Hmong
Americannoun
plural
Hmongs,plural
HmongExample Sentences
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Derrick’s friend, Pam Jacobson, 69, noted that even in her predominantly-white suburb, Lino Lakes—some 30 miles outside the city—ICE agents had turned up in search of her Hmong neighbor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
About 1 in 10 Asian Americans lives in poverty, but that rate is 17% of Hmong Americans and doubles to nearly 1 in 5 for Cambodian Americans.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024
The Orange County Department of Education sought Hmong, Vietnamese and Cambodian American feedback in dozens of iterative listening sessions as the foundation of their research.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024
Those who object to the classification also have a practical concern: the East Asian grouping could hide socioeconomic disparities between Hmong and other Asian households that need to be addressed.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024
Saint Paul has a large population of Southeast Asian refugees, and de la O mentored Hmong teens from Vietnam.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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