Growing minorities Minorities are expected to be the country's fatest growing population well into the next century, with Latinos and Asians outpacing black Americans. State trends Blacks and Latinos were Massachusetts' most populous minorities in 1990, but rapid growth is expected among Latino and Asian populations well into the next century. Figures, at right, are in hundreds of thousands of people. Interracial marriages increased nearly eightfold between 1960 and 1994, but still accounted for only one in forty marriages, according to the latest data available. Demographers expect interracial marriages to grow in frequency well into the next decade, helping to shift the country toward a more multicultural society.
Figures are interracial marriages per year.