Indian Americans

Indian Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry 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 4.4 million, Indian Americans make up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans, the largest Asian-alone group, and the largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.

"Asian Indians" redirects here. For people from India, see Indian people. For people from the Indian subcontinent, see South Asian ethnic groups.
Not to be confused with Native Americans in the United States or Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Indian Americans
India Square, in the heart of Bombay, Jersey City, New Jersey, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere, 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 large-scale immigration from India continues into New York.
Total population
4.9 million
Regions with significant populations
• Seattle metropolitan area
Languages
Religion
48% Hinduism
15% Christianity
8% Islam
8% Sikhism
3% Other religion
18% No religion
Related ethnic groups
Indo-Caribbean Americans • Indian people • other South Asian Americans • Indian diaspora
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