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social science subjects > sociology > race, ethnicity and migration > racial, ethnic, and nationality groups > Cambodian Americans

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Cambodian Americans  

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  • Cambodians are a relatively new immigrant group to the United States, arriving in significant numbers following the U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia in April 1975. As a group, Cambodians made up about 15% of the over 1 million refugees arriving from Southeast Asia between 1975 and 1993. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Cambodian Americans]

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