table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 9 through 11.

Table MS-3. Interracial Married Couples: 1980 to 2002

(Numbers in thousands. Includes all interracial married couples with at least one spouse of White or Black race.)

Internet release date: September 15, 2004

Interracial married couples

Total Black/White
Year
married Black husband White husband White/ Black/
couples Total Total White wife Black wife Other race* Other race*

2002 57,919 1,674 395 279 116 1,222 57

2001 57,838 1,596 360 247 113 1,173 63
2000 56,497 1,464 363 268 95 1,051 50
1999 55,849 1,481 364 240 124 1,086 31
1998 55,305 1,348 330 210 120 975 43
1997 54,666 1,264 311 201 110 896 57
1996 54,664 1,260 337 220 117 884 39
1995 54,937 1,392 328 206 122 988 76
1994 54,251 1,283 296 196 100 909 78
1993 54,199 1,195 242 182 60 920 33
1992 53,512 1,161 246 163 83 883 32
1991 53,227 994 231 156 75 720 43
1990 53,256 964 211 150 61 720 33
1989 52,924 953 219 155 64 703 31
1988 52,613 956 218 149 69 703 35
1987 52,286 799 177 121 56 581 41
1986 51,704 827 181 136 45 613 33
1985 51,114 792 164 117 47 599 29
1984 50,864 762 175 111 64 564 23
1983 50,665 719 164 118 46 522 33
1982 50,294 697 155 108 47 515 27
1981 49,896 639 132 104 28 484 23
1980 49,714 651 167 122 45 450 34
Footnotes:
NA Not available.

Note: Details may not sum to total due to rounding.

* "Other race," is any race other than White or Black, such as American Indian, Japanese,Chinese, etc. This
total excludes combinations of other races by other races.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Social and Economic Supplement: 2003 Current Population Survey,
Current Population Reports, Series P20-553, "America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2003" and earlier
reports.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact:

Fertility and Family Branch
301-763-2465