Michigan

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 180,824 1.82% 93.98%
Three Races 10,702 0.11% 5.56%
Four Races 616 0.01% 0.32%
Five Races 253 0.00% 0.13%
Six Races 21 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 Some Other Race 51,880 0.52% 26.96%
2. White and American Indian 47,122 0.47% 24.49%
3. White and Black 35,461 0.36% 18.43%
4. White and Asian 20,599 0.21% 10.71%
5. Black and American Indian 8,436 0.08% 4.38%
6. Black and Some Other Race 6,138 0.06% 3.19%
7. White and Black and American Indian 5,737 0.06% 2.98%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 3,625 0.04% 1.88%
9. Black and Asian 2,360 0.02% 1.23%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,497 0.02% 0.78%
11. White and Black and Some Other Race 1,192 0.01% 0.62%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,062 0.01% 0.55%
13. American Indian and Asian 954 0.01% 0.50%
14. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 936 0.01% 0.49%
15. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 716 0.01% 0.37%
16. White and Asian and Some Other Race 540 0.01% 0.28%
17. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 511 0.01% 0.27%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 502 0.01% 0.26%
19. White and Black and Asian 490 0.00% 0.25%
20. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 453 0.00% 0.24%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 286 0.00% 0.15%
22. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 223 0.00% 0.12%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 220 0.00% 0.11%
24. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 218 0.00% 0.11%
25. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 170 0.00% 0.09%
26. Black and American Indian and Asian 153 0.00% 0.08%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 137 0.00% 0.07%
28. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 99 0.00% 0.05%
29. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 83 0.00% 0.04%
30. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 66 0.00% 0.03%
31. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 51 0.00% 0.03%
32. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 45 0.00% 0.02%
33. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 44 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 38 0.00% 0.02%
35. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 35 0.00% 0.02%
36. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 35 0.00% 0.02%
37. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 31 0.00% 0.02%
38. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 30 0.00% 0.02%
39. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 29 0.00% 0.02%
40. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 28 0.00% 0.01%
41. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.01%
42. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.01%
43. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 22 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.01%
45. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 20 0.00% 0.01%
46. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.01%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.00%
50. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.00%
52. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.00%
53. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
54. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
55. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
56. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
57. 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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