2006 Census results showed the ethnic make up the change of New Zealand. More people identified with more than one ethnic group – 10.4 percent in 2006, compared with 9.0 percent in 2001. New Zealand's ethnic make-up has continued to change, according to 2006 Census results. European remained the largest of the major ethnic groups, with 2,609,592 people (67.6 percent of the population) in 2006. The Māori ethnic group is the second largest, with 565,329 people (or 14.6 percent). Of the major ethnic groups, the Asian ethnic group grew the fastest between 2001 and 2006, increasing from 238,176 people in 2001 to reach 354,552 people in 2006 (an increase of almost 50 percent). Those identifying with the Pacific peoples ethnic group had the second-largest increase from the 2001 Census, up 14.7 percent to total 265,974 people.