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Table 1.  Race of Wife by Race of Husband:  1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, and 1992

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date: 06/10/98


(Numbers in thousands)
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				|        Census		|Current Population Survey|      Percent Distribution
				|			|  			  |----------------------------------
				|  1960    1970    1980 |     1991       1992     | 1960   1970   1980   1991   1992
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  All married-couples........... 40,491  44,598  49,514     53,227     53,512      100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0

RACE
Same race couples............... 40,334  44,276  48,516     50,813     50,873       99.6   99.3   98.0   95.5   95.1
  White/White................... 37,072  40,578  43,568     47,294     47,358       91.9   91.6   92.7   93.1   93.1
  Black/Black...................  3,033   3,344   3,418      3,519      3,515        7.5    7.6    7.0    6.9    6.9
  Amer. Indian/Amer. Indian 1/..     63      77     119         NA         NA        0.2    0.2    0.2     NA     NA
  Asian & Pacific/API  2/.......    148     230     398         NA         NA        0.4    0.5    0.8     NA     NA
  Other race/Other..............     18      46   1,013         NA         NA        0.0    0.1    2.1     NA     NA

Interracial couples 3/..........    157     321     997        994      1,161        0.4    0.7    2.0    1.9    2.2
  Black/White...................     51      65     121        231        246       32.7   20.2   12.1   23.2   21.2
   Black husband/White wife.....     25      41      94        156        163       49.6   63.6   77.4   67.5   66.3
   White husband/Black wife.....     26      24      27         75         83       50.4   36.4   22.6   32.5   33.7
  American Indian/White.........     29      85     245         NA         NA       18.7   26.4   24.6     NA     NA
   American Indian husband/
     White wife.................     12      40     121         NA         NA       41.0   47.1   49.4     NA     NA
   White husband/American
     Indian wife................     17      45     124         NA         NA       59.0   52.9   50.6     NA     NA
  Asian and Pacific Islander/
   White........................     47      96     181         NA         NA       30.0   29.9   18.2     NA     NA
     API husband/White wife.....     18      33      52         NA         NA       38.4   34.1   28.7     NA     NA
     White husband/API wife.....     29      63     129         NA         NA       61.6   65.9   71.3     NA     NA
  Other race/White..............     14      52     358         NA         NA        8.7   16.2   35.9     NA     NA
     Other race husband/White
       wife.....................      5      22     165         NA         NA       34.2   41.6   46.1     NA     NA
     White husband/other race
       wife.....................      9      30     194         NA         NA       65.8   58.4   54.2     NA     NA
  Other race/specified race 4/..     15      23      92      1,420      1,478        9.9    7.3    9.2    2.7    2.8

Interracial as percent of all
 marriages......................    0.4     0.7     2.0        1.9        2.2	       X      X      X      X      X
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1.  Includes Eskimo and Aleut for 1980, 1991, and 1992.

2.  The Asian and Pacific Islander category includes persons who identified as Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino on the 
    race item only.
3.  Includes the number of Black and White interracial couples shown, the number of White and "Other race" and Black 
    and "Other race" couples excluding those with a Black or White partner not shown separately, and the number of 
    "Other race/specified race" couples shown.
4.  "Other race" includes all other persons not included in the "White," "Black," "American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut," 
    and the "Asian or Pacific Islander" race categories not shown separately.  For 1960 through 1980, the "Other 
    race/Other race" category includes cases where both spouses are either American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut, Asian or 
    Pacific Islander, or Other race, but are not of the same race.  The "other race" includes Hispanic persons who 
    reported "Other race" in the race item.
   
NA Not applicable

NOTE: Data for 1991 and 1992 are based on the Current Population Survey.  All other data are based on the decennial 
      census. 

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1960, 1970, and 1980 Subject Reports on Marital Status and 1991 and 1992 Current 
  	Population Reports, P20, nos. 461 and 468.