Population: 171,937 Cambodians in the United States.

Residential Breakdown:

• California hosts the largest population of documented Cambodians in the United States, totaling 70,232.
• Los Angeles is the metropolitan area with the most Cambodians in the country (36,233).
• Long Beach (part of the LA metro area) hosts almost half of LA’s Cambodian population (17,396) and is known as the largest Cambodian enclave within the United States.
• Minnesota has the sixth largest population of documented Cambodians in the United States, totaling 5,530.
• The Minneapolis-St. Paul area hosts the eleventh largest population of Cambodians, totaling 4,149.

Income level of Cambodians nation wide:

• Cambodians' Median Family Income 2000 - $36,155
• % U.S. Cambodians with Public Assistance Income in 2000 – 22.4%
• % U.S. Cambodian Families Below the Poverty Level in 2000 – 26.6%

Educational Attainment of U.S. Cambodian Population:

• 37.3 percent of the population has attained less than a 9th grade education
• 16.1 percent of the population has finished between 9th to 12th grade, but has no diploma
• 18.8 percent of the population has graduated from high school or the equivalency.
• 13.4 percent of the population has some college but no degree
• 5.2 percent of the population has an Associate’s degree
• 6.9 percent of the population has a Bachelor’s degree
• 2.3 percent of the population has a graduate or professional degree

All information was gathered from the 2000 census and published on Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center.