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 4.9 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.
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 | |
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| 4,980,329 | |
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| 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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