Georgia

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 106,506 1.30% 93.27%
Three Races 6,608 0.08% 5.79%
Four Races 706 0.01% 0.62%
Five Races 341 0.00% 0.30%
Six Races 27 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 26,324 0.32% 23.05%
2. White and American Indian 19,232 0.23% 16.84%
3. White and Black 18,367 0.22% 16.08%
4. White and Asian 13,643 0.17% 11.95%
5. Black and Some Other Race 9,776 0.12% 8.56%
6. Black and American Indian 5,567 0.07% 4.88%
7. Asian and Some Other Race 4,115 0.05% 3.60%
8. Black and Asian 3,591 0.04% 3.14%
9. White and Black and American Indian 2,316 0.03% 2.03%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,342 0.02% 1.18%
11. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,030 0.01% 0.90%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,019 0.01% 0.89%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,000 0.01% 0.88%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 941 0.01% 0.82%
15. American Indian and Asian 937 0.01% 0.82%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 572 0.01% 0.50%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 523 0.01% 0.46%
18. White and Black and Asian 473 0.01% 0.41%
19. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 442 0.01% 0.39%
20. White and Asian and Some Other Race 386 0.00% 0.34%
21. White and American Indian and Asian 334 0.00% 0.29%
22. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 270 0.00% 0.24%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 236 0.00% 0.21%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 224 0.00% 0.20%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 181 0.00% 0.16%
26. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 174 0.00% 0.15%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 153 0.00% 0.13%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 127 0.00% 0.11%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 79 0.00% 0.07%
30. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 69 0.00% 0.06%
31. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 68 0.00% 0.06%
32. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 63 0.00% 0.06%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 57 0.00% 0.05%
34. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 54 0.00% 0.05%
35. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 54 0.00% 0.05%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 53 0.00% 0.05%
37. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 44 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 36 0.00% 0.03%
39. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33 0.00% 0.03%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 33 0.00% 0.03%
41. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 32 0.00% 0.03%
42. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.03%
43. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.03%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 27 0.00% 0.02%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 23 0.00% 0.02%
46. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.02%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.02%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.02%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.01%
50. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
52. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
53. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
54. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
55. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
56. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
57. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%

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

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