Distribution of Hmong People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hmong

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0.65%
1.3%
1.95%
2.6%
3.9%
5.2%
6.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Ramsey County, Minnesota	7.75%
2	Marathon County, Wisconsin	4.83%
3	Sheboygan County, Wisconsin	4.69%
4	Fresno County, California	3.54%
5	La Crosse County, Wisconsin	3.17%
6	Buena Vista County, Iowa	3.17%
7	Yuba County, California	3.05%
8	Burke County, North Carolina	2.77%
9	Catawba County, North Carolina	2.62%
10	Barrow County, Georgia	2.54%
11	Eau Claire County, Wisconsin	2.47%
12	Merced County, California	2.44%
13	Outagamie County, Wisconsin	2.26%
14	Redwood County, Minnesota	2.25%
15	Washington County, Minnesota	2.2%
16	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin	2.17%
17	Butte County, California	2.04%
18	Calumet County, Wisconsin	1.89%
19	Sacramento County, California	1.89%
20	Portage County, Wisconsin	1.8%

Top Counties by Population of Hmong

#	County	Population
1	Ramsey County, Minnesota	41,943
2	Fresno County, California	34,633
3	Sacramento County, California	28,471
4	Hennepin County, Minnesota	21,183
5	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	13,628
6	San Joaquin County, California	7,973
7	Merced County, California	6,558
8	Marathon County, Wisconsin	6,531
9	Dane County, Wisconsin	6,497
10	Washington County, Minnesota	5,565
11	Sheboygan County, Wisconsin	5,405
12	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	4,744
13	Butte County, California	4,640
14	Brown County, Wisconsin	4,619
15	Anoka County, Minnesota	4,453
16	Outagamie County, Wisconsin	4,183
17	Catawba County, North Carolina	4,110
18	La Crosse County, Wisconsin	3,736
19	Macomb County, Michigan	3,220
20	Winnebago County, Wisconsin	2,877

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Minnesota	1.44%	79,643
2	Wisconsin	1.03%	59,322
3	Alaska	0.67%	4,981
4	California	0.26%	100,179
5	North Carolina	0.13%	13,487
6	Oklahoma	0.1%	4,062
7	Oregon	0.09%	3,660
8	Colorado	0.08%	4,357
9	Rhode Island	0.07%	729
10	Kansas	0.07%	2,006
11	Michigan	0.07%	6,487
12	Arkansas	0.06%	1,816
13	Georgia	0.05%	4,883
14	Iowa	0.04%	1,129
15	Washington	0.04%	2,583
16	South Carolina	0.03%	1,687
17	Missouri	0.03%	1,568
18	Nebraska	0.02%	385
19	Nevada	0.01%	342
20	Massachusetts	0.01%	687
21	Idaho	0.01%	166
22	Indiana	0.01%	645
23	Florida	0.01%	1,834
24	Tennessee	0.01%	534
25	Illinois	0.01%	926
26	Connecticut	0.01%	246
27	Ohio	0.01%	759
28	Texas	0.01%	1,787
29	South Dakota	0.01%	54
30	Utah	0.01%	182
31	Montana	0.01%	63
32	Virginia	0%	410
33	Delaware	0%	45
34	Arizona	0%	315
35	North Dakota	0%	33
36	Pennsylvania	0%	547
37	New Mexico	0%	75
38	Hawaii	0%	49
39	Maine	0%	36
40	Maryland	0%	137
41	Louisiana	0%	108
42	Kentucky	0%	90
43	Wyoming	0%	11
44	Mississippi	0%	44
45	West Virginia	0%	24
46	New York	0%	242
47	New Jersey	0%	93
48	Alabama	0%	35
49	New Hampshire	0%	5
50	Puerto Rico	0%	0
51	District of Columbia	0%	0
52	Vermont	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Hmong

#	State	Population
1	California	100,179
2	Minnesota	79,643
3	Wisconsin	59,322
4	North Carolina	13,487
5	Michigan	6,487
6	Alaska	4,981
7	Georgia	4,883
8	Colorado	4,357
9	Oklahoma	4,062
10	Oregon	3,660
11	Washington	2,583
12	Kansas	2,006
13	Florida	1,834
14	Arkansas	1,816
15	Texas	1,787
16	South Carolina	1,687
17	Missouri	1,568
18	Iowa	1,129
19	Illinois	926
20	Ohio	759
21	Rhode Island	729
22	Massachusetts	687
23	Indiana	645
24	Pennsylvania	547
25	Tennessee	534
26	Virginia	410
27	Nebraska	385
28	Nevada	342
29	Arizona	315
30	Connecticut	246
31	New York	242
32	Utah	182
33	Idaho	166
34	Maryland	137
35	Louisiana	108
36	New Jersey	93
37	Kentucky	90
38	New Mexico	75
39	Montana	63
40	South Dakota	54
41	Hawaii	49
42	Delaware	45
43	Mississippi	44
44	Maine	36
45	Alabama	35
46	North Dakota	33
47	West Virginia	24
48	Wyoming	11
49	New Hampshire	5
50	Puerto Rico	0
51	Vermont	0
52	District of Columbia	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.