Indian Americans
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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.
Durga Puja celebrations at Times Square by Bengali Hindu Americans
John Pierre Burr, an abolitionist, was the son of Aaron Burr and his East Indian mistress Mary Emmons.
The first Sikh Gurudwara was established in 1912 by the early immigrant Sikh farmers in Stockton, California.
Sikhism in the United States
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Sikh Americans form the country's sixth-largest religious group. While the U.S. Census does not ask about religion, 70,697 Americans declared Sikh as their ethnicity in the 2020 census. The U.S. Censu
Population distribution of Sikh Americans by state, 2020 census
Sikhs of America parade float at the 2016 Martin Luther King Day parade in Midtown Houston
Houston Sikh Community at the 2016 Martin Luther King Day parade in Midtown Houston