More marriages cross racial and ethnic lines

Source: Pew Research

Marriage across racial and ethnic lines continues to be on the rise in the United States. The share of new marriages between spouses of a different race or ethnicity increased to 15.1 % in 2010, and the share of all current marriages that are either interracial or interethnic has reached an all-time high of 8.4%.

In 1980, just 3% of all marriages and less than 7% of all new marriages were across racial or ethnic lines. Both of those shares have more than doubled in the past three decades.

While newlyweds who "married out" between 2008 and 2010 are very similar to those who "married in," judging by characteristics such as education, income and age, there are sharper differences among them based on the race, ethnicity and gender partnerships of the couples.

Just as intermarriage has become more common, public attitudes have become more accepting. More than four-in-ten (43%) Americans say that more people of different races marrying each other has been a change for the better in our society, while only about one-in-ten think it is a change for the worse.

Read the full report for detailed results on these findings:

■The rates of intermarriage among different racial and ethnic groups
■Socio-economic characteristics and education of newlyweds who intermarry
■Gender differences among those who "marry out" of their race or ethnic group
■Differences in "marrying out" among native-born population and immigrants
■Regional differences for intermarriage

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