News Updates
Indian-American community fastest growing
in U.S.
India Abroad Center for Political Awareness, May 15, 2001
Contact: Anita Banerji, Community Relations Associate
Indian American Population
The Indian American population stands at 1,678,765 as of the 2000 Census.
This represents a 106% increase over the 1990 Census figures. The source
of all the data below is from the United States Census.
Quick Facts from the 2000 United States Census:
- The overall growth rate for Indian Americans from 1990-2000 was 105.87%
the largest growth in the Asian American community, the average annual
growth rate was 7.6%
- Indian Americans represent .6 percent of the United States population
with 1,678,765
- Asian Americans constitute 3.6 percent of the United States population,
with 10,242,998
- Indian Americans comprise 16.4% of the Asian American community
- Indian Americans are the 3rd largest constituency in the Asian American
community behind the Chinese American community, and the Filipino American
community
- The Asian American community overall grew at a rate of 48.26% from
1990-2000
- The total United States population is 281,421,906
US Census Results Now Available for Indian American Community; IACPA
Analyzes These Figures
The Census 2000 results are now available for the Indian American community,
but what do they mean? As a community, the Indian American population
in the United States has dramatically increased by almost 106 percent
from 1990 to 2000, comprising 1.678 million of the U.S. population, rising
by more than twofold from 815,447 in 1990, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau.
This is the highest increase in the Asian American community, which is
the fastest growing community as a whole in the United States; the Indian
American community is now the third largest Asian American group in the
country behind Chinese and Filipino Americans. Ten years ago Indian Americans
ranked fourth in the group, behind Japanese Americans.
Doubling to nearly 1.7 million people, the Census results show that the
Indian American community has grown at a rate of 7.6 percent a year in
the last ten years.
According to IACPA interpretation, a key factor that accounts for the
rising numbers in the Indian American community is the influx of H-1B
visa holders and their families (spouses and children) who have helped
stimulate economic growth at unprecedented rates in the last several years.
The number of H-1B visas issued to those from India jumped from 2,697
in 1990 to 15,228 in 1995 to 55,047 in 2000, according to figures from
the State Department.
IACPA sees that this sharp rise in the number of H-1B visa holders has
fueled the growth in the Indian American community. This has particularly
occurred from 1997 to 2000, when considering the Indian American population
was 1.215 million in 1997, according to an estimate given by Professor
Sharon Lee of Portland State University. The Indian American community
now stands at 1.678 million in population.
Some growth in the Indian American community can also be attributed to
immigrants being admitted between 1990-2000 with numbers varying between
30,000 and 45,000 from India annually achieving permanent residence, as
noted in materials from the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS).
According to IACPA's analysis, on a more general level, the numbers show
that we have a population roughly equivalent to the state of Nebraska,
which indicates that if all of our community lived in one state, we would
have three Indian American members of Congress.
Also according to Census figures, Indian Americans represent .6 percent
of the U.S. Population
See U.S. Indian Population, State-wise
See U.S. Indian Population, City-wise
See
Socio-economic statistics and demographics of the Indian American community
compared to other ethnic groups
A
Portrait of the Indian American Community: An in-depth report based on
the US Census
IACPA releases rank of Indian Americans in Congressional Districts
How Much India is There in US?
NewInd Press.com (February 27, 2006)
Indians
lead the pack in America's ethnic mix
Times of India (December 16, 2004)
Indians
are No 1 among Asians in US, census shows
India Express (December 16, 2004)
Asians
in the United States
U.S. Census Bureau Special Report (December 2004)
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