Interracial marriage in the United States has been fully legal in all U.S. states since the 1967

Anti-miscegenation laws have played a large role in defining racial identity and enforcing the racial hierarchy

nterracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million

In the mid 19th to 20th centuries, the Chinese that migrated were almost entirely of Cantonese origin. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese men in the U.S, mostly of Cantonese origin from Taishan migrated to the United States.

The majority of the Hawaiian Chinese were Cantonese migrants from Guangdong with minority from Hakka.

Canada, 2011, 4.6% of all civil unions are interracial ones, an 18% increase from 2006 (3.9%), and a 77% increase from 1991 (2.6%).