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'''Indians in the New York City metropolitan area''' constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the [[New York City metropolitan area]] of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest and most prominent [[Indian American#Demographics|Indian American population among metropolitan areas]] by a significant margin, enumerating 792,367 uniracial individuals at the [[2020 U.S. census]]. The Asian Indian population also represents the second-largest metropolitan Asian national diaspora both outside of Asia and within the New York City metropolitan area, following the also rapidly growing and hemisphere-leading population of the estimated 893,697 uniracial [[Chinese in New York City|Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area]] in 2017.<ref name=NYCChinese>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|title=SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002005/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The U.S. state of [[New Jersey]], where most of the population is situated within the New York City metropolitan region, has by a significant margin the highest proportional Indian population concentration of any U.S. state. According to Census estimates in 2023, 4.6% of New Jersey's population consists of [[person of Indian origin|individuals of Indian origin]]. New Jersey is the state with the highest percentage of individuals with Indian ancestry in the United States, at approximately 5%.

==History==
[[File:New India House 003.JPG|thumb|New India House, the home of the Indian [[Consul (representative)|Consulate-General]] in New York, on [[64th Street (Manhattan)|East 64th Street]], in the [[Upper East Side Historic District]] of [[Manhattan]]]]

An Asian Indian presence in the New York area dates back to the 19th century, with [[Swami Vivekananda]] establishing the first Hindu institution in New York City in 1894 after the 1893 [[Parliament of the World's Religions]] in Chicago<ref>{{cite book |edition=3rd |title=The parliament of religions and religious congresses at the World's Columbian exposition |editor-last=Houghton |editor-first=Walter Raleigh |publisher=Frank Tennyson Neely |year=1893 |ol=14030155M |page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bhide |first=Nivedita Raghunath |year=2008 |title=Swami Vivekananda in America |publisher=Vivekananda Kendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGvPCzkjoc0C |isbn=978-81-89248-22-2 |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Paul|first=Dr S.|title=Great Men Of India : Swami Vivekananda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KekbVbtSnJcC|year=2003|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-9138-1|page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swami Vivekananda |url=https://www.vedantany.org/swami-vivekananda |website=Vendanta Society of New York |access-date=2024-03-23}}</ref> and Bengali Muslim peddlers passing through immigration facilities in New York to head to Jersey Shore beach towns such as Asbury Park, Atlantic Park and Long Beach. These peddlers sold "Oriental" items like silks, small trinkets and other curios to tourists. Though most of these peddlers were transient seasonal workers at resorts, a small number of men stayed in New Jersey year-round to renew stocks of goods and shepherd younger traders from India to the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.khyatijoshi.com/Media/pdf/Jersey-Promise-Report_2019-May-13_Khyati-Joshi.pdf|title=A Report on the State of Asian-Americans in New Jersey|publisher=Jersey Promise|date=May 2019|access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> Bengali and other South Asian Muslims would also settle in New York City and marry into African American and Puerto Rican communities that they lived close to,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dizikes |first=Peter |date=2013-01-07 |title=The hidden history of Bengali Harlem|url=https://news.mit.edu/2013/vivek-bald-hidden-history-of-bengali-harlem-0107|access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> initially living on the [[Lower East Side]] but moving uptown into [[Harlem]], opening some of the first Indian restaurants in New York.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013-01-16 |title=Bengali Harlem: New York|url=http://bengaliharlem.com/new-york/|access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref> After India became independent and partitioned, many of these men formed the Pakistan League of America in 1947.

The first Indian to become a [[naturalization|naturalized]] [[U.S. citizen]] was [[Bhicaji Balsara]], a resident of New York.<ref name="Hughey 2016 p. 135">{{cite book | last=Hughey | first=M.W. | title=New Tribalisms: The Resurgence of Race and Ethnicity | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK | series=Main Trends of the Modern World | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-349-26403-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=alTeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 | access-date=September 20, 2017 | page=135}}</ref> However, this was after the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]] that restored [[naturalization]] rights to Indian Americans in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/a_lucecellar.html |title=Roots in the Sand – the Archives |publisher=PBS |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> A number of Indian Americans came to the U.S. via [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian communities from other countries]], including the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, [[Mauritius]], [[Malaysia]], Singapore, [[Suriname]], [[Guyana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sflcn.com/guyanese-actress-rhona-fox-to-host-the-indo-caribbean-alliance-gala/|title=Guyanese Actress Rhona Fox to Host the Indo-Caribbean Alliance Gala|publisher=South Florida Caribbean News|date=August 14, 2015|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref> [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Fiji]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Uganda]], and [[Jamaica]]. The quota on Indian immigration was removed in the 1960s, leading to exponential growth in the number of Indian immigrants to the United States.<ref name=IndianOrigin>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/Policy%20Report-24%20Indian%20Bkgrd.pdf|title=The Passage from India|publisher=Migration Policy Center, American Immigration Law Foundation|date=June 2, 2002|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> While Indians prior to this time were primarily involved in agricultural endeavors or constructing railroads in the western United States,<ref name=IndianOrigin/> by the 1960s, there was a small Manhattan-based Indian community consisting of graduate students in [[Columbia University]] and [[New York University]], diplomatic attachés at the United Nations and Indian corporate workers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khandelwal|first1=Madhulika|title=Defining Community and Feminism: Indian Women in New York City
|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41674840|journal=Race, Gender & Class|year=1997 |volume=4|issue=3|pages=95–11|doi= |jstor=41674840|access-date=}}</ref> However, the largest number hereafter came to New York City and its [[affluence|affluent]] [[suburb|suburban environs]], consisting largely of professionals, including physicians, engineers, financiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and lawyers, as well as businesspeople,<ref name=IndianOrigin/> though there was also small population concentrated along 116th Street and Broadway in Manhattan that was poorer. By 1974, there was a notable Indian population in the greater New York area, with particular concentrations in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] and [[Flushing, Queens]], though neither was strongly identified as a Little India at this point and there was already a push to move out to the suburbs, especially to [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fisher|first1=Maxine|title=Creating Ethnic Identity: Asian Indians in the New York City Area|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40552828|journal=Urban Anthropology|year=1978 |volume=7|issue=3|pages=271–285|doi= |jstor=40552828 |access-date=}}</ref> with houses of worship for Indian religions starting to be built around the larger Indian suburban communities throughout the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/18/nyregion/festival-reflects-indians-growth.html|title=Festival Reflects Indians' Growth |last=Newman |first=Arlene |date=August 18, 1991 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

During 1960s and 1970s, Indians also set up several cultural and religious institutions based in New York City, though they drew people from the entire metropolitan area. The 1970s would also see the construction of the first houses of worship for Indian religions in New York City, such as the [[Hindu Temple Society of North America]] in Flushing and the Sikh Cultural Society building a gurdwara at a former Baptist church in [[Richmond Hill, Queens|Richmond Hill]]. Other religious groups reappropriated other spaces in the city, such as Keralite Christians hosting Malayalam services in a Bronx church and Jains renting Manhattan office space. Indian would also form several associations based around linguistics groups. Indians in the New York-New Jersey area also started to create [[mass media]] organizations in the 1970s, including newspapers such as ''India Abroad'', the first television show targeted towards Indian Americans, and by 1975, 13 half-hour radio shows for New York Indians.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fisher |first=Maxine |title=The Indians of New York City: A Study of Immigrants from India |publisher=Heritage Publishers |year=1980 |location=New Delhi}}</ref> Movie theaters in Manhattan and Queens showing Indian movies also started to open.

A small Little India did already exist in Manhattan on [[Lexington Avenue]], [[27th Street (Manhattan)|between 27th and 30th streets]] around the former Little Armenia spice shop of Kalustyan's, which had become popular among Indian and other South Asian immigrants in the 1960s<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/25/nyregion/rising-rents-threatening-little-india.html |title=Rising Rents Threatening 'Little India'|last=Howe |first=Marvine |date=August 25, 1985 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |access-date=March 31, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> and had become notable enough to be featured in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' as a prime spot for Indian food and groceries by 1976.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Brock|first1=Carol |date=August 4, 1976 |title=A fest for Indians |trans-title= |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2302525590 |language= |work= |location=|access-date=July 17, 2022 |id={{ProQuest|2302525590}} |via= |quote=}}</ref> However, by the 1980s, the Lexington Avenue Little India was eroding due to increased competition from other Indian districts in Queens which were closer to where the Indian population lived.

