Hmong Americans are Americans of Hmong ancestry. Many Hmong Americans immigrated to the United States as refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the culmination of the Laotian Civil War.
A memorial in front of Fresno County Court House commemorating Hmong service.
Hmong Americans at a community recycling event in Saint Paul
Providence (Rhode Island) Hmong Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
The Hmong people are an indigenous group in Southeast Asia and East Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwest China and countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large diasporic community in the United States of more than 300,000. The Hmong diaspora has smaller communities in Australia and South America.
Flower Hmong women in traditional dress at the market in Bắc Hà, Vietnam
A scene depicting the Qing dynasty's campaign against the Hmong people at Lancaoping in 1795
Xijiang, a Hmong-majority township in Guizhou, China
Red Dao in Vietnam