During these three years, about 105,000 people from Laos resettled in America: 30,200 in 1979, 55,500 in 1980, and 19,300 in 1981. the resettlement of #Laotians in the United States continued throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s

Learning #English has hindered the economic adjustment of #Laotian Americans. Over two-thirds (68 %) of #Laotians over five years of age reported that they did not speak #English very well in 1990