The most famous enclave in the New York City area – [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] – emerged during the 1970s, with electronics store Sam and Raj, being opened by merchants Subhash Kapadia and Nitin Vora in 1976 and then being quickly followed by a number of Indian stores opening on 74th Street. Though many Indians actually lived in the adjacent, cheaper neighborhood of [[Elmhurst, Queens|Elmhurst]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Das |first=Arun Kristian |date=May 24, 2001 |title=Saris and Spices: The Changing Face of New York |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/24usspec.htm |access-date=March 31, 2022 |website=Rediff |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Jackson Heights quickly became popular among the regional Indian and South Asian community due to its location near a major subway transfer station and the overall large Indian population in Queens. By 1990, there were already 74 Indian businesses in Jackson Heights and businessowners had formed the Jackson Heights Merchants Association in response to conflict between Indian immigrants and white residents over perceived quality-of-life issues.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Khandelwal |first=Madhulika |title=Becoming American, Being Indian: An Immigrant Community in New York City |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=2002 |location=Ithaca |pages=12–35}}</ref>

Other neighborhoods in Queens also became notable South Asian enclaves during the 1980s and 1990s. [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], one of the first destinations for immigrants and home to the borough's first Hindu temple, would have its first Indian grocery store in 1970 and be followed by a small strip of Indian stores. Though now mainly known as one of New York's largest [[Chinatown Flushing|Chinatowns]] and [[Koreatown, Queens|Koreatowns]], Flushing had a similar population of Indians compared to Koreans and Chinese in 1980. Richmond Hill in southeastern Queens would become a major hub for [[Indo-Caribbeans|Indo-Caribbean]] immigrants from [[Guyana]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]] and Sikhs from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], with the Sikh Cultural Society becoming a major gathering point for the latter group. A large concentration of [[Malayali|Malayalees]] would also pop up in eastern Queens neighborhoods near the [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] border.<ref name=":0" />

Starting in the 1990s, following the path of past generations of New Yorkers, many Indian immigrants starting moving eastward from Queens to more suburban areas of Long Island in the 1990s, including Nassau County towns such as [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]], [[Elmont, New York|Elmont]], [[East Meadow, New York|East Meadow]], and [[North New Hyde Park, New York|North New Hyde Park]] seeking bigger homes, better schools, and more space. During the 1990s, Indians were the fastest growing ethnic group on Long Island.<ref>{{cite web |last=Toy |first=Vivian |date=March 17, 2002 |title=Ever Farther From Queens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/nyregion/ever-farther-from-queens.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> This coincided with a change in the businesses and clientele in the older enclaves like Jackson Heights, with establishments being targeted more towards working-class immigrants than the English-speaking professionals who were the main shoppers in Queens, as seen by more signage in Jackson Heights being in vernacular languages.<ref name=":0" /> [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]] would become the center of the Indian community on Long Island, with Indian stores concentrating on South Broadway around Route 107 by the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Melwani |first=Lavina |date=September 5, 2003 |title=Hindsvile |url=https://littleindia.com/hindville/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Little India |publisher= |quote=}}</ref>

Indians also sprawled further into New Jersey, with growing concentrations of Indians in areas such as [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], where 55,000 Indians lived by 2000 and in [[Jersey City]].<ref name="Chhabra">{{cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/28usspec.htm |title=New Jersey is dyed deeper in Indian colours |last=Chhabra |first=Aseem |date=May 28, 2001 |website=Rediff |publisher= |access-date=March 31, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> During the 1990s, these two areas would see their main centers of Indian commerce – [[Little India, Edison/Iselin|Oak Tree Road]] in Edison, New Jersey, and [[India Square|Newark Avenue]] in the [[Journal Square]] neighborhood in Jersey City become primarily Indian, compared to the 1970s and 1980s, where there was a more of a mixture of businesses.<ref name="Chhabra" /> By 1994, there were already over 100 Indian businesses on Oak Tree Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/13/garden/a-taste-of-india-via-new-jersey.html |title=A Taste of India Via New Jersey
 |last=Louie |first=Elaine |date=July 13, 1994 |website=Rediff |publisher= |access-date=March 31, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

As more Indians started to move into the New Jersey enclaves and they grew increasingly more affluent, tensions started to increase between them and prior residents. In the late 1980s, a hate group called the [[Dotbusters]] – named after the bindi that many Hindu women wear – beat up several Indians in Jersey City, including killing a Parsi man, Narvoze Mody.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/nyregion/in-person-the-festival-man.html|title=In Jersey City, Indians Protest Violence |last=Marriott |first=Michel |date=October 12, 1987 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |access-date=September 20, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> That same month, a letter threatening to attack Indians in the city was also published in its main newspaper, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', and there were several racist messages written on the stores and homes of Indian immigrants. Community leaders accused Jersey City's government of responding slowly to the attacks and at one point invited the [[Guardian Angels]] to patrol the city's streets. Following a series of protests and increased attention from the city government, racist attacks started to decrease by the end of the decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/nyregion/in-person-the-festival-man.html|title=How Indians in Jersey City fought back against the terror of 'Dotbusters' in the 1980s |last=Kaulessar |first=Ricardo |date=March 29, 2023 |website=NorthJersey.com |publisher= |access-date=September 20, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

However, the increased racism was a reason for some Indians to move southwards to Edison and Middlesex County,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kaltia |first=S. Mitra |title=Suburban Sahibs |publisher=Rutgers University Press |year=2005 |location=New Brunswick}}</ref> though they also faced some resistance there as they started to set up businesses in Edison, with stores on Oak Tree Road being vandalized and proprietors saying that city government did not take them seriously.<ref name="Chhabra"/> Indians in Edison and Iselin would also get into other conflicts with the city governments, with the Indian Business Association of the area protesting high amounts of traffic tickets and curfews on its Navratri celebration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/19/nyregion/in-person-the-festival-man.html|title=IN PERSON; The Festival Man |last=Kannapell |first=Andrea |date=October 19, 1997 |website=The New York Times |publisher= |access-date=September 20, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
[[File:South Asian shopping center in Hicksville New York.jpg|thumb|right|A South Asian shopping center in [[Hicksville, New York]], on [[Long Island]]]]The Indian American population would also surge in the further reaches of Central New Jersey in the 2000s in towns such as [[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]], [[Plainsboro, New Jersey|Plainsboro]], and [[Montgomery, New Jersey|Montgomery]]. The Indian influence in this area manifested itself with the creation of an annual Indian-American fair in [[Mercer County Park]] and the creation of cricket fields and leagues in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2011/06/asian_population_jumps_in_grea.html|title=Asian populations surge in neighboring West Windsor, Plainsboro, Montgomery communities |last=Rojas |first=Cristina |date=June 13, 2011 |website=NJ.com |publisher= New Jersey Advance Media |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> By the 2010s, there were pushes to teach [[Hindi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/03/west_windsor-plainsboro_school_officials_conclude_hindi_instruction_will_not_yet_be_offered.html|title=West Windsor-Plainsboro school officials conclude Hindi instruction will not yet be offered |last=Mulvaney |first=Nicole |date=March 31, 2014 |website=NJ.com |publisher= New Jersey Advance Media |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> and have [[Diwali]] off at school districts in Central New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/06/few_jersey_local_school_districts_recognize_diwali_as_a_holiday.html|title=Few Jersey local school districts recognize Diwali as a holiday |last=Saad |first=Iman |date=June 2, 2014 |website=NJ.com |publisher= New Jersey Advance Media |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> Around this time, there were also a series of home invasions apparently targeting Indians and South Asians in New Jersey,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2010/03/thieves_target_indians_and_asi.html|title=Thieves target N.J. Indian-Americans, South Asians for gold jewelry, collections |last=Siriwardane |first=Venuri |date=March 21, 2010 |website=NJ.com |publisher= New Jersey Advance Media |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> which started to prompt questions about a lack of Indian and more broadly Asian representation in New Jersey's local police forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2010/03/thieves_target_indians_and_asi.html|title=After home invasions, questions linger about lack of diversity in Central N.J. police department |last=Amaral |first=Brian |date=November 23, 2014 |website=NJ.com |publisher= New Jersey Advance Media |access-date=July 14, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], who had already been to New York on multiple visits, was welcomed on June 20, 2023, by the Indian diaspora at [[JFK International Airport]] on his first [[State visit]] to the U.S., which also entailed a trip to Washington, D.C.

