Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who
India Square, in the heart of Jersey City, New Jersey, home to one of the highest concentrations of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere, is one of at least 24 Indian-American enclaves characterized as a Little India which have emerged in the New York City Metropolitan Area, with the largest metropolitan Indian population outside Asia, as immigration from India continues into New York City.
John Pierre Burr, an abolitionist, was the son of Aaron Burr and his East Indian mistress Mary Emmons.