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Reply #375 - 16th Jun, 2011 at 9:52pm
 
What's the estomated Lao population in the Dallas area? Anyone?
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Reply #376 - 18th Jun, 2011 at 9:48am
 
Not sure, but I think Denton has the second or third largest after Fresno. It's either Fresno, Denton, somewhere-in-michigan-or-minnesota, or Fresno, somewhere-in-michigan-or-minnesota, Denton.
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Reply #377 - 18th Jun, 2011 at 10:36pm
 
Most Laotian Americans (includes colonies of the Hmong from Laos) live in the states of California. Followed by Minnesota, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, Kansas, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Oregon. There are also large and sizable communities in Ohio, Oklahoma, Iowa, Utah, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan, Maine, Alabama and Louisiana. There are about over 200,000 ethnic Lao in America. 8,000 - 11,000 more Americans are mixed with another ethnic group and Lao. Ethnic Lao would be considered both Lao American and Laotian American (see also Hmong American).
Cities or regions with significant Laotian Americans include the San Francisco Bay area (numbering at about 11,545), the Sacramento Metropolitan Area (9,814), the Seattle metropolitan area (12,190), Minneapolis - Saint Paul (18,031), the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area (10,500), San Diego (7,002), Fresno, California (6,381), Providence, Rhode Island (6,291), Elgin, Illinois (4,000),[4] and the Greater Los Angeles Area (est. at 5,000-8,000) with the rest of Southern California have many Laotians and other Southeast Asian communities.

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Reply #378 - 19th Jun, 2011 at 1:08pm
 
The Twin City is the winner with 18K.  Why Minnesota because it so cold up there?
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Reply #379 - 19th Jun, 2011 at 3:26pm
 
Haha, that's what I was wondering too, the bay area makes sense, tons of asians there. But Minnesota?
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Reply #380 - 19th Jun, 2011 at 7:06pm
 
PEACE wrote on 19th Jun, 2011 at 1:08pm:
The Twin City is the winner with 18K. Why Minnesota because it so cold up there?


You have to remember in the early 80s there weren't many Asians living in the cold, as time goes by the family grew bigger and bigger. Just my opinion, in the cold weather, it's easier to keep yourself warm then it is versus hot weather states trying to get that AC working. LOL
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Reply #381 - 20th Jun, 2011 at 3:55am
 
Good point about warm and cold weather. Most Asian people prefer warm weather like California, Nevada, Florida, Texas.
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PEACE wrote on 19th Jun, 2011 at 1:08pm:
The Twin City is the winner with 18K. Why Minnesota because it so cold up there?


You have to remember in the early 80s there weren't many Asians living in the cold, as time goes by the family grew bigger and bigger. Just my opinion, in the cold weather, it's easier to keep yourself warm then it is versus hot weather states trying to get that AC working. LOL

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Reply #382 - 20th Jun, 2011 at 1:35pm
 
My guess would be related to job opportunities in Minnesota then?
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Reply #383 - 23rd Jun, 2011 at 3:08pm
 
Jobs market in Minnesota is pretty good compare to other states. Unemployment here is around 7.5%.
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My guess would be related to job opportunities in Minnesota then?

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Reply #384 - 24th Jun, 2011 at 2:55am
 
7.5% rate is very good at this time.  So what types of industry are up there?
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Reply #385 - 26th Jun, 2011 at 10:46pm
 
They have many industry in MN, but they known for medical industry. What about Texas?

Industry and commerce

Minnesota's earliest industries were fur trading and agriculture; the city of Minneapolis grew around the flour mills powered by St. Anthony Falls. Although less than 1% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector,[60] it remains a major part of the state's economy, ranking 6th in the nation in the value of products sold.[61] The state is the U.S.'s largest producer of sugar beets, sweet corn, and green peas for processing, and farm-raised turkeys.[62] Forestry remains strong, including logging, pulpwood processing and paper production, and forest products manufacturing. Minnesota was famous for its soft-ore mines, which produced a significant portion of the world's iron ore for over a century. Although the high-grade ore is now depleted, taconite mining continues, using processes developed locally to save the industry. In 2004, the state produced 75% of the country's usable iron ore.[62] The mining boom created the port of Duluth which continues to be important for shipping ore, coal, and agricultural products. The manufacturing sector now includes technology and biomedical firms in addition to the older food processors and heavy industry. The nation's first indoor shopping mall was Edina's Southdale Center and its largest is Bloomington's Mall of America.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota#Industry_and_commerce
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7.5% rate is very good at this time.  So what types of industry are up there?

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Reply #386 - 27th Jun, 2011 at 8:34am
 
Houston, the state's largest urban economic enclave stands at the center of the petrochemical, biomedical research trades, shipping, and aerospace (particularly NASA).

Dallas/Fort Worth houses the state's predominant defense manufacturing interests and the expansive information technology labor market.

West Texas and the panhandle is dominated by ranching and the petroleum industry.

Timber industry is important in East Texas.

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Reply #387 - 27th Jun, 2011 at 9:02pm
 
Look like there are many good jobs and opportunity in Texas. Just need the right skilled and education. People say cost of living and housing in Texas is lower then MN.
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Houston, the state's largest urban economic enclave stands at the center of the petrochemical, biomedical research trades, shipping, and aerospace (particularly NASA).

Dallas/Fort Worth houses the state's predominant defense manufacturing interests and the expansive information technology labor market.

West Texas and the panhandle is dominated by ranching and the petroleum industry.

Timber industry is important in East Texas.


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Reply #388 - 28th Jun, 2011 at 9:02am
 
Texas has a relatively lower unemployment rate in the country and probably comparable to Miinesota.  In 2010, Texas was the best performing state  creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth because due to low federal government control on industries.  Very true cost of living in Texas is relatively lower than that in Minnesota.  How much is median home price up there? In the Houston metro homes go for ~$130K.
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Reply #389 - 29th Jun, 2011 at 2:05pm
 
$130k is very cheap. In MN I think its around $230K but now home prices drop about 20-30%.
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Texas has a relatively lower unemployment rate in the country and probably comparable to Miinesota.  In 2010, Texas was the best performing state  creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth because due to low federal government control on industries.  Very true cost of living in Texas is relatively lower than that in Minnesota.  How much is median home price up there? In the Houston metro homes go for ~$130K.

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