South Asian American people can usually trace back their heritage to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. One third of the group lives in the Southern United States, with the population nearly tripling in the South between 2000 to 2017. South Asians are in higher concentration in California, Illinois, Texas and the Mid-Atlantic.
About South Asian Americans in brief
South Asian Americans are Americans of full or partial South Asian ancestry. South Asian American people can usually trace back their heritage to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Around one third of the group lives in the Southern United States, with the population nearly tripling in the South between 2000 to 2017. South Asians are in higher concentration in California, Illinois, Texas and the Mid-Atlantic. The metropolitan areas with the largest South Asian populations are New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The United States Government classified Kalmyk Americans as Asian until 1951, when they were reclassified as White Americans. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. In 2019, South Asian Americans were typically enrolled as Democrats.
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