Reports indicate that in 2011, there were 11.4 million legal couples in the United States with at least one partner born overseas, accounting for over 20% of all legal couples in the country. Approximately 13% of legal couples are both immigrants, while 7% have only one immigrant partner.
According to a report titled "2011 Legal Couples' Household Birthplace Identity Survey" released by the U.S. Census Bureau on the 6th, there were 56 million legal couples in the United States in 2011, with 21% of them having at least one immigrant partner. Additionally, there are 7.3 million dual-immigrant marriages and 4.1 million single-immigrant marriages.
As the immigrant population continues to grow, the likelihood of native-born individuals marrying immigrants is also increasing. Among dual-immigrant marriages, approximately 61% of families have at least one partner who has obtained U.S. citizenship, and 41% of both partners are naturalized citizens.
In mixed couples, the proportion of wives who are immigrants is higher at 55%, and the proportion of the immigrant partner who has been naturalized is also higher at 61%.
Among mixed families, the highest proportion of immigrant partners comes from Latin America and the Caribbean at 40%, followed by European immigrants at 26% and Asian immigrants at 23%; among mixed families with immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean, there are slightly more husbands than wives.
In mixed marriages, there are more Asian wives than Asian husbands (7:3), with 667,000 Asian immigrant wives compared to only 274,000 Asian husbands.
