Adults younger than 30, those with at least a bachelor’s degree and those who identify as a Democrat or lean Democratic are especially likely to say this.Īmericans today also are less likely to oppose a close relative marrying someone of a different race or ethnicity.
Nearly four-in-ten adults (39%) say the growing number of people marrying someone of a different race is good for society, up from 24% in 2010. Here are more key findings from Pew Research Center about interracial and interethnic marriage and families on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision.ġ A growing share of adults say interracial marriage is generally a good thing for American society. Among all married people in 2015 (not just those who recently wed), 10% are now intermarried – 11 million in total. newlyweds (17%) were married to a person of a different race or ethnicity in 2015, a more than fivefold increase from 3% in 1967. Intermarriage has increased steadily since then: One-in-six U.S. Virginia case that marriage across racial lines was legal throughout the country.