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]

Indian Americans

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
New Jersey • New York City • San Francisco • Baltimore • Washington, D.C. • Philadelphia • Boston • Atlanta • Chicago • Dallas • Houston • Tampa • Phoenix • Detroit • Cleveland • Pittsburgh • Los Angeles • Seattle • Minneapolis • San Diego • Buffalo • Columbus
Languages
American English • Indian English • Bengali • Gujarati • Hindi • Telugu • Punjabi • Odia• Marathi • Kannada • Malayalam • Urdu • Tamil • Sindhi • other South Asian languages[2][3][4]
Religion
53% Hindu 18.6% Christian 8% Muslim 10% Unaffiliated 5% Sikh 2% Jain[5][6]
Related ethnic groups
South Asian Americans • Indo-Caribbean Americans • Indo-Fijian Americans • Punjabi Mexican Americans • British Indians • Indian Canadians • Indian Australians • Overseas Indians

Indian Americans are sometimes confused with American Indians, also known as Native Americans. American Indians are not actually connected to India.^[8]