12 Facts About Karen Americans

Karen Americans first started arriving to the United States en masse during the mid-2000s and now form a significant minority in several cities.

The growth of Karen Americans is part of the larger growth of Burmese Americans in the United States.

In November 2017 over 9,000 Karen Americans people gathered in Washington DC to both thank the United States government for granting them settlement and at the same time protesting the Burmese government's treatment of the Karen Americans and other minorities, especially the ongoing persecution of Rohingya people and the Trump-era policies on immigration.

However these numbers may be inaccurate as the statistics only cover Karen Americans who came after 2000 and who are counted as refugees.

Karen Americans are a part of over 10,000 Burmese refugees that have been resettled in Indiana, including Chin and Rohingya.

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An approximate 3,500 Karen Americans are believed to be living in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Karen Americans are one of the groups of Burmese refugees that have now been settled in Phoenix, Arizona, along with Chin and Burmese Muslim refugees.

Many Karen Americans refugees have been settled in Des Moines, Iowa in particular by Adventist charity organizations, as well as in Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Louis and Kansas City in Missouri.

Karen Americans children are more likely to be exposed to second hand smoke than non-Karen Americans children.

In Minnesota Karen Americans organizations have started partnering with health anti-smoking groups in hope of improving the problem.

Unlike many other refugees Karen Americans usually come exclusively from rural areas and often have trouble adapting to urban life.

Many Karen Americans feel alienated when playing for a school's sports team and so generally tend to play the sport among themselves, organizing teams and tournaments.