Louisiana

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 44,657 1.00% 92.52%
Three Races 3,077 0.07% 6.38%
Four Races 387 0.01% 0.80%
Five Races 128 0.00% 0.27%
Six Races 16 0.00% 0.03%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 11,666 0.26% 24.17%
2. White and Some Other Race 11,212 0.25% 23.23%
3. White and Black 7,099 0.16% 14.71%
4. White and Asian 5,345 0.12% 11.07%
5. Black and American Indian 2,675 0.06% 5.54%
6. Black and Some Other Race 2,504 0.06% 5.19%
7. White and Black and American Indian 1,213 0.03% 2.51%
8. Black and Asian 1,133 0.03% 2.35%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 974 0.02% 2.02%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 466 0.01% 0.97%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 450 0.01% 0.93%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 391 0.01% 0.81%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 349 0.01% 0.72%
14. American Indian and Asian 335 0.01% 0.69%
15. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 270 0.01% 0.56%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 245 0.01% 0.51%
17. White and Asian and Some Other Race 192 0.00% 0.40%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 181 0.00% 0.38%
19. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 179 0.00% 0.37%
20. White and Black and Asian 161 0.00% 0.33%
21. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 158 0.00% 0.33%
22. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 151 0.00% 0.31%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 127 0.00% 0.26%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 100 0.00% 0.21%
25. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 99 0.00% 0.21%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 94 0.00% 0.19%
27. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 79 0.00% 0.16%
28. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 65 0.00% 0.13%
29. Black and American Indian and Asian 51 0.00% 0.11%
30. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.00% 0.06%
31. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.06%
32. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.04%
34. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.04%
35. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 19 0.00% 0.04%
36. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.04%
37. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.03%
38. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 15 0.00% 0.03%
39. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.03%
40. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.03%
41. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 11 0.00% 0.02%
42. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 9 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
44. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
46. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
47. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.01%
48. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.01%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
52. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black 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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