Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
1. Trends and patterns in intermarriage
Across race and ethnicity, age patterns of intermarriage vary
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- 1. Trends and patterns in intermarriage
- About one-in-five intermarried couples in the U.S. include a Hispanic husband and a white wife
- Whites in metro areas twice as likely to intermarry as those in non-metro areas
- Intermarriage more common in metro areas % of U.S. newlyweds who are intermarried
- Across race and ethnicity, age patterns of intermarriage vary
- At older ages, slight decline in intermarriage in the U.S.
- Dramatic decline in intermarriage among least-educated Asians
- Among blacks, gender gap in intermarriage higher for those with some college or more
- Among blacks and Hispanics, college graduates are most likely to intermarry
- Intermarriage rises more for those with at least some college experience
- Black men are twice as likely as black women to intermarry
- A rising share of newlyweds are Hispanic or Asian, while white newlyweds are on the decline
- Dramatic increases in intermarriage for blacks, whites
- Since 1967, a steady rise in intermarriage in the U.S.