Indian Americans facts for kids
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![]() Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010
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3,852,293 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 |
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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.
Images for kids
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Mohini Bhardwaj, 2004 Summer Olympics medalist in gymnastics
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Manjul Bhargava, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and Fields Medal winner.
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Nikki Haley and other Indian Americans participated in the Diwali celebrations at the White House, 2017
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Nina Davuluri, Miss America 2014 "first contestant of Indian descent to win the Miss America Competition"
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Kiran Desai, winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize
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Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of U.S.; former Vice Admiral of U.S. Health Corps
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Kal Penn speaking at a rally for President Barack Obama at the University of Maryland's Nyumburu Cultural Center.
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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.
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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.
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Nikki Haley was the 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations and 11th Governor of South Carolina.
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Bobby Jindal was the 58th Governor of Louisiana and a former representative.
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Kamala Harris is the Vice President of the United States and was the first person of Indian descent elected to the United States Senate.
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Representative Pramila Jayapal from Washington.
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Representative Ro Khanna from California.
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Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois.
