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The 2011 American Community Survey report stated that 31% of Hmong in the state of Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. According to the 2000 U.S. Census data, 33% of Hmong people in Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. According to the 1990 U.S. Census data, 65% of Hmong people in Minnesota were considered to be in poverty. [8]
Of the 260,073 Hmong-Americans, 247,595 or 95.2% are Hmong alone, and the remaining 12,478 are mixed Hmong with some other ethnicity or race. The Hmong-American population is among the youngest of all groups in the United States, with the majority being under 30 years old, born after 1980, with most part-Hmong are under 10 years old. [21]
For example, a national bank generally must limit its total outstanding loans and credits to any single borrower to no more than 15% of the bank's total capital and surplus. [15] [full citation needed] Some state banking regulations also contain similar lending limits applicable to state-chartered banks. [16]
Former Minneapolis officer Tou Thao’s role in the death of George Floyd has thrust the city's Hmong refugee population into the national discourse around race. The actions of Thao, who is Hmong ...
Kao Ly Ilean Her (March 13, 1969 – May 13, 2021) [1] [2] was an American attorney, activist and leader in the Hmong American community in Minnesota.Her was the first Hmong person elected to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, where she served from 2019 to 2021, and she was executive director of the state government agency Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans (CAPM) from 1997 to 2012.
The Hmong Archives was founded by Marlin LeRoy Heise (Minnesota Historical Society retiree), Yuepheng Xiong (founder of Hmong ABC), Tzianeng Vang (founder of Hmong Professional Network) and other Hmong professionals in February 1999. It was first housed at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul.
Kaohly Her (born June 18, 1973) is a Hmong-American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Her represents District 64A, which includes parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [1] [2]
A recycling sign in Minnesota with instructions in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali. Politically, a Somali American Caucus in the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) was formed to represent the Somali community. [21] As of 2012 a Somali American also chaired the Republican Party's Immigrant Relations Committee in Minnesota. [22]