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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| File:Percent of population claiming Asian Indian ethnicity by state in 2010.svg 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
Members of the Nansemond tribe, descendant of East Indian, Native American, and African American people, c. 1900, Smithsonian Institution.
The first Sikh Gurudwara was established in 1912 by the early immigrant Sikh farmers in Stockton, California.
Bhagat Singh Thind was twice denied citizenship as he was not deemed white.
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.
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Census Bureau 2000, Asian Indians in the United States
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Little India on 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens
The United States is host to the second-largest Indian diaspora, following Nepal.
References
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- ↑ 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
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