Indian Americans
Indian Americans are Americans with ancestry from India. They are a category of South Asian Americans, which are a category of Asian Americans. Indian Americans have a median household income of $120,000, higher than any other group of Americans.[7]
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 Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,852,293[1] 1.2% of the total U.S. population (2018) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| 53% Hindu 18.6% Christian 8% Muslim 10% Unaffiliated 5% Sikh 2% Jain[5][6] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Indian Americans are sometimes confused with American Indians, also known as Native Americans. American Indians are not actually connected to India.[8]
Indian Americans Media
- Nansemond.jpg
Members of the Nansemond tribe, descendant of East Indian, Native American, and African American people, c. 1900, Smithsonian Institution.
- The Sikh Temple in Stockton, California, 1915.jpg
The first Sikh Gurudwara was established in 1912 by the early immigrant Sikh farmers in Stockton, California.
- Bhagatsinghthind.jpg
Bhagat Singh Thind was twice denied citizenship as he was not deemed white.
- Bhardwaj usn2001.jpg
Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent at CNN
Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010. New Jersey stands alone demographically, comprising a population over 4% Indian in 2020.
Census Bureau 2000, Asian Indians in the United States
Little India on 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens
The United States is host to the second-largest Indian diaspora, following Nepal.
References
- ↑ "ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ↑ Terrazas, Aaron (2010-06-09). "Indian Immigrants in the United States". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45902204 Archived December 13, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf Archived February 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine see page 3
- ↑ "Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths". Pew Forum. 2012-07-19. Archived from the original on 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
- ↑ "Pew Forum — Indian Americans' Religions". Projects.pewforum.org. July 18, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).