The skew is not just anecdotal. In the United States, there are 529,000 white male – Asian female married couples and just 219,000 Asian male – white female married couples, according to the 2010 U.S. census. Similarly, the number of black male – white female marriages is 2.3 times bigger than the number of white male – black female pairs. With African Americans and Asian Americans, the ratios are even further imbalanced, with roughly five times more Asian female – African male marriages than Asian male – African female marriages.