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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 32,421 4.63% 90.45%
Three Races 3,081 0.44% 8.60%
Four Races 284 0.04% 0.79%
Five Races 55 0.01% 0.15%
Six Races 2 0.00% 0.01%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and Asian 7,828 1.12% 21.84%
2. White and American Indian 6,691 0.95% 18.67%
3. White and Black 6,277 0.90% 17.51%
4. White and Some Other Race 4,729 0.67% 13.19%
5. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,208 0.17% 3.37%
6. Black and Asian 1,179 0.17% 3.29%
7. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 971 0.14% 2.71%
8. Black and American Indian 964 0.14% 2.69%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 960 0.14% 2.68%
10. White and Black and American Indian 786 0.11% 2.19%
11. Black and Some Other Race 695 0.10% 1.94%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 605 0.09% 1.69%
13. White and Black and Asian 357 0.05% 1.00%
14. American Indian and Asian 302 0.04% 0.84%
15. White and American Indian and Asian 299 0.04% 0.83%
16. White and Black and Some Other Race 247 0.04% 0.69%
17. American Indian and Some Other Race 231 0.03% 0.64%
18. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 219 0.03% 0.61%
19. White and Asian and Some Other Race 203 0.03% 0.57%
20. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 159 0.02% 0.44%
21. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 120 0.02% 0.33%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 101 0.01% 0.28%
23. Black and American Indian and Asian 65 0.01% 0.18%
24. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 63 0.01% 0.18%
25. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 57 0.01% 0.16%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 57 0.01% 0.16%
27. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 54 0.01% 0.15%
28. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 47 0.01% 0.13%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 43 0.01% 0.12%
30. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 37 0.01% 0.10%
31. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 36 0.01% 0.10%
32. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 33 0.00% 0.09%
33. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.08%
34. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 25 0.00% 0.07%
35. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.00% 0.07%
36. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.06%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 21 0.00% 0.06%
38. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.05%
39. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.04%
40. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.03%
41. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.03%
42. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
45. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
51. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
52. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%

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

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