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68:. In the 1990s and 2000s, a third wave came from the US's Humanitarian Operation Program, family members of Vietnamese Americans, former prisoners of re-education camps, and Amerasian children of American servicemen who applied for entry into the United States. Vietnamese Americans vary in income level, with some being
64:, April 30, 1975. They consisted of mostly educated, white collar public servants, senior military officers, and upper and middle class Vietnamese and their families. The second wave came in the 1980s escaping very precariously in boats from the communist regime as
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The heart of Little Saigon, traditionally considered the center of overseas
Vietnamese culture in the US. Located in Orange County, California. The mayor of the city, Chi Charlie Nguyen, is Vietnamese-American.
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Americans are mainly concentrated in metropolitan areas in the West, including
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City with the most
Vietnamese Americans in the United States and outside of Vietnam.
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in different waves. The first wave of Vietnamese from just before or after the
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with Vietnamese Americans according to the 2010 Census, sorted by number.
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672:
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668:
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250:. City with the most Vietnamese Americans per capita. Its mayor,
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list of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations
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Little Saigon at east end of International District
1070:Part of Little Saigon in Orange County, California
905:Part of Little Saigon in Orange County, California
889:Part of Little Saigon in Orange County, California
72:while others, particular those who came later, are
1457:Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic population
95:Cities with more than 10,000 Vietnamese Americans
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739:Part of Little Saigon in Orange County
52:Vietnamese-Americans immigrated to the
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458:Growing enclave within Manhattan's
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1475:
703:
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628:
1265:Los Angeles County, California
1240:Santa Clara County, California
300:Little Saigon in the heart of
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1:
1467:
941:Adjacent to San Jose (north)
1328:San Diego County, California
7:
1798:Vietnamese-American history
1438:
1183:
947:West Falls Church, Virginia
879:Fountain Valley, California
587:Fountain Valley, California
10:
1819:
1349:Alameda County, California
254:, is Vietnamese American.
192:and growing population in
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1053:
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852:
849:
846:
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599:Orange County, California
597:Part of Little Saigon in
543:of Central Oklahoma City
462:. Growing populations in
324:Orange County, California
298:Orange County, California
275:Orange County, California
273:Part of Little Saigon in
248:Orange County, California
188:in Houston is located in
161:Orange County, California
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81:Orange County, California
1395:Fairfax County, Virginia
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999:White Center, Washington
976:Fairfax County, Virginia
958:Fairfax County, Virginia
729:Garden Grove, California
570:and neighboring city of
145:Garden Grove, California
1307:King County, Washington
1137:Bayou La Batre, Alabama
1060:Midway City, California
1015:San Gabriel, California
862:Westminster, California
232:Westminster, California
1772:Vietnamese boat people
1360:San Francisco Bay Area
1251:San Francisco Bay Area
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1374:Tarrant County, Texas
965:Springfield, Virginia
764:Santa Ana, California
574:. Established within
348:Largest community in
263:Santa Ana, California
219:Little Saigon in the
60:/the last day of the
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1420:Dallas County, Texas
