Cambodian American - Areas of Concentration

Areas of Concentration

In Southern California, there is a large Cambodian population in Long Beach, and smaller yet significant communities of Cambodians are present in Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas. Four percent of Long Beach's population is of Cambodian descent, mainly concentrated on the city's east section. The Pueblo Del Rio housing projects in South Los Angeles were home to around 200 Cambodian families in the 1980s, and as of 2010, remains a smaller but sufficient population of Cambodians. The Los Angeles Chinatown has more than 600 Cambodian residents. The City Heights neighborhood in eastern San Diego has a large concentration of Cambodians.

In Northern California, Stockton, Modesto, and Oakland have significant Cambodian populations, while Santa Rosa and Sacramento have sizable communities as well. Outside of California, the Seattle, Washington area is home to another large Cambodian settlement on the west coast, specifically in cities such as Tacoma, where Cambodians enumerate at thousands.

Lowell, Massachusetts, a suburb of north of Boston, has the second highest population of Cambodian Americans of in the U.S., and is a center of Cambodian population on the east coast. Lynn, Massachusetts, a city right besides Boston has the third largest Cambodian American population. Providence, Rhode Island is also another New England city that contains a sizable Cambodian community. Outside of New England, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has many residents of Cambodian descent in the northern and southern areas of the city.

The St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area has been a home to many Southeast Asian refugees, mainly Hmong, but also have thousands of Cambodian American residents.

There are two museums in the U.S. devoted to the story of Cambodians in America, the Cambodian Cultural Museum and Killing Fields Memorial in Seattle and the Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial in Chicago, both founded in 2004.