Vietnamese Americans

Vietnamese Americans (Vietnamese: người Mỹ gốc Việt) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They constitute the largest part of the Vietnamese diaspora. As of 2023, over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live in the United States, making them the fourth largest Asian American ethnic group. The majority (about 60%) are immigrants, while 40% were born in the United States. The Vietnamese American population grew significantly after 1975, when a large wave of South Vietnamese refugees arrived in the U.S. following the end of the Vietnam War. Rooted in the experience of communist violence and oppression, the Vietnamese American community is marked by a prevalent anticommunist and oftentimes conservative identity. Today, over half of Vietnamese-Americans reside in California and Texas, particularly in metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Houston, and San Jose.