<Li> Two or more races: people may choose to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, providing multiple responses, or some combination of check boxes and other responses . </Li> <P> According to the 2010--2015 American Community Survey, the racial composition of the United States in 2015 was: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Race </Th> <Th> Population (2015 est .) </Th> <Th> Share of total population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total </Td> <Td> 316,515,021 </Td> <Td> 100% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> One race </Td> <Td> 307,067,138 </Td> <Td> 97.0% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> White </Td> <Td> 232,943,055 </Td> <Td> 73.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black or African American </Td> <Td> 39,908,095 </Td> <Td> 12.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American Indian and Alaska Native </Td> <Td> 2,569,170 </Td> <Td> 0.8% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asian </Td> <Td> 16,235,305 </Td> <Td> 5.1% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander </Td> <Td> 546,255 </Td> <Td> 0.2% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Some other race </Td> <Td> 14,865,258 </Td> <Td> 4.7% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Two or more races </Td> <Td> 9,447,883 </Td> <Td> 3.0% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> White and Black or African American </Td> <Td> 2,407,385 </Td> <Td> 0.8% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> White and American Indian and Alaska Native </Td> <Td> 1,846,997 </Td> <Td> 0.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> White and Asian </Td> <Td> 1,871,046 </Td> <Td> 0.6% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native </Td> <Td> 311,538 </Td> <Td> 0.1% </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Race </Th> <Th> Population (2015 est .) </Th> <Th> Share of total population </Th> </Tr>

African-americans constitute about 25 percent of the u.s. population