An analysis conducted a decade ago found that 10 years after they married, interracial couples had a 41% chance of separation or divorce, compared with a 31% chance among couples who married within their race, according to a study based on the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).

What percentage of interracial marriages fail?

What percent of interracial couples end up in divorce? Approximately 41% of mixed race couples end up in divorce within the first 10 years of marriage.

Why do interracial marriages fail?

What can cause an interracial marriage to fall apart is the inability of a couple to handle their differences and a failure to talk about the stresses one or both of them are experiencing.