Immigrants

Racial marriage is much stronger for immigrants as equaled to natives. Immigrants of African groups are 4.9 times more likely than African Americans to marry within their race. Also immigrants of African descent have the highest rates of marriage of immigrants. African immigrants are much more likely to marry other same race immigrants and African Americans than to out marry based on the race. Native born Caucasian Americans are also 1.6 times more likely to marry a native born African American than an immigrant of African family. Female immigrants of African descent are more likely to marry native born Caucasians than are their male mates.