INDIAN-AMERICANS: VITAL STATISTICS

• The Indian-American population has gone up by more than 80% in last one decade in the states of Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
• In last 10 years, the Indian-American population has grown by 68% in California.
• In New York City while the population of the city increased by 12.5%, the Asian-Indian population increased by 24.6%.
• In the Bay Area of nine counties, the Indian population has grown by 53%.
• India sent the third largest number of immigrants in 2010.
• 69,162 people of Indian origin obtained legal permanent resident status in 2010.
• Indian companies played a crucial role during the recession by employing 60,000 people across 40 states.
• They have been instrumental in acquisitions worth $6 billion since 2005 and have also employed thousands of fresh U.S. college graduates.
• 15% – percentage of Silicon Valley start-up firms owned by Indian-Americans.
• 59.9% of Indian-Americans work in top managerial positions.
• Average yearly income of an Indian worker is $51,904.
• More than 300,000 Indian-Americans work in the Information Technology sector.
• $69,470 – the median income of Indian-American families, nearly double the median income of all American families — $38,885
• 200,000 – the number of Indian-American millionaires (Source: Merrill Lynch).
• The purchasing power of the community is $25 billion.
• Nearly 10% of the physicians in the U.S. are of Indian origin.
• Around 35% of the hotels in the country are owned by Indians.
• More than 5000 Indian-Americans serve as faculties in the universities across America.
• 104,897 Indian students enrolled in U.S. universities in 2009-2010.
• 68290 students enrolled for Post graduate studies, while 15192 enrolled for under graduate studies.
• 64.4% – percentage of Indian-Americans over the age of 25 who have a college degree (BA or higher).
• Indian-Americans also have a huge marked presence in the national and local political arena. At least 12 candidates won various elections in 2010.
• Of the total non-farm business owned by the Asians, the Indians own close to 1/5 of the business in America and have earned over $150 billion in revenue.
• Indian-Americans owned 19.9% of the total Asian firms with a value of $152.5 billion and a recorded growth of 38.2 % in 2007.
• Over 50% of the H1-B and L visas are issued in India.
• Over 900,000 Hotel rooms – Asian-Americans currently own 50 percent of the economy lodging sector and 37 percent of all hotels (Source: Asian American Hotel Owners Association).