The U.S. Hmong population has nearly doubled since the year 2000. It’s been on the rise since the end of the Vietnam War when those who helped the CIA from nearby Laos fled a violent revenge campaign.

The BriefThis FOX 9 documentary shows the journey of Hmong Americans in Minnesota, who are celebrating 50 years since the first Hmong refugee was resettled in the state.Minnesota is now home to one of ...

The Twin Cities is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country. The Hmong were drawn to Minnesota by job opportunities, access to welfare and public housing, social services and the ...

Our Hmong Neighbors is a four-part series that will be published once each week through the month of February. The series is meant as a basic introduction to various aspects of Hmong culture, as told ...

When Hmong hill tribesmen fled their native Laos after the Vietnam War, many ended up in neighboring Thailand, where they have lived in poverty for decades. Last December, some 15,000 of these ...

Sesave Vue helps her daughters and granddaughters shop for new hats during the 43rd annual Hmong New Year event in St. Paul on Nov. 25, 2023. The federal government recently reclassified race and ...

This year (2025) marks 50 years since the first Hmong refugees arrived in the United States. Today, 330,000 Hmong people reside in the U.S., with nearly a third of them living in Minnesota. However, ...

A push from President Donald Trump's administration to begin deporting hundreds of Hmong refugees and other non-U.S. citizens to Laos could devastate families and close-knit clans, Hmong community ...

Population: • 250,000 Hmong live in the United States.• 50,000 Hmong live in Minnesota -- the second-largest community behind California. Education: • 39.2 percent of Hmong adults in the U.S. have ...

The story of Suni Lee’s rise as Olympic gold medalist in many ways reflects the larger struggles of the Hmong people as one of the country’s most marginalized Asian American groups. Lee, 18, winner of ...