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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 73,582 4.37% 93.81%
Three Races 4,376 0.26% 5.58%
Four Races 403 0.02% 0.51%
Five Races 70 0.00% 0.09%
Six Races 6 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 28,851 1.71% 36.78%
2. White and Asian 18,611 1.11% 23.73%
3. White and American Indian 6,340 0.38% 8.08%
4. Asian and Some Other Race 5,666 0.34% 7.22%
5. White and Black 3,811 0.23% 4.86%
6. Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2,357 0.14% 3.00%
7. Black and Some Other Race 1,690 0.10% 2.15%
8. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1,516 0.09% 1.93%
9. Black and Asian 1,275 0.08% 1.63%
10. American Indian and Some Other Race 1,087 0.06% 1.39%
11. American Indian and Asian 1,030 0.06% 1.31%
12. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 955 0.06% 1.22%
13. White and Asian and Some Other Race 792 0.05% 1.01%
14. White and Black and American Indian 755 0.04% 0.96%
15. Black and American Indian 589 0.04% 0.75%
16. Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 533 0.03% 0.68%
17. White and American Indian and Asian 406 0.02% 0.52%
18. White and American Indian and Some Other Race 322 0.02% 0.41%
19. White and Black and Asian 283 0.02% 0.36%
20. White and Black and Some Other Race 217 0.01% 0.28%
21. White and Black and American Indian and Asian 193 0.01% 0.25%
22. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 142 0.01% 0.18%
23. White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 108 0.01% 0.14%
24. Non- Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 91 0.01% 0.12%
25. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 84 0.00% 0.11%
26. Black and Asian and Some Other Race 82 0.00% 0.10%
27. Black and American Indian and Asian 72 0.00% 0.09%
28. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 63 0.00% 0.08%
29. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 55 0.00% 0.07%
30. Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 48 0.00% 0.06%
31. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 47 0.00% 0.06%
32. American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 45 0.00% 0.06%
33. White and Black and American Indian and Some Other Race 43 0.00% 0.05%
34. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 41 0.00% 0.05%
35. White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 41 0.00% 0.05%
36. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 38 0.00% 0.05%
37. White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 28 0.00% 0.04%
38. White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race 19 0.00% 0.02%
39. White and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 18 0.00% 0.02%
40. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 0.00% 0.02%
41. Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 14 0.00% 0.02%
42. Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 12 0.00% 0.02%
43. White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 0.00% 0.01%
44. White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 8 0.00% 0.01%
45. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 6 0.00% 0.01%
46. Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 5 0.00% 0.01%
47. American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
48. American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 4 0.00% 0.01%
49. White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
50. Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 0.00% 0.00%
51. White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race 3 0.00% 0.00%
52. Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race 2 0.00% 0.00%
53. White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 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 1 0.00% 0.00%
55. 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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