National Data | Chart | Hispanic Intermarriage Swamped By Hispanic Immigration

By Edwin S. Rubenstein

07/19/2005

Table 1:

Percent of Married Hispanics
with a non-Hispanic Spouse
Hispanic Group	1970	1980	1990	2000
All Hispanic Couples	13%	15%	15%	14%
Mexicans	10%	12%	14%	12%
Puerto Ricans	10%	14%	18%	21%
Cubans	8%	8%	12%	12%
Other Hispanics	20%	25%	19%	17%
Inter-Hispanic couples (Millions)	0.6	0.9	1.2	1.8
Source: Sharon Lee and Barry Edmonston, "New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage," Population Bulletin, June 2005. Table 6.

Table 2:

Percent of Married Hispanics with a non-Hispanic
Spouse, by Nativity and Citizenship, 2000
		Husbands	Wives
Foreign born noncitizen	10%	10%
Foreign born naturalized citizen	14%	18%
U.S.-born	29%	31%
Source: Sharon Lee and Barry Edmonston, "New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage," Population Bulletin, June 2005. Table 6.

Table 3:

Percent of Married Hispanics with a
non-Hispanic Spouse, by Education, 2000
		Husbands	Wives
Less than High School	5%	5%
High School	15%	17%
Some College	23%	27%
College	28%	35%
Source: Sharon Lee and Barry Edmonston, "New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage," Population Bulletin, June 2005. Table 6.

Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.

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