19.47%
2. White and Some Other Race 1,085 0.20% 16.83%
3. White and American Indian 1,061 0.20% 16.46%
4. White and Asian 896 0.17% 13.90%
5. Black and Some Other Race 443 0.08% 6.87%
6. Black and American Indian 381 0.07% 5.91%
7. Black and Asian 268 0.05% 4.16%
8. White and Black and American Indian 201 0.04% 3.12%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 172 0.03% 2.67%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 81 0.02% 1.26%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 66 0.01% 1.02%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 61 0.01% 0.95%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 47 0.01% 0.73%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 46 0.01% 0.71%
15. American Indian and Asian 44 0.01% 0.68%
16. White and Black and Asian 41 0.01% 0.64%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.01% 0.56%
18. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 29 0.01% 0.45%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.37%
20. Black and American Indian and Asian 24 0.00% 0.37%
21. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.28%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 18 0.00% 0.28%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.25%
24. White and American Indian and Asian 14 0.00% 0.22%
25. White and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.20%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.20%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.19%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.16%
29. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.14%
30. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.11%
31. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.11%
32. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.09%
33. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.09%
34. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.00% 0.08%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.06%
36. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
37. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.05%
38. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
39. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.05%
40. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.05%
41. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
42. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0.00% 0.03%
43. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.02%
46. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
47. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
48. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.02%

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

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