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The Hmong immigrant population of Detroit is a central focus of the 2008 film Gran Torino, though that city does not have a significant Hmong population. Religious persecution [ edit ]
As of 1999, Minnesota has the second-largest US Hmong population by state. [16] As of 2001, the largest Hmong population in the United States by the city is located in St. Paul. [44] In 2020, the Hmong-American population in Minnesota was about 90,000, and it was the largest ethnic Asian group in the state. [45]
The Hmong people are a major ethnic group in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. As of 2000, there were 40,707 ethnic Hmong in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. [1] The 2010 U.S. Census stated there were 66,000 ethnic Hmong in Minneapolis-St. Paul, giving it the largest urban Hmong population in the world. [2]
The Asian population also increased to 1.8%, due in part to resettlement of some Hmong peoples following the Laotian Civil War. [26] Significant shifts in racial demographics were evident by the turn of the 21st century. By 2010, the White population was 85.3% and the Black population increased to 5.2%.
Per the 2022 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the Hmong population was 3,885 comprising over 80% of the city's Asian population. [26] As of 2003, "Sixty percent of Hmong families are homeowners. Although more than half of the workforce is earning less than $8 an hour, the welfare rate has dropped to less than 5 percent.
Funding is now in place for a new Hmong American immersion school set to open in the Appleton Area School District in fall 2025. "This 4K-5th grade charter school will focus on academic excellence ...
By 2002, 12% of the Wausau population was Hmong, and 25% of the students at Wausau public schools were Hmong. [8] As of the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 49,240 Hmong in the state. This was a 46% increase over the 2000 figures. [12] As of the 2023 American Community Survey one-year estimates, the Hmong population of Wisconsin had increased to ...
California is the top state in the country with the largest Laotian population, which as of 2015 is 271,000 across the country. [12] Among the population of Laotians, Hmong people are counted as well. They are mostly in Northern and Central California, in Oakland, Richmond, Fresno, Sacramento, and Stockton. There are some in Southeast San Diego.