There are approximately 9,000 Hmong living in Central Wisconsin (Marathon, Portage and Wood Counties), which make the area the second largest Hmong population in the state. Marathon County has more than 6,000 Hmong residents. Hmong-Americans comprise approximately 12% (4,700) of Wausau’s residents, making the city of Wausau the highest per capita Hmong population in the state and in the U.S.