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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 7,891 4.17% 95.89%
Three Races 301 0.16% 3.66%
Four Races 23 0.01% 0.28%
Five Races 12 0.01% 0.15%
Six Races 2 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 3,719 1.96% 45.19%
2. White and Asian 1,381 0.73% 16.78%
3. Black and Some Other Race 692 0.37% 8.41%
4. Asian and Some Other Race 549 0.29% 6.67%
5. White and Black 538 0.28% 6.54%
6. White and American Indian 446 0.24% 5.42%
7. Black and American Indian 127 0.07% 1.54%
8. Black and Asian 125 0.07% 1.52%
9. American Indian and Some Other Race 84 0.04% 1.02%
10. White and Black and American Indian 84 0.04% 1.02%
11. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 83 0.04% 1.01%
12. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 60 0.03% 0.73%
13. White and Black and Some Other Race 58 0.03% 0.70%
14. American Indian and Asian 52 0.03% 0.63%
15. White and Asian and Some Other Race 38 0.02% 0.46%
16. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 24 0.01% 0.29%
17. White and Black and Asian 22 0.01% 0.27%
18. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.01% 0.27%
19. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 18 0.01% 0.22%
20. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 0.01% 0.21%
21. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 17 0.01% 0.21%
22. White and American Indian and Asian 14 0.01% 0.17%
23. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.01% 0.15%
24. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.09%
25. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 7 0.00% 0.09%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.07%
27. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.05%
28. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.04%
29. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.04%
30. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.04%
31. Black and American Indian and Asian 2 0.00% 0.02%
32. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
34. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.02%
35. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
36. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
37. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.00% 0.01%
38. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
39. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%
40. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 1 0.00% 0.01%

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

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