From Michael Paul Williams’ Friday column in the Times-Dispatch:
The former capital of the Confederacy is also the capital of the state where mixed marriages were sanctioned by the Supreme Court in the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision. In a 2012 study by Pew Research Center, has the nation’s highest percentage (3.3%) of marriages between blacks and whites.
Remarkable.
— JAB
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typical?
The majority of mixed couples live in Woodbridge along the Rt. 1 corridor. I heard the Rt. 1 corridor in Prince William County has one of the highest concentrations of mixed couples in the world.
I always heard that Tidewater held that title. Each of the three big metros seem to have a high number of interracial couples. Tidewater certainly appears to have the most.
I believe the case was called Loving vs. Virginia.
You’re absolutely right. Sloppy transcription on my part. I’ve made the correction.
What is the 3.3%, of all Virginia marriages?
3.3% of all Virginia marriages are between blacks and whites.
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