Indian Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Indian birth or descent
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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]
References
change- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Koshy, Susan (1998). "Category Crisis: South Asian Americans and Questions of Race and Ethnicity". Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. 7 (3): 285–320. doi:10.1353/dsp.1998.0013. ISSN 1911-1568. S2CID 143516386.