==Geographical distribution==
[[File:New York Metropolitan Area Counties 2013.png|thumb|right|275px|All except the pink/lavender-illustrated counties compose the New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island NY–NJ–PA [[Metropolitan statistical area]], the most populous in the US:<br />
{{color box|#930}} New York–Jersey City–White Plains, NY–NJ Metropolitan Division<br />
 Dutchess County–Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division<br />
 Nassau County–Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division<br />
 Newark, NJ–PA Metropolitan Division<br />
{{color box|#c6c}} Remainder of the New York-Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA [[Combined Statistical Area]]]]
The [[New York metropolitan area|New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area]], consisting of New York City, [[Long Island]], and adjacent areas within [[New York State]], as well as nearby areas within the states of [[New Jersey]] (extending to [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]), [[Connecticut]] (extending to [[Bridgeport]]), and including [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]], was home to an estimated 711,174 Indian Americans as of the 2013–2017 [[American Community Survey]] by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]],<ref name=IndiansNYC>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/330M400US408|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005918/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/330M400US408|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> comprising by far the [[Indian American#U.S. metropolitan areas with large Asian Indian populations|largest Indian American population]] of any metropolitan area in the United States.<ref name=IndianCensusref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150104214440/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> New York City itself also contains the highest Indian American population of any individual city in the United States, estimated at 246,454 as of 2017.<ref name=IndianCensus>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – New York City|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004508/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> At least twenty four Indian American enclaves characterized as a [[Little India]] have emerged in the New York City metropolitan area. As of December 2019, Indian airline carrier [[Air India]] as well as United States airline carrier [[United Airlines]] were offering direct flights from the New York City Metropolitan Area to and from Delhi and [[Mumbai]]. [[Delta Air Lines]] inaugurated non-stop flight service from [[JFK International Airport]] to Mumbai in December 2019.

The Indian American population in the New York City metropolitan region was second in its population as an [[Asian people|Asian ethnicity]] only to the approximately 893,697 uniracial [[Chinese in New York City|Chinese New Yorkers]] as of 2017.<ref name=IndiansNYC/><ref name=NYCChinese/> However, while the presence and growth of the Chinese population is focused on New York City and [[Long Island]] in New York State, the gravitas of the Indian population is roughly evenly split between New Jersey and New York State.<ref name=NewJerseyIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US34|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190515/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US34|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NewYorkStateIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US36|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190455/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US36|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Central New Jersey]], at the geographic heart of the [[Northeast Megalopolis]], has emerged as the largest hub for Indian immigrants to the U.S., followed closely by [[Queens]] and [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on Long Island. [[Oak Tree Road]] in [[Edison Township, New Jersey|Edison]] and [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] is known as an Indian dining and shopping destination.

[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] in New Jersey has the highest proportion of Asian Indians of any major U.S. city, comprising 10.9% of the overall population of Jersey City in 2010,<ref name=JerseyCityQuickFacts>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3436000|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212135813/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3436000|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> increasing to 11.4% by 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_3YR/DP05/1600000US3436000|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2011–2013 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190528/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_3YR/DP05/1600000US3436000|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] and [[Rockland County, New York]] are home to the highest concentrations of [[Malayali]]s outside of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|title=Website Disabled|website=40days.homestead.com|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073622/http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret, Middlesex County]]'s [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, is the largest concentration of Sikhs in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colnj.html|title=Turbans Make Targets, Some Sikhs Find|author=Kevin Coyne|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> Smaller populations of Asian Indians reside in the Connecticut and Pennsylvania portions of the New York City metropolitan region. [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], in [[central New Jersey]], the geographic heart of the [[Northeast megalopolis]] and ranked the safest small city in the United States,<ref name=MonroeTownshipSafe1>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/small-towns-cities-safest-america-study|title=These small towns and cities are ranked the safest in America, study shows|author=Daniel Miller|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=December 20, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2024|quote=Several of the communities that topped the list are in the northeast. According to the study, the safest town in the country is Monroe Township, New Jersey, which ranks first. At number two on the list is Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, followed by Zionsville, Indiana, ranking third. Wallingford, Connecticut, ranks fourth, and Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, rounds out the top five.}}</ref><ref name=MonroeTownshipSafe2>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4366427-these-are-the-safest-small-towns-and-cities-in-every-state-report/amp/|title=These are the safest small towns and cities in every state: report|author=Alix Martichoux|newspaper=The Hill|date=December 19, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref> has displayed one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the [[Western Hemisphere]], increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212094804/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an estimated 5,943 (13.6%) as of 2017,<ref name=IndiansMonroe>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates – Monroe township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213155409/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> representing a 2,221.5% (a multiple of 23) numerical increase over that period, including many [[affluence|affluent]] professionals and [[senior citizen]]s as well as [[charitable contribution|charitable benefactors]] to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 relief efforts in India]] in official coordination with Monroe Township, in addition to [[Bollywood]] actors with second homes. By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township's population, and the nickname ''[[Little India, Edison/Iselin|Edison]]-South'' had developed, in reference to the [[Little India]] stature of both [[Township (New Jersey)|townships]].<ref name="m.youtube.com">{{cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j2t2feSY-iw |title= Monroe swears in 1st officer of Asian-Indian descent during Asian Pacific American Heritage month|website=m.youtube.com |date= May 25, 2022|access-date=May 25, 2022}}{{title missing|date=July 2022}}</ref> A community named ''Raajipo'' (meaning ''happiness'') has emerged within nearby [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], in [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], New Jersey, home of [[Akshardham (New Jersey)|Swaminarayan Akshardham]] ([[Devnagari|Devnagari: स्वामिनारायण अक्षरधाम]]), inaugurated in 2014 as the world's largest [[Hindu temple]].<ref name="World'sLargestHinduTempleNJ"/> [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] have established significant concentrations in Queens and Nassau County in New York and in Middlesex, Bergen, and Hudson counties in New Jersey.

In 2014, 12,350 Indians legally immigrated to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA core based statistical area;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immsuptable2d_5.xls|title=Supplemental Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014|publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> in 2013, this number was 10,818;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2013 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2013 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> in 2012, 10,550;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2012 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222152450/http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |archive-date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref> 11,256 in 2011;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2011/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2011 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2011 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> and 11,388 in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2010/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2010 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2010 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> These numbers do not include the remainder of the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which immigrants born in India comprised the largest [[foreign born#Metropolitan regions with largest foreign born populations|foreign-born]] nationality, representing approximately 10% of all foreign-born residents in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/whats_the_top_country_of_birth_for_immigrants_in_nj.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured|title=What's the top country of birth for immigrants in N.J.?|author=Erin O'Neill|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=October 19, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

===New York City boroughs===
As the [[city proper]] with the largest Asian Indian population in the United States by a wide margin, with an estimated 227,994 individuals as of the 2014 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name=NYCIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – New York City|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004546/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as the primary destination for [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|new Indian immigrants]],<ref name=2012IndianImmigration>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> New York City is subdivided into official municipal [[borough (New York City)|boroughs]], which themselves are home to significant Asian Indian and other [[South Asian]] populations. Note that this list includes neither the large [[Desi]] populations of [[Pakistani American]]s, [[Bangladeshi American]]s, and [[Sri Lankan American]]s, nor [[Indo-Caribbean Americans]], [[Afghan American]]s, and others of South Asian origin who make their home in New York City. Punjab Avenue (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਐਵੇਨਿਊ), or Little Punjab, has emerged in [[Richmond Hill, Queens]].
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! Borough
! Indian Americans
! Indian Americans per square mile
! Percentage of Indian Americans in Borough's Population
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| [[Queens]] (2014)<ref name=QueensIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/0500000US36081/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – Queens County, New York|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214003037/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/0500000US36081/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align=right | {{Nts|144,896}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1,326.5}}
| align=center| {{Nts|6.2}}
|-
| [[Brooklyn]] (2012)
| align=right | {{Nts|25,270}}
| align=center| {{Nts|357.9}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.0}}
|-
| [[Manhattan]] (2012)
| align=right | {{Nts|24,359}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1,060.9}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.5}}
|-
| [[The Bronx]] (2012)
| align=right | {{Nts|16,748}}
| align=center| {{Nts|398.6}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.2}}
|-
| [[Staten Island]] (2012)
| align=right | {{Nts|6,646}}
| align=center| {{Nts|113.6}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.4}}
|-
! align="center" | Total (2014)<ref name="NYCIndians" />
! align="right" | {{Nts|227,994}}
! align="center" | {{Nts|753.4}}
! align="center" | {{Nts|2.7}}
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===Medium and small-sized cities, as of 2021 American Community Survey===

==== New Jersey ====
[[File:Belmont Court, Monroe, NJ 08831.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of single family homes nestled within natural surroundings of trees and [[greenbelt]]s in affluent [[suburb]]an [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[Little India, Edison/Iselin|Middlesex County]], [[Indians in New Jersey|New Jersey]], while also maintaining the proximity to both [[New York City]] and top-ranked [[Princeton University]] sought by Indians in this township and the surrounding  '''India corridor''' of [[Central Jersey|Central]] [[New Jersey]], with the fastest-growing Indian population in the [[Western Hemisphere]].]]

