Description of Table 2. This table shows for the United States the population indicating one race and the population indicating two or more races. The latter is grouped into the population indicating exactly two races and the population indicating three or more races. In addition the table shows the population in each of the 15 specific combinations of two races. The population indicating two races includes the vast majority of the population indicating two or more races. In addition to the 15 combinations of two races (for example, "Asian and Black or African American"), there are 20 combinations of three races (for example, "American Indian and Alaska Native and Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander"), 15 combinations of four races, 6 combinations of five races, and 1 combination of six races. The redistricting files for states include data for the population in each of these 57 combinations of two or more races. Table 2. Population by Race, Including All Specific Combinations of Two Races, for the United States: 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: April 2, 2001 NOTE: Data not adjusted based on the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expplu.html. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Percent of | | total Race | Number | population ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total population 281 421 906 100.0 One race 274 595 678 97.6 Two or more races 6 826 228 2.4 Two races 6 368 075 2.3 White; Black or African American 784 764 0.3 White; American Indian and Alaska Native 1 082 683 0.4 White; Asian 868 395 0.3 White; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 112 964 - White; Some other race 2 206 251 0.8 Black or African American; American Indian and Alaska Native 182 494 0.1 Black or African American; Asian 106 782 - Black or African American; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 29 876 - Black or African American; Some other race 417 249 0.1 American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian 52 429 - American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 7 328 - American Indian and Alaska Native; Some other race 93 842 - Asian; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 138 802 - Asian; Some other race 249 108 0.1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; Some other race 35 108 - Three or more races 458 153 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero or rounds to 0.0. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File for states, Table PL1.