Cities with large Vietnamese American populations - Definition and Overview

Cities with large Vietnamese American populations. At least .5% of the total urban population and 5% of total suburban population. Information based on 2000 US Census data.

Mass Vietnamese immigration to the United States occurred in the aftermath of the Vietnam War in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Major cities

• San Jose, California - 8.8%
• Honolulu, Hawaii - 4.2%
• Oakland, California - 2.2%
• Houston, Texas - 1.7%
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1.6%
• New Orleans, Louisiana - 1.5%
• Sacramento, California - 1.5%
• San Francisco, California - 1.4%
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 0.8%
• Los Angeles, California - 0.5%

Medium cities

• Santa Ana, California - 5.7%

Suburbs

• Westminster, California - 30.7%
• Garden Grove, California - 21.4%
• Fountain Valley, California - 12.9%
• Rosemead, California - 11.1%
• San Gabriel, California - 6.7%
• El Monte, California - 5.2%

See also

• Chinatown, Little Saigon
• Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic population
• List of U.S. cities with large Chinese American populations
• List of U.S. cities with Asian American majority populations