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Interracial Married Couples,
1980–2006
(in thousands)
| Race and origin of spouses |
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2004 |
2006 |
|
Married couples, total1
|
49,714
|
53,256
|
54,937
|
56,497
|
59,064
|
59,528
|
|
Interracial married couples, total2
|
651
|
964
|
1,392
|
1,464
|
2,157
|
2,274
|
| Black/White |
167 |
211 |
328 |
363 |
413 |
403 |
| Black husband/White
wife |
122 |
150 |
206 |
268 |
287 |
286 |
| White husband/Black
wife |
45 |
61 |
122 |
95 |
126 |
117 |
| White/other race3 |
450 |
720 |
988 |
1,051 |
1,622 |
1,763 |
| Black/other race3 |
34 |
33 |
76 |
50 |
122 |
108 |
|
Hispanic/other origin (not Hispanic)
|
891
|
1,193
|
1,434
|
1,743
|
2,076
|
2,226
|
1. Includes other married couples not
shown separately.
2. Interracial married couples with at
least one spouse of white or black race.
3. “Other race” is any race other than
white or black, such as American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, etc. This
total excludes combinations of other races.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical
Abstract of the United States: 2008.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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