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states of the US. The statistics presented here are
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Approximate Population of Indian-Americans
in different states of the US
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|
State |
Total
State (2005)
|
Indians
(2000)
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| Alabama |
7,813 |
6,900
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| Alaska
|
1,090 |
723 |
| Arizona
|
22,029 |
14,741
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| Arkansas
|
3,483 |
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| California
|
449,722 |
314,819
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| Colorado
|
16,150 |
11,720
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| Connecticut
|
32,988 |
23,662
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| Delaware
|
8,550 |
5,280
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| DC |
3,109 |
2,845
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| Florida
|
95,043 |
70,740
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| Georgia
|
79,169 |
46,132
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| Hawaii
|
2,104 |
1,441
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| Idaho
|
2,070 |
1,289
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| Illinois
|
157,126 |
124,723
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| Indiana
|
16,306 |
14,685
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| Iowa |
7,340 |
5,641
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| Kansas
|
10,468 |
8,153
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| Kentucky
|
8,176 |
6,711
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| Louisiana
|
10,942 |
8,280
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| Maine
|
987 |
1,021
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| Maryland
|
67,241 |
49,909
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| Massachusetts
|
55,840 |
43,801
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| Michigan
|
78,466 |
54,631
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| Minnesota
|
30,468 |
12,169
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| Mississippi
|
4,121 |
12,169
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| Missouri
|
15,755 |
379 |
| Montana
|
729 |
- |
| Nebraska
|
5,724 |
3,273
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| Nevada
|
8,178 |
5,535
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| New Hampshire
|
3,703 |
3,873
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| New Jersey
|
228,250 |
169,180
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| New Mexico
|
- |
3,104
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| New York
|
336,423 |
251,724
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| North
Carolina |
39,815 |
26,197
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| North
Dakota |
1,330 |
822 |
| Ohio |
46,702 |
38,752
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| Oklahoma
|
10,577 |
8,502
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| Oregon
|
12,650 |
9,575
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| Pennsylvania
|
75,159 |
57,241
|
| Rhode
Island |
2,295 |
2,942
|
| South
Carolina |
9,458 |
8,356
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| South
Dakota |
1,286 |
611 |
| Tennessee
|
21,416 |
12,835
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| Texas
|
175,608
|
129,365
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| Utah |
4,652 |
3,065
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| Vermont
|
975 |
858 |
| Virginia
|
77,208 |
48,815
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| Washington
|
41,583 |
23,992
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| West Virginia
|
3,247 |
2,856
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| Wisconsin
|
19,672 |
12,665
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| Wyoming
|
267 |
355 |
Source:
U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web:
www.census.gov. and
from American Community Survey 2005
Asian
Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678,765
Bangladeshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,280
Bhutanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Burmese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,159
Nepalese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,858
Pakistani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,533
Sri Lankan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,145
Indians
lead the pack in America's ethnic mix
WASHINGTON: Indians are the best-educated and highest-earning
people among all major ethnic groups in the United States,
including native-born Americans. They are also the youngest
and most likely to be white collar professionals.
These are among the bragging rights conferred in a new study
"We The People: Asian Americans in the United States"
released on Wednesday by the US Census Bureau. Based on the
year 2000 census, the report provides a handsome snapshot
of the fastest growing immigrant community in the United States.
According to the study, Asian Indians (so termed to distinguish
them from American Indians) numbered 1.65 million in the 2000
census when counted alone, and 1.85 million in combination
with other races (say mixed with Americans or Africans).
About 75 per cent of Indians are foreign-born and 24.6 per
cent are US-born. In comparison, and reflecting their older
immigrant status, nearly 60 per cent of Japanese in America
are US born. Around 54 per cent of Indians entered the US
after 1990, marking the '90s as the boom decade for Indian
immigration.
Asian-Indians had among the lowest median age (30.3) compared
to the national median of 35 and Asian median of 33. They
also had among the least number of people in the over-65 age
category (3.8 per cent) compared to the national average of
12.4 per cent.
But it is in the area of education and professional achievement
that the Indians are a class apart. According to the study,
63.9 per cent of Indians have a Bachelor's degree or more,
compared to 44 per cent for Asians and a nationwide 24.4 per
cent who have a Bachelor's degree or more.
Indians were also most likely to be employed - 79.1 per cent
Indian men and 54 per cent Indian women were part of the US
labor force. Indians had the highest percentage of people
(60 per cent) in management, professional and related services
compared to 44 per cent overall for Asians and 34 per cent
nationwide.
The study also bears out the oft-repeated claim of Indians
being among the highest earners. Indian men had the highest
year round full-time median earnings ($51,900) eclipsing the
Japanese ($50,900) and well ahead of the national average
($37,057) and the Asian average ($40,650).
Separately, Indian women were only marginally behind Japanese
women in median earnings ($35,998 vs $35,173). Overall, the
Japanese had the highest median family income ($70,849) followed
closely by Indians ($70,708). Both were way ahead of the national
average of $50,046.
However, perhaps because they have been in the US longer,
Japanese, Filipinos and Chinese were more likely to be home
owners (around 60 per cent) than Indians (46.9 per cent) who,
reflecting their more recent immigrant status, are more likely
to be renters (53.1 per cent).
The study also provides a brief social and family portrait.
Indians are most likely to be married (67.4 per cent are married)
and among the least likely to be divorced (2.4 per cent).
In what is perhaps a tribute to their Macaulayite education,
Indians are also the most fluent and comfortable English speakers,
with 10.3 per cent saying they spoke only English at home,
and 57.6 per cent saying they spoke English very well even
if they spoke other languages at home. Only 23.1 per cent
said they did not speak English well.
Indians are the third-most populous Asian ethnic group in
the US after the Chinese and the Filipinos, and more numerous
now than Koreans and Vietnamese.
These five groups each number a million or more and make up
80 per cent of the Asian population. Six other detailed Asian
groups listed in the census - Japanese, Cambodian, Hmong,
Laotian, Pakistani and Thai - made up 15 per cent of the Asian
population.
Surprisingly, the Census Report put the Pakistani population
at only 155,000. Pakistanis often boast of being at least
500,000 strong in the US.
CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA in
Times of India
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