Vietnamese living in the US are known for saturating the manicurist market, but data from the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration show that they absolutely dominate the profession.
According to the Department, there are 45,315 cosmetology manicurists licensed by the state of Texas and 26% have the last name Nguyen and nearly 77% have a Vietnamese surname.
This chart was created by Reddit user uluman with this data:
Just goes to show that sometimes stereotypes are indeed based in truth. Perhaps this video takes it a bit too far though:
[Top image via SCPR]
