Interracial Married Couples: 1960-1995
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
(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 |
*âOther race,â is any race other than white or black, such as American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, etc.
Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series, âHousehold and Family Characteristics: March 1994,â and earlier reports.
| Ancestry of U.S. Population by Rank | Population/Demographics | Interracial Married Couples, 1980-2006 |
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