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Indian-American Population, City-wise

United States Census 2000
India Abroad Center for Political Awareness (IACPA)
June, 2001

The list below presents a breakup of the Indian-American population by metropolitan area.

  1. New York - 400,194
  2. San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose - 144,231
  3. Chicago - 116,868
  4. Los Angeles - 104,482
  5. Washington/Baltimore - 88,211
  6. Philadelphia - 52,380
  7. Houston - 51,959
  8. Dallas/Ft. Worth - 49,669
  9. Detroit - 45,731
  10. Boston - 43,732
  11. Atlanta - 37,162
  12. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale - 23,467
  13. Seattle/Tacoma - 20,332
  14. Sacramento - 16,992
  15. Minneapolis/St. Paul - 14,535
  16. Orlando - 12,952
  17. Cleveland - 12,648
  18. Phoenix - 11,534
  19. Tampa/St. Petersburg - 10,854
  20. San Diego - 10,148
  21. Denver - 8,827
  22. Pittsburgh - 8,725
  23. Portland, OR - 8,642
  24. St. Louis - 8,277
  25. Cincinnati - 7,893
  26. Milwaukee - 7,132
  27. Kansas City - 6,088
  28. Indianapolis - 5,266
  29. San Antonio - 3,938
  30. Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News, VA - 3,250

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.

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