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Interracial Married Couples: 1960–1995(Includes all interracial married couples with at least one spouse of white or black race.)| | | | Interracial married couples |
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| Year | Total
married couples | Total | Total | Black husband,
white wife | White husband,
black wife | White/
other race* | Black/
other race* |
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| 1960 | 40,491,000 | 149,000 | 51,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | 90,000 | 7,000 | | 1970 | 44,598,000 | 310,000 | 65,000 | 41,000 | 24,000 | 233,000 | 12,000 | | 1980 | 49,514,000 | 953,000 | 121,000 | 94,000 | 27,000 | 785,000 | 47,000 | | 1990 | 51,718,000 | 1,461,000 | 213,000 | 159,000 | 54,000 | 1,173,000 | 75,000 | | 1995 | 54,937,000 | 1,392,000 | 328,000 | 206,000 | 122,000 | 988,000 | 76,000 |
*“Other race,” is any race other than white or black, such as American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, etc. Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series, “Household and Family Characteristics: March 1994,” and earlier reports.
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