Marriage & Divorce

Intermarriage has increased steadily since the 1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling. Here are more key findings about interracial and interethnic marriage and families.

One-in-seven U.S. infants were multiracial or multiethnic in 2015, nearly triple the share in 1980.

One-in-six newlyweds (17%) were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity in 2015, representing a more than fivefold increase from 3% in 1967.

In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, marking more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when the landmark Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage.

The share of newlyweds married to someone of a different race or ethnicity has been steadily climbing in the United States.

At this year’s annual meeting of the Population Association of America, the nation’s largest demography conference, researchers explored some long-studied topics from new perspectives.

Married Americans continue to earn most of the nation’s income and pay the vast majority of income taxes.

Roughly half of U.S. cohabiters are younger than 35. But an increasing number of Americans ages 50 and older are in cohabiting relationships.

Among U.S. adults ages 50 and older, the divorce rate has roughly doubled since the 1990s.

Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.