Did you know…

According to the 2000 United States Census,

• There are more than 7.2 million people who identify themselves as belonging to more than one race.
• Of that 7.2 million people, 2.8 million are children and adolescents.
• There are more than 4.5 million married or unmarried couples in the United States who are racially or ethnically mixed.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of Household and Family Statistics,

• In the past thirty years in the United States, the number of interracial marriages increased by more than 800%.
• Between 1970 and 1990, the number of children in mixed race families increased from less than 500,000 to more than 2 million.

According to the Ninth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities (1997) in the United Kingdom,

• 39% of all Caribbean children have one Caucasian parent; 15% of all Chinese children have one caucasian parent; and 3% of all African children have one caucasian parent.
• Between 1992 and 1999 in the United Kingdom, the black mixed group grew by 49%, and the black African group grew by 37%.
• Conclusion: The United Kingdom has one of the fastest growing mixed-race populations in the world, growing by more than 75% during the 1990s.