Indian Americans

"Asian Indians" redirects here. For people from India, see Indian people. For people from the Indian subcontinent, see Ethnic groups in South Asia.

Indian Americans
India Square, in the heart of Jersey City, New Jersey, home to one of the highest concentrations of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere,[1] is one of at least 24 Indian-American enclaves characterized as a Little India which have emerged in the New York City Metropolitan Area, with the largest metropolitan Indian population outside Asia, as immigration from India continues into New York City.[2][3][4]
Total population
5,160,203 (2023)[5]
1.6% of the U.S. population (2023)
(ancestry or ethnic origin)
2,910,042 (2023)[6]
(born in India)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
48% Hinduism
15% Christianity
15% no religion
11% other religions (mainly Sikhism)
8% Islam (Pew Research Center)[10]
Related ethnic groups
Indo-Caribbean Americans • Indo-Fijian Americans • Indian people • other South Asian Americans • Indian diaspora • South Asian diaspora • Indian Canadians

Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians." With a population of more than 5.4 million,[11] Indian Americans make up approximately 1.6% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans, the largest Asian-alone group,[12] and the second-largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans.

The Indian American population started increasing, especially after the 1980s, with U.S. migration policies that attracted highly skilled and educated Indian immigrants.[13] Indian Americans have the highest median household income and the highest per capita income among other ethnic groups working in the United States.[14] "Indian" does not refer to a single ethnic group, but is used as an umbrella term for the various ethnic groups in India.

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  2. ^ "Supplemental Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "US Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  6. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov.
  7. ^ Terrazas, Aaron (June 9, 2010). "Indian Immigrants in the United States". migrationpolicy.org. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Do you speak Telugu? Welcome to America". BBC News. October 21, 2018. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019.
  9. ^ https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf Archived February 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine see page 3
  10. ^ "Religion Among Asian Americans". Pew Research Center. October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  11. ^ Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (March 27, 2025). "Population of Overseas Indians". Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  12. ^ "Indians surpass Chinese as largest 'Asian-alone' group in U.S." NBC News. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  13. ^ Mary Hanna; Jeanne Batalova (October 15, 2020). "Indian Immigrants in the United States". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved June 10, 2021.|quote="Educational exchange programs, new temporary visas for highly skilled workers, and expanded employment-based immigration channels opened pathways for highly skilled and educated Indian immigrants"
  14. ^ Multiple sources:
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