Cambodians in the United States and Minnesota
Significant Cambodian immigration to the United States did not begin until 1979.
In 2006, the Minnesota Department of Human Services estimated the state to have more than 70,500 refugees, about 10 percent, 7,500 of those being Cambodian. Cambodians are the 7th largest refugee population in the state. Minnesota is home to a larger percentage of refugee immigrants than other states, with 25 to 50 percent of the state's immigrants coming as refugees compared to the national average of 8 percent. Minnesota, along with California, Massachusetts, Washington, and Texas, has one of the country's largest Cambodian populations.
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