Vietnamese Immigrants in Minnesota
By Daniel Andrews
Push Factors
-One push factor is there bad economic and political situations.
-Also there was lots of war going on in Vietnam witch caused people to want to leave.
-Not many Job oppertunities.
Pull Factors
-Much more freedom and space.
-A good economy with better education and job opportunities.
-The U.S. is a country that let the vietnamese come in while some countries won't.
Ravenstein's Laws
Laws that vietnamese immigrants coming to Minnesota are doing.
- Migrants traveling long distances usually settle in urban areas.
- They travel from Vietnam to Minnesota and they mostly settle in urban areas such as Minneapolis.
Laws that vietnamese immigrants coming to Minnesota aren't doing.
- Each migration produces a movement in the opposite direction (counter flow).
- Most migration is from rural to urban.
- There aren't many Americans moving to Vietnam.
- They are just traveling from urban to urban.
Location and Jobs
Location
They mostly live in big cities such as Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Cloud, and Duluth.