Since the 1980s, black women in the U.S. have become increasingly less likely than white women to be married.
Sources
- Historical Marriage Trends from 1890-2010: A Focus on ... (census.gov)
- https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/incarceration-unemployment-and-black-white-marriage-gap-us (cepr.org)
- https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/FP-24-10.html (bgsu.edu)
- https://usafacts.org/articles/state-relationships-marriages-and-living-alone-us/ (usafacts.org)
- https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/0817998721_95.pdf (hoover.org)