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Constable, Nicole. 2003. Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Han, C. Winter. 2015. Geisha of a Different Kind: Race and Sexuality in Gaysian America. New York: NYU Press.

Koshy, Susan. 2005. Sexual Naturalization: Asian Americans and Miscegenation. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press

Nemoto, Kumiko. 2009. Racing Romance: Love, Power, and Desire Among Asian American/White Couples. Rutgers University Press.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2014. Redefining Race: Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries. Russell Sage Foundation.

Prasso, Sheridan. 2010. The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient. Public Affairs Publishing

Shimizu, Celine. 2007. The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press.

Sueyoshi, Amy. 2018. Discriminating Sex: White Leisure and the Making of the American 'Oriental.'Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Thai, Hung Cam. 2008. For Better or For Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Wu, Cynthia. 2018. Sticky Rice: A Politics of Intraracial Desire. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

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Below are statistics showing racial/ethnic patterns of marriage for the six largest Asian American ethnic groups from the 2006 Census. These statistics have now been updated using 2010 Census data, as discussed in the main Interracial Dating and Marriage article and are presented here only as a comparison to the updated 2010 numbers.

Marriage Patterns for Six Largest Asian American Ethnic Groups (2006)
Asian Indians

*Men*
Asian Indian	91.9	73.3	56.7
Other Asian	0.9	2.7	2.8
White	5.5	18.5	31.3
Black	0.5	0.5	0.8
Hispanic/Latino	0.8	3.4	5.8
Multiracial & All Others	0.4	1.6	2.7
Population Size (x1000)	626.4	54.4	32.2

*Women*
Asian Indian	93.6	77.5	54.2
Other Asian	0.7	1.7	2.0
White	4.3	18.9	36.3
Black	0.5	1.4	2.8
Hispanic/Latino	0.4	1.4	2.7
Multiracial & All Others	0.5	0.9	1.9
Population Size (x1000)	580.8	60.0	31.3

Chinese
*Men*
Chinese	89.5	64.6	53.1
Other Asian	4.5	11.5	11.6
White	5.3	20.2	29.7
Black	0.1	0.3	0.5
Hispanic/Latino	0.7	2.1	3.0
Multiracial & All Others	0.4	1.4	2.0
Population Size (x1000)	665.8	127.7	86.6

*Women*
Chinese	81.5	54.0	44.6
Other Asian	2.7	7.3	7.8
White	13.9	32.8	40.4
Black	0.4	0.9	1.1
Hispanic/Latino	0.9	2.9	3.5
Multiracial & All Others	0.6	2.1	2.6
Population Size (x1000)	699.2	121.3	98.5

Filipinos
*Men*
Filipino	82.4	50.1	35.6
Other Asian	2.8	6.9	7.3
White	9.2	27.1	36.0
Black	0.3	1.2	1.3
Hispanic/Latino	2.9	8.3	11.1
Multiracial & All Others	2.3	6.3	8.4
Population Size (x1000)	426.0	104.0	78.4

*Women*
Filipino	61.1	37.6	28.4
Other Asian	2.8	6.4	6.9
White	27.2	40.0	46.2
Black	2.8	3.6	4.1
Hispanic/Latino	3.6	7.5	8.6
Multiracial & All Others	2.5	4.0	5.7
Population Size (x1000)	555.4	107.4	93.0

Japanese

*Men*
Japanese	63.9	55.0	53.7
Other Asian	9.9	12.4	9.4
White	19.7	24.0	27.2
Blacks	0.4	0.6	0.7
Hispanic/Latino	2.8	3.6	4.1
Multiracial & All Others	3.2	4.4	4.9
Population Size (x1000)	169.1	115.9	102.6

*Women*
Japanese	47.4	51.3	50.9
Other Asian	6.4	8.0	7.7
White	38.2	32.1	32.8
Black	1.6	0.7	0.8
Hispanic/Latino	2.8	3.0	3.1
Multiracial & All Others	3.7	4.8	4.9
Population Size (x1000)	221.1	107.9	105.7

Koreans
*Men*
Korean	90.7	60.7	39.5
Other Asian	2.6	9.6	12.5
White	5.5	24.9	40.3
Black	0.3	1.3	2.1
Hispanic/Latino	0.5	1.7	2.8
Multiracial & All Others	0.4	1.7	2.7
Population Size (x1000)	252.8	44.3	27.4

*Women*
Korean	69.4	35.3	22.5
Other Asian	3.7	9.4	8.9
White	23.7	48.9	60.8
Black	1.0	1.7	2.2
Hispanic/Latino	1.1	2.8	3.4
Multiracial & All Others	1.1	1.8	2.3
Population Size (x1000)	320.1	56.1	45.1

Vietnamese
*Men*
Vietnamese	92.3	76.9	71.0
Other Asian	2.9	7.0	5.8
White	2.9	10.5	15.0
Black	0.2	0.9	1.3
Hispanic/Latino	1.4	3.8	5.5
Multiracial & All Others	0.3	1.0	1.4
Population Size (x1000)	262.2	54.7	40.5

*Women*
Vietnamese	83.3	66.8	58.2
Other Asian	3.5	8.2	7.8
White	11.3	20.8	28.3
Black	0.5	1.7	2.4
Hispanic/Latino	0.7	1.3	1.7
Multiracial & All Others	0.7	1.2	1.6
Population Size (x1000)	279.4	61.4	45.2

USR = U.S.-Raised (1.5 generation or higher) FR = Foreign-Raised (1st generation) "USR + USR or FR" = Spouse 1 is USR while Spouse 2 can be USR or FR "USR + USR Only" = Both spouses are USR Methodology used to tabulate these statistics

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Suggested reference: Le, C.N. . "Interracial Dating & Marriage" Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. <interracial.shtml> ().