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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 36,941 0.92% 92.47%
Three Races 2,558 0.06% 6.40%
Four Races 279 0.01% 0.70%
Five Races 146 0.00% 0.37%
Six Races 26 0.00% 0.07%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency
Rank Multiple Race Selection Number Percent of Total Population Percent of Multiple Race Population
1. White and American Indian 8,841 0.22% 22.13%
2. White and Black 7,890 0.20% 19.75%
3. White and Some Other Race 7,013 0.17% 17.55%
4. White and Asian 4,837 0.12% 12.11%
5. Black and American Indian 2,284 0.06% 5.72%
6. Black and Some Other Race 1,738 0.04% 4.35%
7. Black and Asian 1,226 0.03% 3.07%
8. White and Black and American Indian 983 0.02% 2.46%
9. Asian and Some Other Race 958 0.02% 2.40%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 533 0.01% 1.33%
11. American Indian and Some Other Race 532 0.01% 1.33%
12. White and Black and Some Other Race 385 0.01% 0.96%
13. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 344 0.01% 0.86%
14. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 304 0.01% 0.76%
15. American Indian and Asian 244 0.01% 0.61%
16. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 209 0.01% 0.52%
17. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 155 0.00% 0.39%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 141 0.00% 0.35%
19. White and Black and Asian 137 0.00% 0.34%
20. White and American Indian and Asian 128 0.00% 0.32%
21. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 118 0.00% 0.30%
22. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 115 0.00% 0.29%
23. White and Asian and Some Other Race 110 0.00% 0.28%
24. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 85 0.00% 0.21%
25. Black and American Indian and Asian 76 0.00% 0.19%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 65 0.00% 0.16%
27. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 47 0.00% 0.12%
28. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 42 0.00% 0.11%
29. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 39 0.00% 0.10%
30. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.08%
31. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 31 0.00% 0.08%
32. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 29 0.00% 0.07%
33. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 26 0.00% 0.07%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 26 0.00% 0.07%
35. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.00% 0.06%
36. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 24 0.00% 0.06%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 24 0.00% 0.06%
38. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 20 0.00% 0.05%
39. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 16 0.00% 0.04%
40. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 16 0.00% 0.04%
41. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.04%
42. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.03%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.03%
44. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.03%
45. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
46. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 9 0.00% 0.02%
47. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 8 0.00% 0.02%
48. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.02%
49. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.02%
50. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
51. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
52. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
53. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.01%
54. Black and American Indian and Asian 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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