Inter-Racial Marriages by Race for Heterosexual Couples

Inter-racial marriages have been a growing proportion of couples. We have created analysis to show the frequency of potential couplings, for example Asian American Men married to White women or vice versa Asian American women married to White men. These numbers are based on the 2013-2017 American Communities Survey. In the following graphic to read it, of married American Indian men, 41% are married to American Indian women. Tables are provided at the bottom of the page.

Men married to Women

See table below

Women Married to Men

See table below

Insights

• The most common inter-racial coupling is White Men married to Hispanic Women, which is closely followed by Hispanic Men married to White Women.
• Most people are married to someone in the same race.
• Multiracial and Native Americans frequently marry outside of their races.
• 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 Woman 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 Man	103432	5631	3509	14063	3412	348	122139
Asian/Pacific Islander Man	1244	3339202	7921	58144	37177	2726	244930
Black Man	6494	50544	3566694	151442	65638	8453	364192
Hispanic Man	15757	87534	62030	6577679	57042	6453	1159029
Multiracial Man	4277	64500	36719	59486	204914	2776	363756
Other race Man	130	1321	2476	8367	1419	63427	13458
White Man	126898	716498	152964	1333237	391807	22480	38948821

Percentage of Married Men by Race Married to Woman 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 Man	40.96%	2.23%	1.39%	5.57%	1.35%	0.14%	48.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander Man	0.03%	90.46%	0.21%	1.58%	1.01%	0.07%	6.64%
Black Man	0.15%	1.2%	84.65%	3.59%	1.56%	0.2%	8.64%
Hispanic Man	0.2%	1.1%	0.78%	82.58%	0.72%	0.08%	14.55%
Multiracial Man	0.58%	8.76%	4.99%	8.08%	27.83%	0.38%	49.39%
Other race Man	0.14%	1.46%	2.73%	9.24%	1.57%	70.01%	14.85%
White Man	0.3%	1.72%	0.37%	3.2%	0.94%	0.05%	93.42%

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

Race & Gender	American Indian Man	Asian/Pacific Islander Man	Black Man	Hispanic Man	Multiracial Man	Other race Man	White Man
American Indian Woman	103432	1244	6494	15757	4277	130	126898
Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	5631	3339202	50544	87534	64500	1321	716498
Black Woman	3509	7921	3566694	62030	36719	2476	152964
Hispanic Woman	14063	58144	151442	6577679	59486	8367	1333237
Multiracial Woman	3412	37177	65638	57042	204914	1419	391807
Other race Woman	348	2726	8453	6453	2776	63427	22480
White Woman	122139	244930	364192	1159029	363756	13458	38948821

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

Race & Gender	American Indian Man	Asian/Pacific Islander Man	Black Man	Hispanic Man	Multiracial Man	Other race Man	White Man
American Indian Woman	40.05%	0.48%	2.51%	6.1%	1.66%	0.05%	49.14%
Asian/Pacific Islander Woman	0.13%	78.29%	1.19%	2.05%	1.51%	0.03%	16.8%
Black Woman	0.09%	0.21%	93.07%	1.62%	0.96%	0.06%	3.99%
Hispanic Woman	0.17%	0.71%	1.85%	80.19%	0.73%	0.1%	16.25%
Multiracial Woman	0.45%	4.88%	8.62%	7.49%	26.91%	0.19%	51.46%
Other race Woman	0.33%	2.56%	7.92%	6.05%	2.6%	59.46%	21.08%
White Woman	0.3%	0.59%	0.88%	2.81%	0.88%	0.03%	94.5%

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.