Title: Key facts about race and marriage in the U.S. | Pew Research Center
Headings: Key facts about race and marriage, 50 years after Loving v. Virginia
Key facts about race and marriage, 50 years after Loving v. Virginia
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Content: Just over one-third (36%) of newlywed Asian women were intermarried in 2015, compared with 21% of recently married Asian men. Among white and Hispanic newlyweds, intermarriage rates are similar for men and women. 5 Since 1980, an educational gap in intermarriage has begun to emerge. While the rate of intermarriage did not differ significantly by educational attainment in 1980, today there is a modest gap. In 2015, 14% of newlyweds with a high school diploma or less were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. In contrast, 18% of those with some college experience and 19% of those with a bachelor’s degree or more were intermarried. The educational gap is most striking among Hispanics. Nearly half (46%) of Hispanic newlyweds with a bachelor’s degree were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015, yet this share drops to 16% for those with a high school diploma or less. 6 One-in-seven U.S. infants (14%) are multiracial or multiethnic. This share is nearly triple the share (5%) in 1980.