New Jersey, and [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]] (in [[Central New Jersey]]), are home to by far the highest per capita Indian American populations of any U.S. state and [[U.S. county]] by 2024, at 4.7% and 16.9%, respectively.<ref name="NewJerseyMostIndianState">[https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP05&g=040XX00US34_050XX00US34023]</ref>

[[File:Americans with Asian Indian Ancestry by state.svg|thumb|300px|Percent of population with Indian ancestry in 2010. [[New Jersey]] stands alone demographically, comprising a population over 4% Indian in 2020.]]
     
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|[[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]]
|Middlesex
|20.1%
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|[[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]]
|Mercer
|16.6%
|-
|[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]]
|Middlesex
|36.2%
|-
|[[Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey|Franklin]]
|Somerset
|14.6%
|-
|[[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin CDP]]
|Middlesex
|45.1%
|-
|[[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]]
|Middlesex
|17.7%
|-
|[[North Brunswick, New Jersey|North Brunswick]]
|Middlesex
|16.5%
|-
|[[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany-Troy Hills]]
|Morris
|25.7%
|-
|[[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]]
|Middlesex
|20.2%
|-
|[[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro Township]]
|Middlesex
|44.7%
|-
|[[Robbinsville (CDP), New Jersey|Robbinsville CDP]]
|Mercer
|29.2%
|-
|[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]]
|Hudson
|22.9%
|-
|[[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]]
|Middlesex
|37.2%
|-
|[[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor]]
|Mercer
|36.4%
|-
|[[Woodbridge, New Jersey|Woodbridge]]
|Middlesex
|16.7%
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==== New York ====
*[[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on [[Long Island]] has become a major suburban destination for Indians:
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|[[Bellerose Terrace, New York|Bellerose Terrace]]
|11.8%
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|[[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]]
|18.4%
|-
|[[Herricks, New York|Herricks]]
|23.5%
|-
|[[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]]
|18.7%
|-
|[[Manhasset Hills, New York|Manhasset Hills]]
|28.4%
|-
|[[Searingtown, New York|Searingtown]]
|18.1%
|}

===List of Little Indias===

====In New Jersey====
* [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]
** [[Bombay, Jersey City|Bombay]], Jersey City, home of [[India Square]]
** [[Newport, Jersey City|Newport]], Jersey City<ref>{{cite web | url=https://statisticalatlas.com/zip/07310/Ancestry | title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States – Statistical Atlas }}</ref>
* [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]]
** [[Robbinsville (CDP), New Jersey|Robbinsville CDP]] (15.7% [[Asian Indian]])<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor]] (33.8% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], with the highest percentage of Asian Indians of any [[U.S. county]], at nearly 20% in 2020
** [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], with one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the [[Western Hemisphere]], increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census<ref name=MonroeIndians2000>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 25, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212094804/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an estimated 4,204 (10.0%) as of 2015,<ref name=MonroeIndians2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2010–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> representing a 1,542% (multiple of 16) numerical increase over that period. By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township's population.<ref name="m.youtube.com"/>
** [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]], [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] (36.2% Asian Indian)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid%3DDEC_10_DP_DPDP1%26prodType%3Dtable |title=American FactFinder – Results |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305164937/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=March 5, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]], [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] (45.1% Asian Indian)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
** [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro]] (44.7% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Route 27 (New Jersey)|Route 27]], [[North Brunswick Township, New Jersey|North Brunswick]] (16.5% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Route 27 (New Jersey)|Route 27]], [[South Brunswick Township, New Jersey|South Brunswick]] (36.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** Stelton Road, [[Piscataway Township, New Jersey|Piscataway]] (18.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] (16.7% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] 
** Route 46, [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]] (24.8% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]] 
** [[Bridgewater, New Jersey|Bridgewater]], in the vicinity of a Hindu temple on the central and western parts of the township

=====Bombay, Jersey City=====
'''[[Bombay, Jersey City|Bombay]]''',<ref name="Kiniry, Laura 2006. pg. 34">Kiniry, Laura. "Moon Handbooks New Jersey", Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006. pg. 34 {{ISBN|1-56691-949-5}}</ref> in Jersey City, New Jersey, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere,<ref name=JerseyCityIndians>{{cite news|url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/|title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Journal Square|author=Laryssa Wirstiuk|newspaper=Jersey City Independent|date=April 21, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630085618/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/|archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> containing the rapidly growing Indian [[ethnic enclave]] of [[India Square]]. The neighborhood is centered on [[Newark Avenue, Jersey City|Newark Avenue]], between Tonnele Avenue and [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|JFK Boulevard]], and is considered to be part of the larger [[Journal Square]] District. It has had a large concentration of Indian businesses since the 1970s, with about 15,000 Indians living in Jersey City by 1986.<ref>{{cite news |last=Courtney|first=Marian|date=May 4, 1986|title=The Cultures of India Thrive In Jersey City|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/nyregion/the-cultures-of-india-thrive-in-jersey-city.html|location= |access-date=}}
</ref> This area has been home to the largest outdoor [[Navratri]] festivities in New Jersey as well as several [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Hindu temple|temples]].<ref>[http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm "India Square"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155533/http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm |date=October 15, 2013 }}. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with grocery stores,<ref>Cruz, Vanessa; Pope, Gennarose; Rambay Fernandez, Adriana; Wright, E. Assata (September 9, 2012). "Tired of the same food?" ''[[The Union City Reporter]]''. pp 1, 8, and 11. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> [[consumer electronics|electronics vendors]], [[video store]]s, [[international trade|import/export]] businesses, clothing stores, and restaurants, and is one of the busier pedestrian areas of this part of the city, often stopping traffic for hours. According to the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], there were nearly 13,000 Indians living in this two-block stretch of Jersey City, up from 3,000 in 1980, increasing commensurately between 2000 and 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/newspdf/jerseyjournal0814.pdf#search='india%20square%20indian%20population%20jersey%20city' |title=City Attracts People From Around the Globe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142459/http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/newspdf/jerseyjournal0814.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |last=Morrill |first=Jennifer |date=August 14, 2011 |work=The Jersey Journal |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> An annual, color-filled spring [[Holi]] festival has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rogoza  | first = Rafael  | title = Thousands of colorful revelers partake in 21st Annual Phagwah Parade in Jersey City   | newspaper = The Jersey Journal   | date = March 30, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/thousands_of_colorful_revelers.html#incart_river_default   | access-date = March 30, 2013   }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/indian_festival_in_jersey_city_celebrates_diversit.html#incart_river|title=Colorful Holi Hai festival in Jersey City celebrates rites of spring|author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 29, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> Although India Square continues to represent the heart of Little India in Jersey City, situated between Tonnele Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Little India itself has been expanding further eastward along Newark Avenue, through Jersey City's ''[[Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region#Jersey City: Five Corners, Newark Avenue, and Manila Avenue|Little Manila]]'', to Summit Avenue and the [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] neighborhood. After dark, the businesses light flashing signs, and the street crowds continue.

