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Dec 3, 2020 · Geographic Distribution. The Vietnamese had become the largest Asian group in the state by the early 1990s. They were most heavily concentrated in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, with substantial numbers (more than five hundred people) elsewhere in the southern part of the state in Iberia, East Baton Rouge, Terrebonne, and Vermilion Parishes.
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Vietnamese have thriving presence in New Orleans. Escaping the incoming Communist regime at the end of the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese fled to America in the mid-1970s, and quite a large number settled in Louisiana. Recent figures put the New Orleans Vietnamese population at around 14,000, the largest, most vibrant Vietnamese community in the ...
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May 5, 2018 · Minh Nguyen, a tailor in Village de l’Est for 35 years, immigrated to New Orleans from Vietnam in 1975. “The community, in 10 or 20 years — it will be really quiet here,” he said. “The ...
According to the University of Louisiana-Lafayette's Center for Cultural and Eco Tourism, 3,533 live in East Baton Rouge and nearly 850 live in the Vermillion Parish. Other Vietnamese populations are dispersed throughout the state. The largest is in New Orleans with 14,000.
History. Large waves of Vietnamese arrived in New Orleans beginning around 1975 after the Fall of Saigon. [1] One reason why many Vietnamese settled in New Orleans was because of the climate similar to that of Vietnam, and Vietnam was a country colonized by France, not unlike Louisiana itself. In addition, many Vietnamese fleeing were Catholic ...
Vietnamese in Louisiana: Demographics. The 2010 US Census put the population of Vietnamese in the state of Louisiana at 28,352. It is estimated to be over 30,000 in 2015. The median age is 33, with the population very evenly spread over the age ranges from 0 to 54 with 2,000-2,400 in most of the 5 year age ranges.
By Kathy Kilbourne. Approximately 12,000 Vietnamese live in New Orleans today, primarily in three concentrated communities in New Orleans East, Algiers, and Avondale. The majority of Vietnamese in Louisiana are Catholics who originally lived in North Vietnam. When Vietnam was divided in 1954 and the North came under Communist rule, they moved ...