1286:Harris County, Texas
1210:Metropolitan Region
1147:Involved in fishery
1107:Henderson, Louisiana
1009:Adjacent to Seattle
931:Milpitas, California
911:Rosemead, California
745:El Monte, California
654:San Jose, California
621:San Jose, California
609:Milpitas, California
566:Growing enclaves in
406:, designated in the
126:San Jose, California
85:San Jose, California
43:Vietnamese Americans
1518:Overseas Vietnamese
1446:Growing Up American
1230:Greater Los Angeles
1101:New Orleans suburb
1091:Avondale, Louisiana
993:New Orleans suburb
895:Stanton, California
800:Anaheim, California
408:Tenderloin District
312:Anaheim, California
37:The following is a
1406:Greater Washington
1385:Dallas/ Fort Worth
1207:Percentage (2010)
1153:Lake City, Georgia
1027:Chinese-Vietnamese
923:Chinese-Vietnamese
757:Chinese-Vietnamese
358:Camden, New Jersey
350:South Philadelphia
252:Chi Charlie Nguyen
114:Percentage (2016)
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983:Harvey, Louisiana
834:
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828:Dallas-Fort Worth
810:In Orange County
792:Dallas-Fort Worth
774:In Orange County
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626:
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539:Little Saigon in
491:Dallas-Fort Worth
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369:Arlington, Texas
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1077:
1074:
1073:
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1066:
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1057:
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1040:
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1016:
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984:
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338:Pennsylvania
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287:, California
221:City Heights
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1756:New Zealand
1710:Netherlands
1635:Philippines
1276:Los Angeles
1048:Percentage
850:Percentage
717:Percentage
642:Percentage
322:Located in
285:Los Angeles
70:upper-class
66:boat people
62:Vietnam War
1787:Categories
1468:References
830:Metroplex
794:Metroplex
673:California
568:Dorchester
506:Washington
493:Metroplex
209:California
1746:Australia
1640:Singapore
1593:Hong Kong
1339:San Diego
669:San Diego
576:Chinatown
460:Chinatown
354:Chinatown
302:Chinatown
205:San Diego
194:Chinatown
1666:Bulgaria
1630:Malaysia
1583:Cambodia
1541:Americas
1439:See also
1410:Virginia
1190:counties
1184:Counties
529:Oklahoma
466:and the
448:New York
444:New York
242:Part of
155:Part of
117:Comment
1765:Related
1739:Oceania
1698:Germany
1681:Finland
1661:Belgium
1565:by city
1553:Toronto
1532:Senegal
1318:Seattle
1297:Houston
1290:108,028
1269:122,063
1244:153,099
1223:227,070
1201:County
1051:Number
853:Number
826:in the
790:in the
720:Number
661:106,379
645:Number
502:Seattle
489:In the
383:region
379:in the
190:Midtown
171:Houston
130:106,992
1725:Russia
1720:Poland
1715:Norway
1703:Berlin
1686:France
1671:Cyprus
1654:Europe
1645:Turkey
1610:Israel
1598:Taiwan
1548:Canada
1525:Africa
1424:26,276
1399:28,770
1378:29,128
1353:30,533
1332:51,030
1311:88,028
938:10,639
886:11,747
869:36,954
823:16,043
807:17,192
787:12,118
771:23,907
736:52,025
695:12,806
680:37,720
613:11,165
591:11,561
572:Quincy
560:11,614
552:Boston
533:11,730
510:11,974
483:12,486
464:Queens
452:13,864
423:14,116
397:14,657
373:14,892
342:16,682
316:17,896
290:21,981
267:24,702
236:36,689
213:37,606
179:38,619
149:52,894
87:, and
1691:Paris
1620:Korea
1615:Japan
1588:China
1255:South
1198:Rank
1083:1,307
1067:3,511
1054:Note
1045:City
1035:Towns
1025:Many
1022:2,524
1006:1,091
990:1,628
972:2,482
954:2,494
921:Many
918:8,401
902:6,526
856:Note
847:City
755:Many
752:8,654
723:Note
714:City
648:Note
639:City
619:Near
468:Bronx
175:Texas
108:City
105:Rank
1625:Laos
1576:Asia
1364:East
1157:13.0
1141:14.5
1126:17.8
1111:18.0
1098:1048
1095:20.1
1080:20.3
1064:41.4
935:14.9
915:15.4
899:16.9
883:20.7
866:40.3
733:29.8
658:10.6
616:15.2
594:20.4
239:40.0
152:30.3
133:10.6
1427:1.1
1402:2.7
1381:1.6
1356:2.0
1335:2.0
1314:1.4
1293:2.0
1272:0.9
1247:7.1
1226:6.1
1175:383
1172:8.1
1160:340
1144:370
1129:437
1114:300
1019:6.3
1003:7.4
987:8.0
969:8.2
951:8.5
820:4.2
804:5.0
784:5.2
768:7.2
749:7.5
692:2.1
677:2.8
563:1.8
536:1.9
513:1.8
486:5.5
455:0.2
426:2.3
400:1.7
376:3.9
345:1.1
319:5.2
293:0.6
270:7.4
246:in
216:2.7
182:1.7
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