=====Oak Tree Road (Edison/Iselin)=====
[[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]] is a rapidly growing South Asian-focused commercial strip in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], the [[U.S. county]] with highest concentration of Asian Indians (nearly 20% in 2020) and the geographic heart of the [[Northeast megalopolis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html|title=Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood|first=Peter|last=Genovese|date=16 November 2012|website=nj.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ|title=Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J.|website=SAVEUR|date=31 March 2011 }}</ref> The Oak Tree Road strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] and neighboring [[Iselin, New Jersey]], near the area's sprawling [[Chinese in New York City|Chinatown]] and [[Koreans in New York City|Koreatown]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html|title=Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey|first=David|last=Shaftel|newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 March 2017}}</ref> Little India in Edison and Iselin is the largest and most diverse [[South Asian]] cultural hub in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801|title='Little India' Thrives in Central New Jersey|first=Kate|last=King|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=25 September 2017|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/|title=How Indo-Americans Created The Ultimate Neighborhood Bank|first=Monte|last=Burke|website=Forbes}}</ref> The zone is home to over 400 South Asian establishments and businesses, including dining, [[apparel]] and [[consumer electronics|electronics retailing]], and entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oak Tree Road Edison, Iselin NJ Indian Shopping, Food, Restaurants|url=https://www.oaktreeroad.us/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=www.oaktreeroad.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saveur.com/indian-restaurants-food-edison-new-jersey|title=A One-Day Snacker's Guide to Edison, NJ, One of America's Best Indian Food Destinations|website=SAVEUR|date=28 April 2016 |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html|title=A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive|first=Joseph|last=Berger|newspaper=The New York Times |date=27 April 2008|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/edison-brimming-with-indian-culture/|title=Edison Brimming with Indian Culture – Video|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> Over 60 [[Indian cuisine|Indian]] and [[Pakistani cuisine|Pakistani]] restaurants alone are found in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/eat-drink/oak-tree-road-street-of-dreams/|title=Oak Tree Road is a Street of Dreams for Lovers of South Asian Cuisine|date=1 May 2017|website=New Jersey Monthly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ny.eater.com/2017/3/13/14902030/the-best-indian-food-in-new-york-is-in-new-jersey|title=The Best Indian Food In New York Is Actually in New Jersey|first=Robert|last=Sietsema|date=13 March 2017|website=Eater NY}}</ref> In Middlesex County, election [[ballot]]s are printed in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as well.<ref name="State of New Jersey">{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html|title=State of New Jersey Department of State|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=May 29, 2017}}</ref> Edison was, per 2010 [[American Community Survey]] census data, 28.3% ethnic Asian Indian population, the highest percentage for any municipality in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2019 |title=American FactFinder – Results |author=Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS) |website=Census.gov |access-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref> According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 42.6% of Iselin residents identified themselves as being Indian American, the highest percentage for any [[census-designated place]] in the United States.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3434470 {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213094649/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3434470 |date=2020-02-13 }} Accessed April 28, 2019.</ref>

====In New York====
{{see also|Curry Row}}
[[File:74th St shopping Jax Hts jeh.jpg|thumb|300px|Little India on 74th Street in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], Queens]]
* [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[Long Island]]
**[[Bellerose Terrace, New York|Bellerose Terrace]]; Broadway/Route 107, Old Country Road, [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/hicksville-li-s-little-india-1.606341|title=Hicksville: LI's LITTLE INDIA|author=Alan Krawitz|newspaper=Newsday|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]]; [[Herricks, New York|Herricks]]; [[Manhasset Hills, New York|Manhasset Hills]]; [[Searingtown, New York|Searingtown]]
* New York City With over 700,000 [[Indian American|Indo Americans]], the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]] contains the largest metropolitan [[Asian Indian]] population in the [[Western Hemisphere]].
** [[Manhattan]]
*** [[Lexington Avenue]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/little_india_lexington_avenue_in_manhattan/|title=Barry Popik|first=Barry|last=Popik|website=Barrypopik.com|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> in the neighborhoods of [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]] and [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], between [[25th Street (Manhattan)|25th and 30th Streets]] (growing preponderance of [[South Indian cuisine]]), has become known as ''Curry Hill'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://events.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12rest.html|title=Good Eating Curry Hill More Than Tandoori|author=Kris Ensminger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 2, 2008|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203085147/http://events.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12rest.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> developing rapidly as Manhattan's Indian population nearly doubled between the 2000 and 2010 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061lk.html|title=New York County, New York QuickLinks|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619140250/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061lk.html|archive-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref> and has continued to increase, to a Census-estimated 27,289 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US36061|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225191430/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US36061|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*** [[6th Street (Manhattan)#1st to 7th Streets|East 6th Street]],<ref name=CurryRow>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/little_india/|title=Barry Popik|first=Barry|last=Popik|website=Barrypopik.com|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> in the [[East Village (Manhattan)|East Village]] of [[Lower Manhattan]], between [[1st Avenue (Manhattan)|1st]] and [[2nd Avenue (Manhattan)|2nd Avenues]], with many [[North Indian cuisine|North Indian restaurants]], and known as [[Curry Row]].
** [[Queens]]
*** [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], in the vicinity of the [[Hindu Temple Society of North America]]
***[[Hillside Avenue]], [[Bellerose Manor, Queens|Bellerose Manor]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Floral Park, Queens|Floral Park]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Glen Oaks, Queens|Glen Oaks]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]]
***73rd and 74th Streets between [[Roosevelt Avenue (Queens)|Roosevelt]] and 37th Avenues, [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]]
***Punjab Avenue (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਐਵੇਨਿਊ), [[Richmond Hill, Queens|Richmond Hill]] (Little Punjab)

==Demographics==
===Language===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ South Asian Language Spoken at Home for the Population 5 Years and Over in the New York Metropolitan Area (2016–2023)<ref name="censuslanguage">{{Cite web |author=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title= B16001Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B16001?q=punjabi&g=310XX00US35620&moe=false|access-date=29 April 2025 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
! rowspan="2" |Language
! colspan="2" |2023
! colspan="2" |2016
! colspan="2" |Change
|-
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|±|Population change}}
!{{Abbr|±%|percentage}}
|-
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|   94,864
| {{Percentage |   94864|   18423457| 2 }}
|  89,659
| {{Percentage |  89659|   18933254| 2 }}
|  5,205
| {{Percentage |  5205|   89,659| 2 }}
|-
| [[Hindi]]
|   129,002
| {{Percentage |   129002|  18423457| 2 }}
|  119,466
| {{Percentage |  119466|  18933254| 2 }}
|  9,536
| {{Percentage |  9536|   119466| 2 }}
|-
| [[Urdu]]
| 102,455
| {{Percentage | 102455| 18423457| 2 }}
| 88,880
| {{Percentage | 88880| 18933254| 2 }}
|  13,575
| {{Percentage |  13575|   88880| 2 }}
|-
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|   35,570
| {{Percentage |   35570|   18423457| 2 }}
|  48,772
| {{Percentage |  48772|   18933254| 2 }}
|  -13,202
| {{Percentage |  -13202|   48772| 2 }}
|-
| [[Bengali Americans|Bengali]]
|   165,106
| {{Percentage |   165106|    18423457| 2 }}
|   133,242
| {{Percentage |   133242|   18933254| 2 }}
|   31,864
| {{Percentage |   31864|   133242| 2 }}
|-
| [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], or other [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic languages]]
|   46,727
| {{Percentage |   46727|   18423457| 2 }}
|  46,010
| {{Percentage |  46010|   18933254| 2 }}
|  717
| {{Percentage |  717|   46010| 2 }}
|-
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|    38,135
| {{Percentage |    38135|    18423457| 2 }}
|  33,084
| {{Percentage |  33084|    18933254| 2 }}
|  5,051
| {{Percentage |  5051|    33084| 2 }}
|-
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|   33,422
| {{Percentage |   33422|   18423457| 2 }}
|  30,149
| {{Percentage |  30149|   18933254| 2 }}
|  3,273
| {{Percentage |  3273|   30149| 2 }}
|-
| [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], or other [[Dravidian languages]]
|   40,937
| {{Percentage |   40937|   18423457| 2 }}
|  42,195
| {{Percentage |  42195|   18933254| 2 }}
|  -1,258
| {{Percentage |  -1258|   42195| 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total [[South Asian languages]]
!   686,218
! {{Percentage |   686218|   18423457| 2 }}
!  631,457
! {{Percentage |  631457|   18933254| 2 }}
!  54,761
! {{Percentage |  54761|   631457| 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
!   18,423,457
! {{Percentage |   18423457|   18423457| 2 }}
!  18,933,254
! {{Percentage |  18933254|   18933254| 2 }}
!  -509,797
! {{Percentage |  -509797|   18933254| 2 }}
|-
|}

==Business==
Indians have had a long history of commerce in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Indians in the United States began to focus on tourism as a source of income. Many opened businesses, such as hotels and Indian grocery stores.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=October 4, 2022 |title=The History of Indian Groceries in the USA in Under 10 Minutes |url=https://blog.kesargrocery.com/grocery-shopping-tips/the-history-of-indian-groceries-in-the-usa-in-under-10-minutes |website=Kesargrocery}}</ref> Today, Indian-owned businesses in the United States include various enterprises, ranging from [[Retailers|small retailers]] and service providers to [[Corporation|large corporations]]. Indian Americans have increasingly taken on [[CEO]] positions of companies in the greater [[New York metropolitan area]].

