What's the estomated Lao population in the Dallas area? Anyone?

Most Laotian Americans (includes colonies of the Hmong from Laos) live in the states of California. Followed by Minnesota, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, Kansas, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Oregon. There are also large and sizable communities in Ohio, Oklahoma, Iowa, Utah, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan, Maine, Alabama and Louisiana. There are about over 200,000 ethnic Lao in America. 8,000 - 11,000 more Americans are mixed with another ethnic group and Lao. Ethnic Lao would be considered both Lao American and Laotian American (see also Hmong American).
Cities or regions with significant Laotian Americans include the San Francisco Bay area (numbering at about 11,545), the Sacramento Metropolitan Area (9,814), the Seattle metropolitan area (12,190), Minneapolis - Saint Paul (18,031), the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area (10,500), San Diego (7,002), Fresno, California (6,381), Providence, Rhode Island (6,291), Elgin, Illinois (4,000),[4] and the Greater Los Angeles Area (est. at 5,000-8,000) with the rest of Southern California have many Laotians and other Southeast Asian communities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian_American




PEACE wrote on 16^th Jun, 2011 at 9:52pm:

Haha, that's what I was wondering too, the bay area makes sense, tons of asians there. But Minnesota?

Good point about warm and cold weather. Most Asian people prefer warm weather like California, Nevada, Florida, Texas.



OMD wrote on 19^th Jun, 2011 at 7:06pm:

Jobs market in Minnesota is pretty good compare to other states. Unemployment here is around 7.5%.


PEACE wrote on 20^th Jun, 2011 at 1:35pm:

They have many industry in MN, but they known for medical industry. What about Texas?

Industry and commerce

Minnesota's earliest industries were fur trading and agriculture; the city of Minneapolis grew around the flour mills powered by St. Anthony Falls. Although less than 1% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector,[60] it remains a major part of the state's economy, ranking 6th in the nation in the value of products sold.[61] The state is the U.S.'s largest producer of sugar beets, sweet corn, and green peas for processing, and farm-raised turkeys.[62] Forestry remains strong, including logging, pulpwood processing and paper production, and forest products manufacturing. Minnesota was famous for its soft-ore mines, which produced a significant portion of the world's iron ore for over a century. Although the high-grade ore is now depleted, taconite mining continues, using processes developed locally to save the industry. In 2004, the state produced 75% of the country's usable iron ore.[62] The mining boom created the port of Duluth which continues to be important for shipping ore, coal, and agricultural products. The manufacturing sector now includes technology and biomedical firms in addition to the older food processors and heavy industry. The nation's first indoor shopping mall was Edina's Southdale Center and its largest is Bloomington's Mall of America.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota#Industry_and_commerce


PEACE wrote on 24^th Jun, 2011 at 2:55am:

Look like there are many good jobs and opportunity in Texas. Just need the right skilled and education. People say cost of living and housing in Texas is lower then MN.


PEACE wrote on 27^th Jun, 2011 at 8:34am:

$130k is very cheap. In MN I think its around $230K but now home prices drop about 20-30%.



PEACE wrote on 28^th Jun, 2011 at 9:02am: