Arkansas

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 33,818 1.26% 94.61%
Three Races 1,644 0.06% 4.60%
Four Races 159 0.01% 0.44%
Five Races 113 0.00% 0.32%
Six Races 10 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 16,439 0.61% 45.99%
2. White and Some Other Race 5,608 0.21% 15.69%
3. White and Black 4,773 0.18% 13.35%
4. White and Asian 3,061 0.11% 8.56%
5. Black and American Indian 1,088 0.04% 3.04%
6. Black and Some Other Race 600 0.02% 1.68%
7. White and Black and American Indian 577 0.02% 1.61%
8. Asian and Some Other Race 484 0.02% 1.35%
9. Black and Asian 406 0.02% 1.14%
10. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 351 0.01% 0.98%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 275 0.01% 0.77%
12. American Indian and Some Other Race 262 0.01% 0.73%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 219 0.01% 0.61%
14. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 205 0.01% 0.57%
15. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 177 0.01% 0.50%
16. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 157 0.01% 0.44%
17. American Indian and Asian 146 0.01% 0.41%
18. White and American Indian and Asian 125 0.00% 0.35%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 95 0.00% 0.27%
20. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 89 0.00% 0.25%
21. White and Asian and Some Other Race 80 0.00% 0.22%
22. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 59 0.00% 0.17%
23. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 53 0.00% 0.15%
24. White and Black and Asian 48 0.00% 0.13%
25. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 47 0.00% 0.13%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 34 0.00% 0.10%
27. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 30 0.00% 0.08%
28. Black and American Indian and Asian 24 0.00% 0.07%
29. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 23 0.00% 0.06%
30. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.06%
31. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 21 0.00% 0.06%
32. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.00% 0.05%
33. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.04%
34. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.04%
35. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.04%
36. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 14 0.00% 0.04%
37. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 13 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 13 0.00% 0.04%
39. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 12 0.00% 0.03%
40. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 10 0.00% 0.03%
41. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.02%
42. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.02%
43. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 7 0.00% 0.02%
44. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0.00% 0.02%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.01%
47. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
48. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.00%
52. Black and American Indian and Asian 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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