The share of American newlyweds in interracial couples has more than doubled

The share of American newlyweds in interracial couples has more than doubled in the last 30 years, to 15 percent in 2010 from 6.7 percent in 1980.

According to a new Pew Research Center report, which also looked at how interracial couples compare to same-race couples when it comes to income, couples who married out of their own race are socioeconomically similar to those who married. In 2008-10, the median combined annual earnings of interracial newlyweds was $56,711, compared with $55,000 for same-race newlyweds.

New marriages with an Asian-American groom and a white bride earned the most money, with the median such couple bringing in $71,800 between the two of them. Note, though, that such pairings represent less than 1 percent of all newly married spouses of any racial combination, so the sample size is small.

The converse of that group — new spouses in which the husband is white and the wife is Asian-American — earn almost as much, with a combined median income of $70,952. They are followed by newlyweds who are both Asian, who typically earn $62,000 in total.

So it looks like us Asian Americans make the most money! People are just going to have to take a number!