One-in-seven new marriages in the United States are interracial or interethnic, according to two studies conducted by the Pew Research Center.

Among all newlyweds in 2008, 26% of Hispanics married someone whose race or ethnicity was different than their own. Hispanics ranked second only to Asians , 31%, among the ethnic and racial groups studied by the Pew Research Center. Nine percent of whites and 16 % of blacks married someone of a different race or ethnicity.

The 2010 Sleep in America poll released yesterday by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Hispanics, Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, and Whites.