Inter-Racial Marriages by Race for Gay and Lesbian Same Sex Couples

Inter-racial marriages have been a growing proportion of LGBT couples even moreso than for straight couples. We have created analysis to show the frequency of potential couplings, for example Asian American men married to White men or vice versa Asian American women married to White women. These numbers are based on the 2013-2017 American Communities Survey. In the following graphic to read it, of married American Indian men, 28% are married to American Indian men. Same-sex marraige was only recently recognized across the entire country so the numbers are still rather low and are prone to sampling error. When new data is available these pages will be updated. Tables are provided at the bottom of the page.

Men married to Men (Gay)

See table below of Gay Men's Inter-Racial Marriages

Women Married to Women (Lesbian)

See table below of Lesbian Women's Inter-Racial Marriages

Insights

• The most common inter-racial coupling is White Men married to Hispanic Men, which is closely followed by Hispanic Women married to White Women.
• Inter-racial marriages are very common among LGBT same-sex couples.
• Women are more like to be in same-race same-sex couples compared to men.
• Most inter-racial marriages are with a White person.

Tables

Note: For the tables, Other Race has been separated from the Multiracial grouping. In addition, these tables are best viewed on a desktop or in landscape mode.

Number of Married Men by Race Married to Men of Certain Races

Race & Gender	American Indian Men	Asian/Pacific Islander Men	Black Men	Hispanic Men	Multiracial Men	Other race Men	White Men
American Indian Man	618	0	0	241	89	0	1242
Asian/Pacific Islander Man	0	9960	95	1588	851	57	13038
Black Man	0	95	11654	668	393	120	6725
Hispanic Man	241	1588	668	26972	715	146	30808
Multiracial Man	89	851	393	715	1265	217	7025
Other race Man	0	57	120	146	217	593	1251
White Man	1242	13038	6725	30808	7025	1251	166705

Percentage of Married Men by Race Married to Men of Certain Races

Race & Gender	American Indian Men	Asian/Pacific Islander Men	Black Men	Hispanic Men	Multiracial Men	Other race Men	White Men
American Indian Man	28.22%	0%	0%	11%	4.06%	0%	56.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander Man	0%	38.92%	0.37%	6.21%	3.33%	0.22%	50.95%
Black Man	0%	0.48%	59.29%	3.4%	2%	0.61%	34.22%
Hispanic Man	0.39%	2.6%	1.09%	44.12%	1.17%	0.24%	50.39%
Multiracial Man	0.84%	8.06%	3.72%	6.77%	11.98%	2.06%	66.56%
Other race Man	0%	2.39%	5.03%	6.12%	9.1%	24.87%	52.47%
White Man	0.55%	5.75%	2.97%	13.58%	3.1%	0.55%	73.51%

Number of Married Women by Race Married to Men of Certain Races

Race & Gender	American Indian Woman	Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	Black Woman	Hispanic Woman	Multiracial Woman	Other race Woman	White Woman
American Indian Woman	642	0	184	787	0	0	1916
Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	0	9998	0	1344	513	76	3613
Black Woman	184	0	17752	2679	1438	322	7067
Hispanic Woman	787	1344	2679	26751	1009	103	23291
Multiracial Woman	0	513	1438	1009	2052	0	7619
Other race Woman	0	76	322	103	0	199	134
White Woman	1916	3613	7067	23291	7619	134	200276

Percentage of Married Women by Race Married to Men of Certain Races

Race & Gender	American Indian Woman	Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	Black Woman	Hispanic Woman	Multiracial Woman	Other race Woman	White Woman
American Indian Woman	18.19%	0%	5.21%	22.3%	0%	0%	54.29%
Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	0%	64.32%	0%	8.65%	3.3%	0.49%	23.24%
Black Woman	0.62%	0%	60.29%	9.1%	4.88%	1.09%	24%
Hispanic Woman	1.41%	2.4%	4.79%	47.8%	1.8%	0.18%	41.62%
Multiracial Woman	0%	4.06%	11.38%	7.99%	16.25%	0%	60.32%
Other race Woman	0%	9.11%	38.61%	12.35%	0%	23.86%	16.07%
White Woman	0.79%	1.48%	2.9%	9.55%	3.12%	0.05%	82.11%

Data Methodology

The frequencies are based on the ACS estimated household numbers. Only married couples are included in this extract from the American Communities Survey.

• Any person who responded that they were hispanic of any race was relabled to hispanic for the purposes of these analysis.
• American Indian includes Alaskan Natives and Native Americans.
• Black includes Black people and African Americans.