In sum, unions with negroes fare worse than unions between white people in everything. The increase in interracial marriages has been interpreted as reflecting less social distance between racial and ethnic groups, but little is known about the stability of interracial marriages. Using six panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (N = 23,139 married couples), we found that interracial marriages are less stable than endogamous marriages, but these results were not consistently confirmed. After accounting for couple characteristics, the risk of divorce or separation among interracial couples was similar to the group with higher ancestry. Although marriage breakdown was found to be strongly associated with race or ethnicity, the results did not provide evidence that interracial marriage itself is associated with an increased risk of marriage breakdown. Our findings are consistent with research supporting the homogamy hypothesis, which suggests that individuals in intra-racial relationships (i.e., matched by race/ethnicity) report less conflict and greater psychological well-being than partners with different backgrounds (i.e., interracial couples) [21,26,29]. As other studies indicate, shared cultural background, racial empathy and a greater sense of equality can help AAW individuals feel more comfortable.