Interracial Marriage Statistics: Pew Report Finds Mixed-Race Marriage Rates Rising

Interracial marriage is on the rise, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

The report, which came out Thursday, indicates that there has been a major jump in interracial marriage rates from 1980 -- the first year from which rich Census data on interracial marriage are publicly available -- when just 3 percent of married couples were mixed-race (the last U.S. anti-miscegenation laws were lifted in 1967). In 2010, 1 in 12 married couples in the U.S. were interracial couples, reports the Pew Center.

Click through the slideshow below to see some of the most surprising findings from the Pew report.

Comments

[FreddieVee]

01:58 AM on 02/23/2012

Is this story the real reason for the rise of the TEA Party?

FreddieVee

[British View]

12:42 PM on 02/21/2012

I don't think there are any more mixed race relationships in the last 20 years, I just think marriage is on the rise again.

[Veneita]

06:20 AM on 02/21/2012

Okay this black woman married to a white man is surprised to see no couples statistics on those couples in here.

[jchat]

11:30 PM on 02/21/2012

Interracial means Black Male/White Female. It has nothing to do whatsoever with White Male/Black Female. This is why you can always see images of Black Males with White Females but almost never, ever see images of White Males with Black Females. The lead foto in this story says it all.

[Kewini]

05:28 AM on 02/21/2012

Interracial marriage is not new. It happened widely in colonial times. My grandmother was a Mayflower descendant, was very blonde and pale colored, and had remarkably large high cheekbones and some other Indian features.

[Sundae Driver]

05:41 AM on 02/21/2012

It's not that it's new...it's that it's more common now.

[Scrap Food Stamp Program]

05:24 AM on 02/21/2012

Segregation was stomped by the Liberals and I think we should demand the Liberals who brought about the laws that brought together whites and blacks that at least one of their immediate family members must marry what they want the rest of us to swallow. Maybe then the Libs won't be so fast to change things. As far as a higher income between the mixed couples than other groups "I DON'T BUY IT". It's is a lie made up by of course the Liberals to further promote mixing......

[Sundae Driver]

05:42 AM on 02/21/2012

LMAO. This has to be a joke. Could there really be someone out there who is so stu pid?

[jettajedi42]

01:20 PM on 03/13/2012

I think most of us know the answer to that. It's sad but it's true.

[Shertene09]

11:01 AM on 03/13/2012

So, how do you explain all the black women who slaves raped by white males. I pray God will help you.

[stdman]

04:50 AM on 02/21/2012

im a black dude but i could never marry outside my race...that just me though the only girls i have a real mental and physical bond is is with sexy black women...just saying that just me..i know what i want and need.!

[We the SHEEPle]

11:05 AM on 02/21/2012

Good for you, All should realize that children born to mixed couples weakens the seedline of both races involved. This can never be a good thing...

[John Hazelton Smith]

12:29 PM on 02/21/2012

that's really racist... just FYI...

[We the SHEEPle]

04:05 PM on 02/21/2012

Is this not true.... Not racist at all, just plain factual words! Thanks for your comment though.

[stdman]

04:46 AM on 02/21/2012

damn really?? i would suspect way more black women are in interracial relationships than black men...i see them way more often than i see black men in IR relationships..i know in 10 years black women will be more than black men...but face it most interracial relationships are annoying cus their filled with hate towards their own race..

[cashaww]

12:21 AM on 03/14/2012

What? Where do you live? The place where I have seen more IR being Black Females, and White Males, is DC. Every report put out about IR, states Black Women are less likely to marry non-Blacks.

As for hating of ones race due to marrying outside of ones race, again, that is ridiculous.

[stdman]

04:53 AM on 03/14/2012

but they are in more IR relationships than black men....they just dont marry...i wish you could have read some of the hate filled deragatory, pracitcally racist comments i got from black women on how they REALLY feel about black men and their undying love for white men or latino men...or even asian men...but the black women really were racist practically towards black men when they were in relationships with white men

[stdman]

04:56 AM on 03/14/2012

your either in denial or not aware..

