A 1990 census revealed 35 speakers in an ethnic population of 800.
Despite an ethnic population of 580,000 (2000 census), however, only a few thousand still speak the language.
"We have to look at the work situations, rather than an ethnic population."
A large Chinese ethnic population lives in the area.
Between 1980 and 1990, according to the census, the state's ethnic Chinese population increased from 23,492 to 59,094, or 152 percent.
The influence of such a big ethnic population is making its way into American culture.
The ethnic population numbered an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 in 1986.
Among the global ethnic Vietnamese population, it is the 5th most common name accounting for 5% of the total 75 million.
Though the language still has an ethnic population, it appears to have shifted to English.
They comprised less than 2% of the ethnic Ukrainian population.