Interracial Married Couples: 1960–1995

(Includes all interracial married couples with at least one spouse of white or black race.)

			Interracial married couples
			Black/white
Year	Total married couples	Total	Total	Black husband, white wife	White husband, black wife	White/ other race*	Black/ other race*
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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