Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Hmong communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_003E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	Saint Paul, Minnesota	36,063	325,369
#2	Fresno, California	31,829	622,274
#3	Sacramento, California	29,125	824,108
#4	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	13,311	573,858
#5	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	9,023	63,765
#6	Stockton, California	6,197	389,331
#7	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5,609	423,069
#8	Anchorage, Alaska	4,660	243,331
#9	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	4,532	64,960
#10	Clovis, California	4,354	139,989

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	14.15%	63,765
#2	Saint Paul, Minnesota	11.08%	325,369
#3	Wausau, Wisconsin	7.34%	56,642
#4	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	6.98%	64,960
#5	Fresno, California	5.11%	622,274
#6	Coon Rapids, Minnesota	5.07%	63,468
#7	Woodbury, Minnesota	4.51%	78,305
#8	Merced, California	3.76%	112,968
#9	Blaine, Minnesota	3.72%	67,472
#10	Hickory, North Carolina	3.59%	84,442

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Detailed Asian identity: 2024 ACS detailed Asian group (B02015_003E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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