ethnic group; Americans of Indian birth or descent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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![]() Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010 | |
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3,852,293[1] 1.2% of the total U.S. population (2018) | |
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53% Hindu 18.6% Christian 8% Muslim 10% Unaffiliated 5% Sikh 2% Jain[5][6] | |
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Indian Americans are sometimes confused with American Indians, also known as Native Americans. American Indians are not actually connected to India.[8]
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