Alabama

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 41,684 0.94% 94.35%
Three Races 2,178 0.05% 4.93%
Four Races 203 0.00% 0.46%
Five Races 91 0.00% 0.21%
Six Races 23 0.00% 0.05%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 17,566 0.39% 39.76%
2. White and Black 6,356 0.14% 14.39%
3. White and Some Other Race 5,930 0.13% 13.42%
4. White and Asian 4,772 0.11% 10.80%
5. Black and American Indian 2,326 0.05% 5.26%
6. Black and Some Other Race 1,234 0.03% 2.79%
7. Black and Asian 1,119 0.03% 2.53%
8. White and Black and American Indian 802 0.02% 1.82%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 629 0.01% 1.42%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 415 0.01% 0.94%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 392 0.01% 0.89%
12. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 310 0.01% 0.70%
13. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 292 0.01% 0.66%
14. White and Black and Some Other Race 285 0.01% 0.65%
15. American Indian and Asian 247 0.01% 0.56%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 198 0.00% 0.45%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 165 0.00% 0.37%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 130 0.00% 0.29%
19. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 114 0.00% 0.26%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 103 0.00% 0.23%
21. White and Black and Asian 94 0.00% 0.21%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 73 0.00% 0.17%
23. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 68 0.00% 0.15%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 53 0.00% 0.12%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 49 0.00% 0.11%
26. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 44 0.00% 0.10%
27. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 38 0.00% 0.09%
28. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 35 0.00% 0.08%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 32 0.00% 0.07%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 29 0.00% 0.07%
31. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.06%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.05%
33. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.05%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.05%
35. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.05%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.04%
37. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.04%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 18 0.00% 0.04%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.04%
41. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.03%
42. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
44. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
46. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
50. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
51. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
52. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
54. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black and 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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