Hmong Demographics [Part 1]

All information taken from the Hmong Chartbook at:

http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/poplab/reports/HmongChartbook.pdf

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Overall Totals:

• Wisconsin's Hmong population grew from 16,373 in 1990 to 33,791 persons in 2000, a 106%
increase. In contrast, the largest racial group in Wisconsin, whites, increased by only 4.8%.

• The Hmong population in Wisconsin was 0.63% of the state's total population in 2000, compared to 0.33% in 1990.

• Hmong persons represent 32.9% of Wisconsin’s total Asian population of 102,823 persons. This is more than double the proportion of each of the next two largest Asian subgroups in Wisconsin:
Asian Indian and Chinese.

The Hmong population in Wisconsin is concentrated in several regions:

• 23.3% of Wisconsin's total Hmong population resides in Milwaukee County; 13.2% live in
Marathon County.

• Three counties in Wisconsin have Hmong populations that exceed 2% of the total county
population: Marathon (3.5%), Sheboygan (2.4%), and La Crosse (2.1%).

• Seven counties in Wisconsin have more than 2,000 persons of Hmong origin: Milwaukee (7,883), Marathon (4,453), Brown (2,957), Sheboygan (2,706), Outagamie (2,504), La Crosse (2,282), and Dane (2,235).

• Dane County’s Hmong population increased by 298% between 1990 and 2000, from 561 to 2,235 persons, the largest increase among the 10 Wisconsin counties with more than 500 Hmong
residents in 1990. Hmong in Wisconsin are younger than the total population and live in large
families with married couples and children.

• 57.1% of Wisconsin's Hmong population is under age 18 and in all, over 23,000 Hmong (more
than two-thirds of the total) are under age 24.

• More than 98% of Wisconsin’s Hmong population live in family households; and almost 70% of
these family households are headed by married couples with children.

• The average family size for Hmong in Wisconsin is 6.4 persons, more than double the average
family size for the total population (3.1).

● Births to teens are much more common among Hmong females than among the average Wisconsin female. In 2001, 13% of all Hmong births occurred to mothers 18-19 years old, while amongst the total population only 7% did. Another 10% of Hmong births occurred to mothers 15-17 years old.