Laotian American

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A Laotian American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Laotian descent and also one group of Asian Americans.

Laotian immigration to the United States was at its height after the Vietnam War. Perhaps the most famous Laotian American family is not a real one, but an animated one, found on King of the Hill, a show about life in the fictional city of Arlen, Texas. The Souphanousinphone family moves in next door to the main character, Hank Hill.

The subject of Jamie Wyeth's masterpiece Kalounna in Frogtown depicts a Laotian American.

Most Laotian Americans live in the states of California, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas,Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oregon, or Washington. There are also large communities in Ohio, Iowa, Florida, and Pennsylvania. There are about over 200,000 ethnic Laotians in America. 2,000 - 3,000 more Americans are mixed with another ethnic group and Laotian.

Although many Hmong people are from Laos, Hmong Americans are usually not considered to be Laotian American because they are not of the Lao ethnic group.

However, Ethnic Chinese and Ethnic Vietnamese from Laos are also included in the group.

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