Table 2. Race of Couples: 1990						6/22/94

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

(Universe is householder and spouse or partner)	
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									        American
										  Indian     Asian and
									      Eskimo and       Pacific	       Other
				         Total	       White	     Black         Aleut      Islander	        race
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    Total 1/.....................   51,475,834    45,603,184     3,566,986       473,348     1,619,665     1,586,229
     Percent.....................	 100.0 	       100.0	     100.0	   100.0	 100.0	       100.0

Same race couples................   49,981,984	  44,229,606	 3,308,718	 124,715     1,133,959     1,184,986
 Percent.........................	  97.1	        97.0	      92.8	    26.4	  70.0	        74.7

  Interracial couples:
Specified group and White........    1,373,578     1,373,578       206,374	 334,143       465,332       367,729
 Percent.........................	   2.7	         3.0	       5.8	    70.6	  28.7	        23.2
Specified race group and Other
 race groups 2/..................      120,147	          NA	    51,894	  14,490        20,374        33,514
  Percent........................	   0.2	          NA	       1.5	     3.1	   1.3	         2.1
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NOTE:  The cell value for specified race group and White for Whites should not be include in either the row
       or overall total.

NA Not applicable

1.  Includes all same race couples and all couples involving the specified race group and Whites, and couples
    involving a male of the specified race group and a female from one of the other race groups.

2.  Includes all other race groups except Whites and the specified group, classified by the race of the male
    partner.


Source: 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Public Use Microdata Samples.