31 Facts About Hmong Americans

Thousands of Hmong Americans were evacuated or escaped on their own to Hmong Americans refugee camps in Thailand.

The clans, from which the Hmong Americans take their surnames, are: Chang or Cha (Tsab), Chao (Tsom), Cheng (Tsheej), Chue (Tswb), Fang (Faaj) or Fa (Faj), Hang (Haam) or Ha (Ham), Her (Hawj), Khang (Khaab) or Kha (Khab), Kong (Koo) or Soung (Xoom), Kue (Kwm), Lee (Lis), Lor (Lauj), Moua (Muas), Pha (Phab), Thao (Thoj), Vang (Vaaj) or Va (Vaj), Vue or Vu (Vwj), Xiong (Xyooj) and Yang (Yaaj) or Ya (Yaj).

In 1999 there were about 250, 000 Hmong Americans people living in the United States, living in numerous medium and large cities.

Some Hmong Americans remained in refugee camps Thailand at the time of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The Hmong Americans-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 Americans are under 10 years old.

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Suanna Gilman-Ponce, the multilingual education department head of Sacramento City Unified, said that the Hmong Americans students have lower rates due to having parents who speak little English; therefore they enter American schools with few English skills.

In 2018, the Hmong Americans District celebrates its fortieth-year anniversary in St Paul, MN with over 110 churches scattered throughout the United States with an inclusive membership of 30, 000 plus people.

The Hmong Americans District is led by Rev Dr Lantzia Thao, who acts as the Hmong Americans District Superintendent overseeing the entire movement and operations.

That year, Kurt Metzger and Jason Booza, authors of "Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit, " wrote that "The 3, 943 Hmong Americans living in tri-county area is one of the most concentrated of the Asian groups.

Churches like St Michael's, Our Savior Lutheran Church, and All Saints Episcopal Church sponsored Hmong Americans coming to Lansing, providing them resources to make the transition to America a smoother experience.

In 2010, North Carolina had a population of 10, 864 Hmong Americans and has one of the highest rates of employment compared to other states in the US.

Group of Hmong Americans refugees settled in Philadelphia after the end of the 1970s Laotian Civil War.

Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, said that lower-class residents resented the Hmong Americans receiving a $100, 000 federal grant for employment assistance when they were out of work; they believed that American citizens should be getting assistance.

The Hmong Americans United Association of Rhode Island puts on a Hmong Americans New Year's festival annually.

Lack of formal education among Hmong Americans immigrants is due to the fact that many were once farmers in the hills of Laos or were refugees from war who fled into remote jungles, and had little or no access to schools.

Cha suggested that the dropout rate of Hmong Americans teenagers was the highest among those of Asian American groups.

The word used to describe the work those Hmong boys were involved in for family was “helping out”, referring to an accepted and natural habit including working outside, taking care of the siblings, completing daily household, being cultural brokers for parents and attending numerous traditional ceremonies.

For example, Hmong Americans boys were asked to write checks to pay for utility bills and to prepare food for their younger brothers.

The Hmong were more involved in political activities that 57 percent of the Hmong in Minnesota regarded themselves as Democrats, shown by a survey in 2008, and several Hmong people, including Madison P Nguyen, former Hmong refugee women in Minnesota, had been elected political staffs in city offices.

The 2014 American Community Survey found that per capita income of Hmong Americans was $12, 923, significantly lower than the American average of $25, 825.

The Hmong Americans community retains many ties with the Hmong Americans still in Indochina and remains active in regional politics.

Misogyny and patriarchy in the Hmong Americans community is present to this day which calls for Hmong Americans women empowerment initiatives throughout the United States.

In other aspects of health, like cancer, Hmong Americans have the highest cancer mortality rates compared to other Asian American groups.

Hmong Americans have experienced violence after immigrating to the United States.

Some specific instances of violence against Hmong Americans have been murders, which a few have occurred while they were engaging in the activity of hunting.

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Hmong Americans have hunted because it is a common traditional practice in countries such as Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Green Hmong Americans is named so because of the color used in Green Hmong Americans women's traditional costume.

Complicating communication issues is the fact that until the late 1960s no written form of the Hmong Americans language existed, and many of the Hmong Americans people were unable to read or write their own language.

The one non-Hmong Americans person of the nine arrested, Harrison Jack, is a 1968 West Point graduate, and retired Army infantry officer.

Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, an elderly, racist Korean War veteran living in Detroit, Michigan who befriends a Hmong Americans teenager named Thao, played by Bee Vang, who previously tries to steal his Gran Torino as an initiation into a local Hmong Americans gang run by his own cousins.

Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind worked with Xiong to investigate reports of human rights abuses against Hmong Americans still in Laos and Southeast Asia and says Xiong was a great community leader and an inspiration to many.