How large is the Asian Indian population in the United States?
According to the American Community Survey of the US Census Bureau, the Asian Indian population in the United States grew from almost 1,678,000 in 2000 to 2,319,000 in 2005: a growth rate of 38%, the highest for any Asian-American community. In 2005, the Indian American community became the second largest Asian community in the United States after the Chinese-American community, edging out the Filipino-Americans to third place. Asian Indians are most heavily concentrated in the following order: California, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
