In Florida, unmarried couples - gay and straight - are twice as likely as married couples to be interracial

When including couples in which one partner is Hispanic, the percentage nearly doubles. About one in five households in Florida includes an unmarried couple of different races or Hispanic origin - almost twice the 11% of married couples, according to figures recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Overall, the South has a lower percentage of married and unmarried interracial couples than the nation as a whole. Racial separation still exists among gays. Many blacks don't feel comfortable or accepted by the larger, white gay community. The high number of unmarried interracial straight couples may be related to short-term trial partnerships - couples experimenting with dating people different from themselves - as opposed to married couples who are theoretically choosing mates for life, the Census Bureau reports.