[[Patel Brothers]] is the world's large supermarket chain serving the [[Overseas Indians|Indian diaspora]], with 57 locations in 19 U.S. states—primarily located in the New Jersey/New York Metropolitan Area, due to its large Indian population, and with the [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]]/[[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[New Jersey]] location representing the world's largest and busiest Indian grocery store outside India, leading to expansion to nearby [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton, New Jersey]], also in [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]] (Greater [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]]). HOS Global Foods, one of the largest purveyors of Indian and other [[South Asia]]n foods outside of Asia, is globally [[headquartered]] in [[Lake Success, New York]], in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], on Long Island. Indian [[food truck]]s have set up shop in Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island, and in Jersey City, Edison, and Monroe Township, New Jersey.

In January 2025, [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] [[Hackensack Meridian Health|Meridian Health]], New Jersey's largest [[health care]] system, signed a partnership agreement with [[Apollo Hospitals]], India's largest private hospital network, to collaborate and innovate new health care solutions that could be implemented in both countries. Their goal is to leverage both systems' combined resources to improve patient outcomes.<ref name=HackevsackApolloIndia>{{cite web|url=https://njbiz.com/hackensack-meridian-unveils-global-partnership-with-indias-apollo-health-system/|title=Hackensack Meridian unveils global partnership with India's Apollo health system|author=Kimberly Redmond|publisher=NJBIZ|date=January 29, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

===Food companies===
[[Patel Brothers]] is a supermarket chain serving the [[Overseas Indians|Indian diaspora]], with 57 locations in 19 U.S. states&mdash;primarily located in the New Jersey/New York Metropolitan Area]], attributable to its large Indian population, and with the [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]]/[[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[New Jersey]] location representing the world's largest and busiest Indian grocery store outside India, the store has therefore expanded to nearby [[Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey|Hamilton, New Jersey]].

[[Deep Foods]], founded in 1977 and based in [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union Township, New Jersey]], is one of the largest Indian food companies in the US.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Intersimone |first=Jenna |date=2020-01-14 |title=Indian food giant Deep Indian Kitchen had humble beginnings in Union County garage |url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/dining/2020/01/14/deep-indian-kitchen-union/2848587001/ |access-date=2021-03-10 |website=MyCentralJersey.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Specializing in frozen Indian food, their products were sold in around 20,000 stores as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=MeiMei |title=4 CEOs Bringing International Flavors To The US Prepared Foods Market |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/meimeifox/2024/03/03/4-ceos-bringing-international-flavors-to-the-us-prepared-foods-market/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

===Biopharma companies===
[[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]], [[Aurobindo Pharma]], and [[Biocon Biologics]], all [[biopharmaceutical]] companies based in [[South India]], have established [[North American]] [[headquarters]] in [[Central Jersey|central New Jersey]].

===IT Services companies===
[[Tata Consultancy Services]] U.S. [[headquarters]] is based in [[Edison, New Jersey]], with offices in New York City. [[Cognizant]] is headquartered in [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], while [[Wipro]] is based in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey]].

==Culture==
[[File:Vidya Balan Insult India Parade or Bollywood Parade.jpg|thumb|New York City's annual India Day Parade, the world's largest [[Indian Independence Day]] parade outside India,<ref name=NYCLargestIndiaParade/> marches down [[Madison Avenue]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. The parade addresses controversial [[topic and comment|themes]], including racism, [[sexism]], corruption, and [[Bollywood]].]]
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===Attraction to Education===
Indians have been attaining school board membership positions on various [[board of education|boards of education]] in New Jersey and on Long Island. Indian parents are attracted to settling in cities and towns in the New York metropolitan area that have highly performing school districts; there is especially an allure for Indian parents to settle in the proximity of top-ranked [[Princeton University]], in the [[central New Jersey]] communities near [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], including most of [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]], and [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]] counties.

====Deepavali/Diwali, Eid/Ramadan as school holidays====
Momentum has been growing to recognize the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holy day Deepavali (Diwali) as a holiday on [[school district]] calendars in the New York City metropolitan region.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1/><ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/nj_districts_weigh_new_holiday.html|title=N.J. districts weigh new holiday, Diwali, for school year|author=Eugene Paik|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=February 5, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> New York City announced in October 2022 that Diwali would be an official school holiday commencing in 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-schools-will-officially-close-for-diwali-starting-2023-102122|title= NYC schools will officially close for Diwali starting 2023|author=Anna Rahmanan|publisher=TimeOut New York|quote=The mayor declared Diwali a public school holiday in New York City beginning next year.|date=October 21, 2022|access-date=October 21, 2022}}</ref> and this was codified into New York State law in 2023.<ref name=DiwaliNYCSchoolHolidayStateLaw>{{cite web|url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/11/14/governor-kathy-hochul-diwali-bill-law-legislation-mayor-eric-adams-jenifer-rajkumar|title=Governor signs bill into law making Diwali a city public school holiday|author=David Lazar|publisher=
Spectrum News|date=November 14, 2023|access-date=November 16, 2023|quote=The law mandates all city public schools close on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Indian calendar each year, also known as Diwali.}}</ref>

[[Passaic, New Jersey]] established Diwali as a school holiday in 2005.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1/><ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> [[South Brunswick, New Jersey]] in 2010 became the first of the many school districts with large Indian student populations in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]] in New Jersey to add Diwali to the school calendar.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> [[Glen Rock, New Jersey]] in February 2015 became the first municipality in [[Bergen County, New Jersey#Indian American|Bergen County]], with its own burgeoning Indian population post-2010,<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data Bergen County, New Jersey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES – 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212085158/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to recognize Diwali as an annual school holiday.<ref name=BergenCountyDiwali2>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918|title=Glen Rock schools to close for Diwali|author=Chris Harris|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=February 24, 2015|access-date=February 24, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224221006/http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918|archive-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDiwali1>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|title=Glen Rock residents seek Diwali observance at district schools|author=Richard De Santa|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=December 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035458/http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

Efforts have been undertaken in [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]],<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hindus-in-new-jersey-school-district-want-a-day-off-for-diwali/2014/02/25/db4726a0-9e51-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html|title=Hindus in New Jersey school district want a day off for Diwali|author=Katherine Davis, Religion News Service|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> Monroe Township, [[West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District|West Windsor-Plainsboro]], [[Bernards Township, New Jersey|Bernards Township]], and [[North Brunswick, New Jersey]],<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> Long Island, as well as in New York City,<ref name=EidDiwali/><ref name=DiwaliEid>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo|title=Coalition urges NYC Mayor to add Diwali as public school holiday|date=October 7, 2009 |publisher=The Indian Eye.net|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> among other school districts in the metropolitan region, to make Diwali a holiday on the school calendar. According to the ''[[Star-Ledger]]'', [[Edison, New Jersey]] councilman Sudhanshu Prasad has noted parents' engagement in making Deepavali a holiday there; while in Jersey City, the four schools with major Asian Indian populations mark the holiday by inviting parents to the school buildings for festivities.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> [[Mahatma Gandhi]] Elementary School is located in [[Passaic, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njbiz.com/passaic-city-cuts-ribbon-on-241m-educational-campus/|title=Passaic City cuts ribbon on $241M educational campus|author=Matthew Fazelpoor|publisher=NJBIZ|date=August 23, 2022|accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref> Efforts are also progressing toward making Diwali and Eid official holidays at all 24 school districts in Middlesex County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/08/all-24-middlesex-county-school-districts-should-close-on-the-diwali-holiday-opinion.html?outputType=amp|title=All 24 Middlesex County school districts should close on the Diwali holiday|author=Rajan Zed|publisher=New Jersey Advance Media|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=September 29, 2022|quote=Hindus seek holiday status for Diwali in all 24 school districts of Middlesex County. Rajan Zed is the president of the Universal Society of Hindus. He says establishing a holiday on Diwali in all Middlesex County school districts will be a step in the right direction to meet the religious and spiritual needs of Hindu students, who make up a significant portion of the population in the county.}}</ref> At least 12 school districts on Long Island closed for Diwali in 2022,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2022/05/12-long-island-school-districts-to-close-on-diwali-in-2022-hindus-call-for-diwali-holiday-in-all-long-island-schools|title= 12 Long Island School Districts to Close on Diwali in 2022: Hindus Call for Diwali Holiday in all Long Island Schools|newspaper=Yonkers Tribune|access-date=October 12, 2022}}</ref> and over 20 in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nj1015.com/new-school-holiday-23-nj-districts-have-diwali-off-in-2022/|title=New School Holiday: 23 NJ Districts Have Diwali Off In 2022|author=Erin Vogt|publisher=New Jersey 101.5|date=April 29, 2022|access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2015, New York City [[Bill de Blasio|Mayor Bill de Blasio]] officially declared the [[Muslim]] holy days [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[Eid al-Adha]] holidays on the school calendar.<ref name=EidDiwali>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/nyregion/new-york-to-add-two-muslim-holy-days-to-public-school-calendar.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar|author=Marc Santora and Sharon Otterman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> School districts in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] and South Brunswick, New Jersey observe [[Ramadan]].<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/>

