Editing Hmong people (section)

===Americas===
{{Main|Hmong Americans}}{{see also|List of Hmong Americans|History of the Hmong in Merced, California|Hmong archives|Lao Veterans of America|Laos Memorial|The Center for Public Policy Analysis}}
Many Hmong refugees resettled in the United States after the [[Vietnam War]]. Beginning in December 1975, the first Hmong refugees arrived in the U.S., mainly from refugee camps in Thailand; however, only 3,466 were granted asylum under the [[Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act|Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975]]. In May 1976, another 11,000 were allowed to enter the United States, and by 1978 some 30,000 Hmong people had emigrated. This first wave was made up predominantly of men directly associated with General Vang Pao's secret army. It was not until the passage of the [[Refugee Act of 1980]] that families were able to enter the U.S., becoming the second wave of Hmong immigrants. Hmong families scattered across all 50 states but most found their way to each other, building large communities in California, Minnesota and Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, 260,073 Hmong people reside in the United States,<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/en.html|title=Census.gov|website=Census.gov}}</ref> the majority of whom live in California (91,224), then Minnesota (66,181), and Wisconsin (49,240), an increase from 186,310 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Census Bureau Homepage |publisher=Census.gov |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref> 247,595 or 95.2% are Hmong alone, and the remaining 12,478 are mixed Hmong with some other ethnicity. The vast majority of part-Hmong are under 10&nbsp;years old.

In terms of cities and towns, the largest Hmong-American community is in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]] (29,662), followed by [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] (24,328), [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] (16,676), [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] (10,245), and [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] (7,512).<ref name="wwwcensusgov" />

There are smaller Hmong communities scattered across the United States, including those in Minnesota ([[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]], [[Mankato]], [[Duluth]]); Michigan ([[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] and [[Warren, Michigan|Warren]]); [[Anchorage, Alaska]]; [[Denver, Colorado]]; [[Portland, Oregon]]; Washington; North Carolina ([[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton]]); South Carolina ([[Spartanburg]]); Georgia ([[Auburn, Georgia|Auburn]], [[Duluth, Georgia|Duluth]], [[Monroe, Georgia|Monroe]], [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], and [[Winder, Georgia|Winder]]); Florida ([[Tampa Bay]]); California ([[Merced, California|Merced]]); Wisconsin ([[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]], [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]], [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse]], [[Sheboygan, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]], [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]], and [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau]]); [[Aurora, Illinois]]; [[Kansas City, Kansas]]; [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]; [[Missoula, Montana]]; [[Des Moines, Iowa]]; [[Springfield, Missouri]]; [[Arkansas]], [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]],<ref name="wwwcensusgov" /> and [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="ProJoHmong">{{cite news|title=Rhode Island's Hmong-Lao community to mark 40 years of resettlement|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160508/rhode-islands-hmong-lao-community-to-mark-40-years-of-resettlement|access-date=19 September 2017|newspaper=The Providence Journal|date=8 May 2016}}</ref>

[[Sunisa Lee|Sunisa "Suni" Lee]] of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] is a notable Hmong-American; she is a three time Olympic medalist in artistic gymnastics. In the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], Lee won silver in the women's artistic team all-around, followed by gold in the women's artistic individual all-around and bronze in the women's uneven bars. With these results, Sunisa made history as both the first Hmong-American to compete in the Olympics in any sport and the first Hmong-American to win an Olympic medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpr.org/hmong-community-rejoices-sunisa-lee-becomes-first-hmong-american-gold-medalist|title=Hmong Community Rejoices As Sunisa Lee Becomes First Hmong American Gold Medalist|website=Wisconsin Public Radio|date=29 July 2021|author=Rob Mentzer}}</ref>

Canada's small Hmong population is mostly concentrated within the province of [[Ontario]]. [[Kitchener, Ontario]] has 515 residents of Hmong descent, and has a Hmong church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530013&Data=Count&SearchText=kitchener&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|title=2011 National Household Survey Profile – Census subdivision|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|date=8 May 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IX8kipA3v6gC&dq=kitchener+ontario+hmong&pg=PA95 The Hmong, 1987–1995: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography], ''Diane Publishing''</ref>

There is also a small community of several thousand Hmong who migrated to [[French Guiana]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmongcenter.org/hmoninfrengu.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901225550/http://www.hmongcenter.org/hmoninfrengu.html |archive-date=1 September 2007 |title=Info about the Hmong in French Guyana – KaYing Yang, Hmong Cultural Center, 1994 |date=1 September 2007 |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref> that can be mainly found in the Hmong villages of [[Javouhey]] (1200 individuals) and [[Cacao, French Guiana|Cacao]] (950 individuals).

The Hmong immigrant population of [[Detroit]] is a central focus of the 2008 film [[Gran Torino]], though that city does not have a significant Hmong population.