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D.C. outpaces U.S. in interracial marriages

By Liz Farmer
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Nearly 1 in 5 marriages in the District is interracial, a new Pew Research Center study has found. The figure outpaces neighbors Virginia and Maryland and is higher than the national average.

The District ranks 10th in the nation for its occurance of interracial marriages with 19.3 percent of marriages or 11,917 married couples. The national average is 15 percent.

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