biostudies-literatureCampbell MENICHD NIH HHS142-161https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8896730biostudies-literatureUnknown2(2)Did rising immigration levels change racial and ethnic exogamy patterns for young adults in the United States? Adding local demographics to Qian & Lichter's (2007) national results, we examine the relationship between the size of the local immigrant population in urban and rural areas and U.S.-born individuals' exogamy patterns in heterosexual unions, controlling for the area's racial composition. Using Census 2000 race, ethnicity, and nativity data and log-linear models, we test hypotheses about the relationship between high levels of immigration from Asia and Latin America and endogamy rates for U.S.-born Latino/as and Asians. We find that U.S.-born Latino/as and Asians are not consistently more endogamous in high-immigrant areas once we control for population composition differences acrSociology of race and ethnicity (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Race, Immigration, and Exogamy among the Native-born: Variation across Communities.PMC8896730P01 HD062498R24 HD041025Campbell MEMartin MAfalseRace, Immigration, and Exogamy among the Native-born: Variation across Communities.Did rising immigration levels change racial and ethnic exogamy patterns for young adults in the United States? Adding local demographics to Qian & Lichter's (2007) national results, we examine the relationship between the size of the local immigrant population in urban and rural areas and U.S.-born individuals' exogamy patterns in heterosexual unions, controlling for the area's racial composition. Using Census 2000 race, ethnicity, and nativity data and log-linear models, we test hypotheses about the relationship between high levels of immigration from Asia and Latin America and endogamy rates for U.S.-born Latino/as and Asians. We find that U.S.-born Latino/as and Asians are not consistently more endogamous in high-immigrant areas once we control for population composition differences acr2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 Apr2025-04-22T22:05:41.236Z2025-04-06T03:55:35.79ZS-EPMC88967303525247110.1177/2332649215598786