Figures issued by the American Immigration Bureau show that most Chinese immigrants had set off from Kwangtung and Hong Kong, which is why the majority of overseas Chinese in the United States to this day are of Cantonese origin.
由美國移民局發表的數字來看，中國移民以從廣東、香港出海者最多，故到現在為止，美國華僑仍以原籍廣東者佔大多數。