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Vietnamese population in the US is estimated at 2,104,217 : 92.3% reporting one race, 7.0% reporting two races, 0.6% reporting three races, and 0.1% reporting four or more races, representing 0.8% of the population. It’s the sixth-largest foreign-born group in the country.

We find the largest communities of Vietnamese in California (585,000), Texas (205,000), Washington (147,000), Georgia (44,000) and New York (38,000).

Language

We estimate 1,498,874 people older than five spoke Vietnamese at home in the United States.



Characteristics

  Vietnamese American American
Median Age 36 38
Median household income $65,643 $63,688
Education 31.2% of Vietnamese Americans had attained a bachelor's degree or higher 33.4% Americans had attained a bachelor's degree or higher
Home owner 65% 64.8%
Employed (civilians ages 16 and older) 63% 62.9%

Spending habits

71% of the Vietnamese in the US try to buy foods grown locally to their homes. which consists largely of rice, a large quantity of vegetables and fruits, and fish, pork, tofu, poultry, nuts, and dry beans as the main proteins.
As a result, they purchase almost three times as much dry vegetables and grains.
Vietnamese are the most likely to send money overseas and 58% attend local cultural events or festivals.

  Vietnamese American Average U.S. Household
Housing 9,7% 32,9%
Food 41,1% 12,6%
Transport 8,3% 15,8%
Apparel 3,6% 3,1%
Entertainment 1,0% 5,1%
Healthcare 4,9% 8,1%
Other 4,1% 6,9%

Digital presence

Linkedin subscribers 
(active accounts)
92 206 Vietnamese speakers living in USA.
99,8% are age between 20 to 55.
Internet users 66%
Active social media users 64%
Frequency of internet use every day 94%.
At least once per week 6%.
Facebook users aged 13+ 79% (48% female, 52% male)
69% are age between 20 to 55
Instagram users aged 13+ 8% (59% female, 41% male)
82% are age between 20 to 55
Twitter users aged 13+ 0,9% (33% female, 67% male)
Online buyers 21%


Views from some popular Vietnamese Youtube channels

Channel From 09/07/19 to 10/06/19
Thơ Nguyễn 91.74 M
Truyen Hinh Vinh Long 54.91 M
DIEN QUAN Comedy / Hài 35.29 M
Ghiền Mì Gõ 57.68 M

Trade

From 2016 to 2018 trade between the United States and Vietnam increase, with export at 9,675 billion and import at 49,173 billion in 2018.


 


Sources:
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/asian-americans-vietnamese-in-the-u-s-fact-sheet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_Americans
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/vietnamese-immigrants-united-states-5
https://www.statista.com/statistics/183483/ranking-of-languages-spoken-at-home-in-the-us-in-2008/
https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm
https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/nielsen-asian-american-consumer-report-may-2016.pdf
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/how-your-spending-compares-to-the-average-american-and-us-government.html
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Research-Articles/Vietnam-s-Consumer-Preference-for-Affordable-Luxuries/rp/en/1/1X000000/1X0A9WQM.htm
https://vidooly.com/top-youtube-channels/VN/mostviewed
https://www.slideshare.net/DataReportal/digital-2019-vietnam-january-2019-v01
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5520.html


 

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