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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hmong Njua of United States

The Hmong Njua of United States, numbering approximately 124,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Hmong-Mien ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southwest China and adjacent border areas of Laos and Thailand. They mostly adhere to Animism and Hmong Njua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Hmong Njua

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Hmong Njua (hnj)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 124,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043267
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

93%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hmong Njua
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Hmong Njua Speakers

Media Resources in Hmong Njua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Hmong Njua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 Talking Bibles International✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hmong Njua are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Hmong Njua:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Hmong Njua of United States

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
readLuke 9:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate on the stories of Jesus' miracles, be in awe of Him, and trust Him for everything they need.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Hmong Njua Across Countries (ROP3 - 114106) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Hmong NjuaPG010858Hmong NjuaThailand190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaChinese Folk Religion
Hmong NjuaPG016339Hmong NjuaFrench Guiana5,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaRoman Catholicism
Hmong NjuaPG020901Hmong NjuaLaos253,000Engaged yet UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaPG022056Hmong NjuaMyanmar14,500No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaPolytheism
Hmong NjuaPG043267Hmong NjuaUnited States124,000No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism
Hmong NjuaPG050515Hmong NjuaCanada900No Longer UnreachedHmong NjuaAnimism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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