Banyarwanda and Banyamulenge from the Democratic Republic of Congo 0 Dominicans (Dominican Republic) of Haitian Ancestry 600 Bahamians of Haitian Ancestry TOTAL 2,800 198,000 53 Hutu, Tutsi, Banyarwanda, and Banyamulenge ethnic groups are not identified in the ACS. The Kinyarwanda language is identified in the ACS, but no respondents identified as Kinyarwanda speakers.Most DRC-born identified as French or Swahili speakers. Source: CMS calculations based on 2013-2017 5 Year PUMS data Many members of these populations—particularly those from Bhutan, the DRC, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar—are legally present as refugees in the United States, but they are not assured of securing US citizenship. The largest groups in these provisional estimates are: • Nepali-born individuals born on or before 1990, including the Nepali-born children of refugees from Bhutan (42,100); • Ethnic Nepalis from Bhutan (41,700); • Ethnic Hmong from Laos (12,400); • Ethnic Chinese from Myanmar (11,400); • Palestinians from Arabic-speaking countries (10,600); • Ethnic Hmong from Thailand (9,900); • Thailand-born children of Karen, Chin, and Shan refugees from Myanmar and members of Thai tribes sharing these ethnicities (9,900) • Ethnic Somalis from Kenya (6,800); • Eritreans with Ethiopian ancestry (6,000); and, 53 This number represents the sum of unrounded estimates by profile, rounded to the nearest hundred 52