===Beaches===
The beaches of the [[Jersey Shore]] and [[Long Island]] have become popular recreational destinations for Indians in the New York City metropolitan region.

===Indian Independence Day Parade===
The annual New York City India Day Parade, held on or approximately every August 15 since 1981, is the world's largest [[Indian Independence Day]] parade outside of India<ref name=NYCLargestIndiaParade>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.us/new-york/thousands-celebrate-at-india-day-parade-along-madison-avenue/zsJohp---ZhpiKKDmo0HtI/|title=Thousands celebrate at India Day Parade along Madison Avenue|author=Karina Cuevas|publisher=Metro International|date=August 16, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> and is hosted by The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA). According to the website of [[Baruch College]] of the [[City University of New York]], "The FIA, which came into being in 1970 is an [[umbrella organization]] meant to represent the diverse Indian population of NYC. Its mission is to promote and further the interests of its 500,000 members and to collaborate with other Indian cultural organization. The FIA acts as a mouth piece for the diverse Indian-Asian population in United States, and is focused on furthering the interests of this diverse community. The parade begins on [[38th Street (Manhattan)|East 38th Street]] and continues down [[Madison Avenue]] in Midtown Manhattan until it reaches [[28th Street (Manhattan)|28th Street]]. At the review stand on 28th Street, the grand marshal and various celebrities greet onlookers. Throughout the parade, participants find themselves surrounded by the saffron, white and green colors of the [[Flag of India|Indian flag]]. They can enjoy Indian food, merchandise booths, live dancing and music present at the Parade. After the parade is over, various cultural organizations and dance schools participate in program on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] and Madison Avenue until 6PM."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/uniquely_nyc/india.html|title=New York City (NYC) India Day Parade|publisher=The Weissman Center for International Business – Baruch College/City University of New York|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> The New York/New Jersey metropolitan region's second-largest India Independence Day parade takes place in [[Little India, Edison/Iselin]] in Middlesex County, New Jersey, annually in August. [[Governor of New York]] [[Kathy Hochul]] officially declared August 15, 2022 to be India Independence Day in New York; the governor lauded the accomplishments of Indian Americans in a speech that began with "Namaste" and concluded with "Jai Hind".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/leaders-like-gandhi-nehru-inspired-others-about-democracy-8094175/lite/|title=Leaders like Gandhi, Nehru inspired others about democracy, non-violence: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=August 16, 2022|accessdate=August 16, 2022}}</ref>

====Sikh Day Visakhi Parade====
The world's largest Sikh Day Parade outside India celebrating [[Vaisakhi]] and the season of renewal is held in [[Manhattan]] annually in April. The parade is widely regarded as being one of the most colourful parades.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/midtown-streets-close-weekend-sikh-persian-day-parades |title=2022 NYC Sikh, Persian Day Parades: Street Closures, Locations |website=patch.com |date= April 22, 2022|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>

===Arts, entertainment, and media===
In September 2014, approximately 19,000 Indian Americans attended a speech delivered onstage by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in Midtown Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/nyregion/at-madison-square-garden-chants-cheers-and-roars-for-modi.html?_r=0|title=At Madison Square Garden, Chants, Cheers and Roars for Modi|author=Vivian Yee|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2014/09/28/india-prime-minister-madison-square-garden-modi/|title=India's Prime Minister Gets Glowing Reception at Madison Square Garden|author=Colin Daileda|publisher=Mashable|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> This appearance was televised live worldwide and was estimated to have been watched by a billion-strong global audience of Indians in India and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|overseas]]. The annual [[Miss India USA]] pageant is headquartered in New York City and is often held in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]] or on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwidepageants.com/upcoming-events/|title=Upcoming Events|website=Worldwidepageants.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> In February 2022, an [[digital billboard|electronic billboard]] in [[Times Square]] sponsored by the Binder Indian Cultural Center featured a tribute to the late singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]], known as "The Nightingale of India".<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/lata-mangeshkar-tribute-makes-it-to-times-square-billboard-in-new-york/articleshow/89467942.cms] ''[[The Economic Times]]''. Accessed February 10, 2022.</ref> In the 2023 film ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'', the fictional world of ''Mumbattan'' ([[portmanteau]] of ''[[Mumbai]]'' and ''[[Manhattan]]'') is introduced.<ref name=MumbattanMumbaiManhattan>{{cite web|url=https://insidethemagic.net/2023/05/mumbattan-first-look-across-the-spider-verse-mw1/|title=First Look at Mumbattan in New 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Trailer|author=Melanie Weir|publisher=ITM|date=May 13, 2023|access-date=June 3, 2023|quote=Yesterday, however, we got a sneak peek at one of the most interesting promised worlds: Mumbattan, a hybrid of Manhattan and Mumbai, where Pavitr Prabhakar lives.}}</ref>

====News publications in English====
* ''[[India Abroad]]''
* ''[[Little India (magazine)|Little India]]''
* ''News India Times''
* ''The Indian American''
* ''The South Asian Times''
* ''Tiranga in New Jersey''

===Languages===
Indians in New York and New Jersey, as in the United States as a whole, are highly fluent in English. However, [[Hindi|Hindi (हिन्दी)]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)]], [[Marathi language|Marathi (मराठी)]],<ref>Alagiakrishnan, K. and Chopra, A., 2001. Health and health care of Asian Indian American elders. Curriculum in ethnogeriatrics: Core curriculum and ethnic specific modules [Internet].</ref> [[Punjabi language|Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)]], [[Bengali language|Bengali (বাংলা)]], [[Tamil language|Tamil (தமிழ்)]], [[Telugu language|Telugu (తెలుగు)]], [[Malayalam|Malayalam (മലയാളം)]], [[Kannada language|Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)]], and [[Maithili Language|Maithili (मैथिली)]] languages are spoken at home and with local media incorporating these languages available for viewership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/usa/nj/nj/showtimes.htm|title=Indian Movies now running in nj|website=NOWRUNNING|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> In [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], election [[ballot]]s are printed in English, Spanish, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.<ref name="State of New Jersey"/>

===Cuisine===
Indian cuisine is very popular in the New York City metropolitan region, bolstered by the growth of the Asian Indian populace and accompanied by growth in the number of Indian restaurants, located both within and outside of traditional Indian enclaves; such that within New York City proper alone, there are hundreds of Indian restaurants.<ref name=IndianRestaurantFlagships>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/travel/indian-chains-in-new-york-worthy-of-their-flagships.html?_r=0|title=Indian Chains in New York, Worthy of Their Flagships|author=David Shaftel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 25, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref> According to David Shaftel of ''[[The New York Times]]'' in December 2014, the food at New York City's many [[chain restaurant|Indian chain restaurants]] is worthy of their flagships in India; the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood south of [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], namely [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]], has been nicknamed ''Curry Hill'', and provides an abundance of [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] India-based chains specializing in [[South Indian cuisine]].<ref name=IndianRestaurantFlagships/> In 2020, [[CNN|CNN Travel]] claimed that the best Indian food in the United States could be found in Jersey City's India Square.<ref name=CNNIndianFood>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/best-indian-food-united-states-new-jersey/index.html?_r=0|title=The best Indian food in the United States? It's in New Jersey|author=Brad Japhe|newspaper=CNN|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref>

In 1968, a family of [[Bengali people|Bengali]] brothers inaugurated the restaurant Shah Bag at 320 East 6th Street in the East Village of Lower Manhattan, followed by others, with the intention of "making an Indian street".<ref name=CurryRow/> In time, this stretch of East 6th Street between [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First]] and [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenues]] evolved the nickname ''Curry Row'', with a dense collection of [[North Indian cuisine|North Indian restaurants]].

