• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They’re Hmong immigrants though, who are eager to assimilate into American culture, and are mostly 1st and 2nd generation Americans now.

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      1 year ago

      In 2020, about 8% of Minnesotans were foreign-born

      Page includes a chart: IMMIGRANT GROUPSORT DESCENDING POPULATION
      All immigrants 470,387
      Burmese immigrants 12,480
      Canadian immigrants 11,179
      Chinese immigrants 17,746
      Ecuadorian immigrants 6,703
      Ethiopian immigrants 22,453
      Filipino immigrants 9,936
      German immigrants 6,811
      Guatemalan immigrants 6,619
      Hmong immigrants 29,034

      I did not include the whole chart.

      I am only pushing back on the implication about the immigrants in Minnesota being only Hmong. I have no idea about literacy in any of those countries.

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        1 year ago

        Oh wow, I didn’t realize there are so many other groups. I wonder why some of them choose Minnesota of all places. I know why the Hmong are there, but Minnesota seems like an odd match for some of those other groups. At least it’s a new life experience and a change of scenery!