Indian Americans facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Indian Americans
	Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010
Total population
	3,852,293; 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;
Languages
	American English • Indian English • Bengali • Gujarati • Hindi • Telugu • Punjabi • Odia• Marathi • Kannada • Malayalam • Urdu • Tamil • Sindhi • other South Asian languages;
Religion
	53% Hindu; 18.6% Christian; 8% Muslim; 10% Unaffiliated; 5% Sikh; 2% Jain
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 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.

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

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The first gurudwara was established in 1912 by the early immigrant Sikh farmers in Stockton, California.
Mohini Bhardwaj, 2004 Summer Olympics medalist in gymnastics
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The United States is host to the second largest Indian diaspora on the planet
Manjul Bhargava, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and Fields Medal winner.
Nikki Haley and other Indian Americans participated in the Diwali celebrations at the White House, 2017
Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014 "first contestant of Indian descent to win the Miss America Competition"
Kiran Desai, winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize
Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of U.S.; former Vice Admiral of U.S. Health Corps
Kal Penn speaking at a rally for President Barack Obama at the University of Maryland's Nyumburu Cultural Center.
Sergeant Bhagat Singh Thind in U.S. Army uniform during World War I at Camp Lewis, Washington, in 1918. Thind, an American Sikh, was the first U.S. serviceman to be allowed for religious reasons to wear a turban as part of their military uniform.
Dalip Singh Saund was the first Asian American, Indian American, and member of a non-Abrahamic faith (Sikhism) to be elected to the United States Congress.
Nikki Haley was the 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations and 11th Governor of South Carolina.
Bobby Jindal was the 58th Governor of Louisiana and a former representative.
Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States and was the first person of Indian descent elected to the United States Senate.
Representative Ami Bera from California.
Representative Pramila Jayapal from Washington.
Representative Ro Khanna from California.
Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois.