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Also see: Perez vs. Sharp - End to California's Miscegenation Laws.
It is fitting to introduce this page by stating that Los Angeles County became the place in California where laws against interracial marriage were finally brought to an end (see box above). In 2017, Pew Research Center released a report about interracial marriage in the United States. The reported provided data for individual U.S. metropolitan areas, including the Los Angeles County-Orange County metro area. The study focused on newly-married couples – those who had been married within the past year - using census survey data collected over the five years of 2012 through 2017.
Where significant percentages were recorded for at least three racial groups
Metro Area | Total Percent Inter-married | Asians | Blacks | Hispanics | Whites |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 16% | 29% | 18% | 26% | 10% |
Los Angeles & Orange County, CA | 22% | 24% | 30% | 16% | 23% |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 19% | 35% | 13% | 24% | 14% |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 19% | 29% | 14% | 22% | 15% |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 19% | 28% | 16% | 26% | 14% |
Metro Area | Total Percent Inter-married | Asians | Blacks | Hispanics | Whites |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 19% | 22% | 11% | 19% | 19% |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 18% | 21% | 15% | 23% | 14% |
Honolulu, HI | 42% | 32% | - | - | 34% |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 31% | - | - | 30% | 26% |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 27% | 34% | - | 26% | 20% |
Metro Area | Total Percent Inter-married | Asians | Blacks | Hispanics | Whites |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 26% | 21% | - | 28% | 22% |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 24% | 16% | - | 22% | 27% |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 24% | - | 14% | 20% | 28% |
Source: Pew Research Center