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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. 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 of South Los Angeles was once home to a large Cambodian community, but still remains as a significant population. as well as the Los Angeles Chinatown, which has more than 600 Cambodians living. City Heights in East San Diego has a large concentration of Cambodians.

In Northern California, Stockton, Modesto, and Oakland have significant Cambodian populations, while Santa Rosa, Sacramento have sizable communities as well.

In the Northeast, Lowell, Massachusetts has the highest concentration of Cambodians of any U.S. city, at 12.5%. The Boston area in general is home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the United States. 0.6% of Philadelphia, Pennslyvania's population is Cambodian

Major communities that include high numbers of Cambodian Americans exist across the United States, including Long Beach (36,233), Boston (17,301), Orange County (4,441), San Diego (4,314), New York City (4,060), Philadelphia (7,790), Oakland (10,552), Minneapolis (4,149), Seattle (12,391), Fresno (4,173), Providence (9,330), Stockton (9,313), Dallas-Fort Worth (5,596), Modesto (2,959), and Chicago (2,764). In the 2006 American Community Survey, figures for Cambodian-Americans were released back in September 2007 by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the 2006 report, the top ten states for Cambodian-Americans were #1: California (86,700), #2: Massachusetts (22,106), #3: Washington (13,055), #4: Texas (11,646), #5: Minnesota (7,790), #6: Pennsylvania (6,787), #7: Virginia (6,153), #8: New York (5,720), #9: Rhode Island (5,030), and #10: Georgia (4,592). Half of the Cambodian American population in the United States is in California, with Long Beach having the highest density of Cambodian Americans in the U.S. There is also a large population in Massachusetts, concentrated in around Lowell and Lynn. Lowell is considered to have the second highest population of Cambodians, Lynn is the third city with the highest population. Cambodian Americans are quickly growing in numbers in the entire Northeast, but more so in the states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Michigan and Illinois have also seen growth in the Cambodian American population.

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.

Massachusetts - 0.39% 25,387 Washington - 0.28% 19,101 California - 86,244 Minnesota - 7,850 Pennsylvania - 12,042 0.09% Texas - 12,056 Rhode Island - 5,176 - 0.49% Virginia - 6,178 Florida - 5,283 Georgia - 4,528