Phnom Penh Post - Nearly 300,000 Cambodians in US
There are now 238,943 Cambodian-Americans living in the United States, according
to the U.S. Census Bureau statistics released in September. The largest Cambodian
communities are in California (86,700), Massachusetts (22,106), Washington (13,055)
and Texas (11,646). Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Rhode Island, and
Georgia have populations under 10,000, but over 5,000. The census reported that the
median Cambodian-American family income was $47,000.
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