Laotian Americans

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Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ, romanized: Khonlav Amelika) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The primary generation of Laotian immigrants in the US were generally those who escaped Laos during the Laotian Civil War by crossing the Mekong River into Thailand. Many Lao refugees subsequently emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The category ‘Laotian American' in the US Census largely included ethnic Lao, and did not include the Hmong and other ethnic minorities from Laos.

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