[doldhipster]

04:03 AM on 02/21/2012

In my humble opinion, who cares? I find that my little brain does not have the capacity to worry about what others do that does not directly effect me...Their business...their lives and their situations to enjoy or suffer through just as ANY couples of ANY race do. There was a time when inter-religious marrage, was taboo even Christians of different faiths (ie:Methodist and Baptist or Catholic ) or Jews (Ortodox and conservitive or Reformed) and in many smaller minded people tan me, this is still true. Life would be a whole lot better if we just learned to worry about the consequences of our own deeds and how we could better live alongside our neighbors and coworkers.

[studiokid]

03:33 AM on 02/21/2012

The most surprising part of this story is why HuffPost and AOL find this surprising. Other than it maked a better headline than..Here's Another Boring Study.

[gina victoria]

02:43 AM on 02/21/2012

ewwwwwwwwww i cant see that mixin thing !!!

[JC2009USA]

02:37 AM on 02/21/2012

The heart wears binders and it loves who it loves regardless of race, creed, color or gender. It's been that way forever and it's doubtful that's going to change.

[jbchartford]

12:05 AM on 02/21/2012

I understand that Asians etc are a race.But I believe that when speaking of "mixed" marriages,most people are not opposed to it..unless it is a black male coming into your family.There is little reason to be happy about that for lots of reasons.
I am not sure if it is being hateful or a racist to want your child to have the best life they can by falling in love and marrying someone like those you have grown up around and whos culture is familiar to your family.
When it comes to most black American males,they have very little in common with what ANY of the other races teach their children regarding values,education,parenting etc.

[tifrenee8503]

01:25 AM on 02/21/2012

@jbchartford...WOW is all I can say about you!! For you to lump a whole race of men is beyond hateful and racist!!! If one is to make such a generalized statement, one should include ALL races of men across the board!! There is bad in each and every race!! You need to pop out of your tiny, tiny bubble and truly get to know those that don't look, act, and/or sound like you.

[jbchartford]

02:03 AM on 02/21/2012

I pointed out that not ALL young black American males are the same.But I will NOT give this entire group a pass simply because not ALL are losers when it comes to anything worthwhile.I feel sorry for those young black men who must pay for the ones who dont even try.In general and for the most part,few families are enhanced by marriage to an average,typical young American black male IMO.

[cashaww]

12:24 AM on 03/14/2012

Love those back handed complements. Please stop watching the News, and get out more.

[pinoy9]

09:14 PM on 02/20/2012

Asian-American guys will marry more outside their race as generations go on.

[jbchartford]

11:39 PM on 02/20/2012

Dont you need someone who WANTS to marry you first? Just asking

[pinoy9]

12:39 AM on 02/21/2012

Doesn't everybody?

[pinoy9]

01:16 AM on 02/21/2012

I am. I live in New Jersey. I see more Asian male/Non-Asian females growing more and more nowadays in numbers. Sorry to burst your narrow-minded bubble.

[We the SHEEPle]

11:07 AM on 02/21/2012

Sad, isn't it???

[pinoy9]

11:51 AM on 02/21/2012

Specifically which part?

[babyears]

09:12 PM on 02/20/2012

Where are these people? No one in my family has married outside our race. None of my friends, and none of their children. And I live in NYC.

[lbrady1234]

09:29 PM on 02/20/2012

Same here!

[japhya1]

01:02 AM on 02/21/2012

None of my family immediate family has married outside of the race either. And honestly I hope they never do. But if they do, I will accept it because I love my family.

[tifrenee8503]

01:29 AM on 02/21/2012

@japhya1...first you say you hope they "never" marry outside of their race, and then follow it up by saying "if they do you'll accept it becuse you love your family." If you loved your family with no conditions placed upon said love, you would have said you would love them regards of who they marry!

[kingdaddy 22]

09:01 PM on 02/20/2012

Why is it that just because someone dont agree with mixed marriages some are wanting to try and point them out as the bad people? What I want to know is why what they believe any more right or wrong than what the others believe.Who is anyone to tell me to believe or not to believe in mixed relationships?It is how you as a person treat me and others as to how I judge anyone.But weather or not I believe in mixed relationships should not be any concern to anyone other than me.