Interracial Marriages - a Pew Study

The Pew Research Center has a study out on interracial marriages, and the numbers are fascinating.
First, the high point (literally), 15.1% of all new marriages in 2010 were 'mixed race', up from 6.7% in 1980.
Or, to put it differently, of all married people, 8.4% are mixed race, as compared to 3.2% in 1980.
And, as you can see from the lines to the left, its pretty much a straight line and shows no realy signs of flattening out.

Now for the wacky number.  If you break the couples down, the highest earning couples are White/Asian by a pretty significant amount (almost $8K/yr more than the next highest group - Asian/Asian).  Weirdly enough, this pairing is not really all that common, with only the White/Black pairing being less common.


Of course, the best part of the study is that the taboo has most certainly faded.  From the study

As of 1987, two decades after the Supreme Court ruling, just 48% of the public said it was “all right for blacks and whites to date each other.” By 2009, that share had grown to 83%. Acceptance has risen among all age cohorts, but it is highest among young adults. Among adults ages 18 to 29, 93% approve; among adults ages 65 and older, 67% approve

The key there from my perspective is that 67% of the over-65 crowd approves.  A huge change.

I'll leave you with the section on public attitudes (nutshell - young/liberal translates to "Its All Good")

Being minorities, younger, more educated, liberal and living in the Northeast or Western states are a few characteristics associated with those who think more positively about intermarriage.

[...] Younger adults, especially those under 30, are much more positive about intermarriage than older adults. A majority of 18- to 29-year-olds (61%) think more people of different races marrying each other has been a change for the better for society...