South Asian Americans
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South Asian Americans or Desi Americans are Americans of South Asian ancestry. The term refers to those who can trace back their heritage to South Asia, which includes the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.[6][7][8][9] The South Asian American diaspora also includes generations of South Asians from other areas in the world who then moved to the United States, areas such as Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, etc.[10] In the United States census, they are a subcategory of Asian Americans, although individual racial classification is based on self-identification and the categorization is "not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically".[11]
Total population | |
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6,268,769[1] 1.9% of the total U.S. population (2018) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
California · New Jersey · New York · Texas · Massachusetts · Illinois · Florida · Georgia · Maryland · Virginia · Washington · Pennsylvania · Nevada | |
Languages | |
Lingua franca English ACS Most common South Asian languages (in descending order) Hindi–Urdu · Telugu · Gujarati · Bengali · Tamil · Punjabi · Nepali · Marathi · Malayalam · Kannada[2] Other languages with official or provincial status in South Asia (in alphabetical order) Assamese · Balochi · Boro · Dogri · Dzongkha · Kashmiri · Kokborok · Konkani · Lepcha · Maithili · Maldivian · Meitei · Mizo · Odia · Pashto · Santali · Sikkimese · Sindhi · Sinhala | |
Religion | |
Mainly Hinduism · Islam · Sikhism · Christianity Minority Jainism · Buddhism · Zoroastrianism · Baháʼí · Judaism · Irreligion |