NRI Statistics

Indian-American Population, State-wise

United States Census 2000

State	1990	2000	2005
Total	815,447	1,678,765	2,313,463
Alabama	4,348	6,900	7,813
Alaska	472	723	1,090
Arizona	5,663	14,741	22,029
Arkansas	1,329	3,104	3,483
California	159,973	314,819	449,722
Colorado	3,836	11,720	16,150
Connecticut	11,755	23,662	32,988
Delaware	2,183	5,280	3,109
District of Columbia	1,601	2,845	8,550
Florida	31,457	70,740	95,043
Georgia	13,926	46,132	79,169
Hawaii	1,015	1,441	2,104
Idaho	473	1,289	2,070
Illinois	64,200	124,723	157,126
Indiana	7,095	14,685	16,306
Iowa	3,021	5,641	7,340
Kansas	3,956	8,153	10,468
Kentucky	2,922	6,771	8,176
Louisiana	5,083	8,280	10,942
Maine	607	1,021	987
Maryland	28,330	49,909	67,241
Massachusetts	19,719	43,801	55,840
Michigan	23,845	54,631	78,466
Minnesota	8,234	16,887	30,468
Mississippi	1,872	3,827	4,121
Missouri	6,111	12,169	15,755
Montana	248	379	729
Nebraska	1,218	3,273	5,724
Nevada	1,825	5,535	8,178
New Hampshire	1,697	3,873	3,703
New Jersey	79,440	169,180	228,250
New Mexico	1,593	3,104	-
New York	140,985	251,724	336,423
North Carolina	9,847	26,197	39,815
North Dakota	482	822	1,330
Ohio	20,848	38,752	46,702
Oklahoma	4,546	8,502	10,577
Oregon	3,508	9,575	12,650
Pennsylvania	28,396	57,241	75,159
Rhode Island	1,975	2,942	2,295
South Carolina	3,900	8,356	9,458
South Dakota	287	611	1,286
Tennessee	5,911	12,835	21,416
Texas	55,795	129,365	175,608
Utah	1,557	3,065	4,652
Vermont	529	858	975
Virginia	20,494	48,815	77,208
Washington	8,205	23,992	41,583
West Virginia	1,981	2,856	3,247
Wisconsin	6,914	12,665	19,672
Wyoming	240	354	267

United States Census 2000
India Abroad Center for Political Awareness (IACPA)
June, 2001
State	2001
Total	1,332,689
Atlanta	37,162
Boston	43,732
Chicago	116,868
Cleveland	12,648
Cincinnati	7,893
Dallas/Ft. Worth	49,669
Denver	8,827
Detroit	45,731
Houston	51,959
Indianapolis	5,266
Kansas City	6,088
Los Angeles	104,482
New York	400,194
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale	23,467
Minneapolis/St. Paul	14,535
Milwaukee	7,132
Norfolk/VirginiaBeach/Newport News, VA	3,25
Orlando	12,952
Philadelphia	52,380
Phoenix	11,534
Pittsburgh	8,725
Portland, OR	8,642
SanFrancisco/Oakland/San Jose	144,231
Seattle/Tacoma	20,332
Sacramento	16,992
San Diego	10,148
St. Louis	8,277
San Antonio	3,938
Tampa/St. Petersburg	10,854
Washington/Baltimore	88,211

NOTE: These are the Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSA) and Metropolitan Statistical areas (MSA) as determined by the Census Bureau. New York City metro area includes Northern New Jersey, parts of Connecticut and even a sliver of Pennsylvania. Of the 169,000 in New Jersey, about 156,000 are in metro New York

India at a glance Religious Composition

Census Data 2001

Religious Composition	Population *	(%)
Buddhists	7,955,207	0.8
Christians	24,080,016	2.3
Hindus	827,578,868	80.5
Jains	4,225,053	0.4
Muslims	138,188,240	13.4
Sikhs	19,215,730	1.9
Other Religions & Persuasions	6,639,626	0.6
Religion not stated	727,588	0.1
Total *	1,028,610,328	100.0