4 June 10 A record 14.6% of all new marriages in the U.S in 2008 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new census data.
Of all newlyweds in 2008, 9% of whites, 16% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 31% of Asians married outside their race/ethnicity. Patterns also
varied by region (intermarriage is most common in the West) and by gender.
Black male newlyweds "married out" at twice the rate of black female newlyweds, while Asian female newlyweds "married out" at twice the rates of Asian males. There were no gender differences among whites or Hispanics.