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 are Americans whose ancestry originates fully or partially from India. With a population of more than 5.1 million, 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,^[7] and the second-largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans.

Indian Americans

Indian American diaspora in 2020
Total population
5,160,203 (2023)[1] 1.6% of the U.S. population (2023) (ancestry or ethnic origin) 2,910,042 (2023)[2] (born in India)
Regions with significant populations
New Jersey • New York metropolitan area • San Francisco Bay Area • Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area • Greater Philadelphia • Greater Boston • Atlanta metropolitan area • Chicago metropolitan area • Cleveland-Akron metropolitan area • Miami metropolitan area • Indianapolis metropolitan area • Milwaukee metropolitan area • Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex • Greater Houston • Research Triangle • Greater Orlando • Phoenix metropolitan area • Metro Detroit • Greater Pittsburgh Region • Greater Los Angeles • Minneapolis–Saint Paul • San Diego County • Charlotte metropolitan area • Denver metropolitan area • Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio • Cincinnati metropolitan area • San Antonio • Tampa Bay area • Greater St. Louis • Las Vegas Valley • Seattle metropolitan area
Languages
American English • Indian English • Hindi • Urdu • Telugu • Gujarati • Bengali • Tamil • Punjabi • Marathi • Malayalam • Assamese• Sindhi • Kannada • Kashmiri • Konkani • other Indian languages[3][4][5]
Religion
48% Hinduism 15% Christianity 15% no religion 11% other religions (mainly Sikhism) 8% Islam (Pew Research Center)[6]
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 sometimes confused with American Indians, also known as Native Americans. American Indians are not actually connected to India.^[8]