By 2000, Indian food had become ubiquitous in the New York metropolitan area, both inside and outside of Little Indias, with ''dhabas'' popping up around the metro area. These dhabas would serve a quickly growing niche of Indian quick-service food, with a particular appeal to Indians working in professions such as a trucking, taxi-driving, importing, and garment dealers. Indian was also getting more attention from the mainstream American press, with some of these dhabas getting reviews from outlets such as ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1999/nov/23us2.htm|title=Dhabas, New York Style|author=Lavina Melwani|newspaper=Rediff|date=November 23, 1999|access-date=March 31, 2022}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:Das Lakshana (Paryusana) celebrations, New York City Jain temple.JPG|thumb|[[Das Lakshana]] (Paryushana) celebrations at the [[Jain Center of America]] in [[Elmhurst, Queens|Elmhurst]], Queens, the oldest [[Jain temple]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]]<ref name=QueensOldestJainTempleWesternHemisphere>{{cite web|url=https://www.qgazette.com/articles/the-oldest-temple-in-the-hemisphere-its-in-queens/|title=The Oldest Temple in the Hemisphere? It's In Queens!|publisher=Queens Gazette|date=May 21, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref>]]
Parallelling India's religious constituency, most Indians in the New York City metropolitan region practice [[Hinduism]], followed by [[Islam]], Christianity, [[Sikhism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], and irreligion. On October 30, 2024, the State of New Jersey legally designated October of every year to be Hindu Heritage Month.<ref name=HinduHeritageMonthNewJersey>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562024/approved/20241030d.shtml|title=Governor Murphy Takes Action on Legislation|date=October 30, 2024|access-date=November 1, 2024}}</ref> The [[Hindu Temple Society of North America]] in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], Queens, is the oldest [[Hindu temple]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]], and its [[cafeteria|canteen]] feeds 4,000 people a week, with as many as 10,000 during the [[Diwali|Diwali (Deepavali)]] holiday.<ref name=FlushingHinduTempleCanteen>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/nyregion/in-line-for-blessings-and-sweets-at-hindu-temple-canteen.html?_r=1|title=In Line for Blessings and Sweets at Hindu Temple Canteen|author=Shivani Vora|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2016|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref> Further east on [[Long Island]], in [[Melville, New York|Melville]], one of the world's largest [[BAPS]] temples opened in October 2016.<ref name="LongIslandBAPS">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/nyregion/hindu-temple-long-island-melville-new-york.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well|title=For Hindus on Long Island, a New Temple 3 Decades in the Making|author=Arielle Dollinger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> [[Central New Jersey]] has large temples of [[Venkateswara]] and [[Guruvayurappan]] in [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater]] and [[Morganville, New Jersey|Morganville]], respectively; and [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sai Baba]] [[mandir]]s abound throughout the metropolitan area, the two largest both being in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] (also the largest Sai mandir in the [[Western Hemisphere]]) and in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], bookending the southern and northern ends of Middlesex County, respectively.

BAPS also built the world's largest Hindu temple in [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], in Central New Jersey.<ref name=NewJerseyBAPSFBI>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/worlds-largest-hindu-temple-being-built-new-jersey-n166616|title=World's Largest Hindu Temple Being Built in New Jersey|author=Frances Kai-Hwa Wang|publisher=NBC News|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> Numerous mosques, churches (geared significantly toward a [[Keralite]] membership), [[gurudwara|Sikh gurudwaras]], and [[Jain temple]]s are also situated in the New York City metropolitan area. The [[Jain Center of America]] in [[Elmhurst, Queens|Elmhurst]], Queens is the oldest Jain temple in the [[Western Hemisphere]]<ref name=QueensOldestJainTempleWesternHemisphere/> Many retailers now market Diwali fireworks in the New York City metropolitan region and especially in New Jersey. In September 2021, the State of New Jersey aligned with the World Hindu Council to declare October as Hindu Heritage Month. while thousands in Bergen County celebrated the first [[County (United States)|U.S. county]]-wide [[Mela|Diwali Mela]] festival under a unified [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] banner in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/thousands-attend-countywide-celebration-of-diwali-the-hindu-festival-of-lights-1.1681840|title=Thousands attend countywide celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights|author=Monsy Alvarado|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2016|quote=“This is the first time in Bergen County that all religious organizations and community organizations are participating under this banner, the Indian Heritage Center,” said Dinesh Khosla, president and one of the founders of the temple in Mahwah. “Ten families started the temple 20 years ago and we have over 3,000 members now.”}}</ref> while [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]] in [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] has celebrated an internationally prominent annual [[Holi]] celebration since 2022,<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVWT3IvurI&feature=youtu.be] Accessed April 3, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/picture-gallery/news/bergen/fair-lawn/2023/03/20/photos-fair-lawn-community-celebrates-holi/11508128002/|title=Photos: Fair Lawn community celebrates Holi|author=Danielle Parhizkaran, photographer|publisher=northjersey.com|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fairlawn.org/holi |title=Holi Celebration- Registration CLOSED &#124; Fair Lawn, NJ |website=www.fairlawn.org |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121045218/https://www.fairlawn.org/Holi |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2023 declared October to be acknowledged as Hindu-American Awareness and Appreciation Month.<ref name=FairLawnOctoberHinduAwarenessMonth>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/borough-of-fair-lawn_at-the-october-24-2023-council-meeting-activity-7125436496051888129-GIwQ|title=Borough of Fair Lawn's Post|publisher=Borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref> Diwali/Deepavali is also recognized by many other municipalities throughout the metropolitan area. The largest [[Lord Hanuman]] statue in the US arrived in Monroe Township in January 2024.<ref name=LargestHanumanMonroeTownshipNewJersey>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ram-temple-pran-pratistha-from-london-to-new-jersey-indian-diaspora-celebrates-ayodhya-event/videoshow/107043338.cms|title=Ram Temple 'Pran Pratistha': From London to New Jersey, Indian diaspora celebrates Ayodhya event|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=January 22, 2024|access-date=January 24, 2024}}</ref>

===Cricket===
[[Cricket]] is one of the fastest-growing sports in the New York City metropolitan region. In 2016, a public park was expanded in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township, Middlesex County]] in [[central New Jersey]] to accommodate a designated [[cricket pitch]], among other recreational facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monroetwp.com/polimage.cfm?doc_Id=24873&size_code=Doc|title=Veterans Park Ready for Expansion|publisher=The Monroe News|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref> There are similar facilities available in [[Mercer County Park]] in [[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buxton |first1=Dave |title=Mercer County Park |url=https://www.mercercountyparks.org/#!/parks/mercer-county-park/ |website=Mercer County Parks |access-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230023718/http://mercercountyparks.org/#!/parks/mercer-county-park/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Overall, there are 56 cricket grounds in New Jersey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricclubs.com/CLNJ/viewGrounds.do?clubId=49|title=Grounds - Cricket League of New Jersey (CLNJ)|website=cricclubs.com}}</ref> and fields in all five boroughs of New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/cricket|title=Cricket Fields : NYC Parks|website=www.nycgovparks.org}}</ref> In 2023, [[Monroe Township High School]] launched the first high school cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/05/nj-high-schooler-launches-historic-cricket-team-signaling-the-sports-growth.html?outputType=amp|title=N.J. high schooler launches historic cricket team, signaling the sport's growth|author=Corey Annan|date=May 25, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref>

==Economic developments==
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Indian [[Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area|pharmaceutical]] and technology companies are coming to New Jersey to gain a foothold in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/n-j-s-high-costs-don-t-deter-texas-manufacturer-from-bergen-county-move-1.1447020|title=N.J.'s high costs don't deter Texas manufacturer from Bergen County move|author=Hugh R. Morley|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=November 2, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> [[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]], based in [[Hyderabad]], set up its [[North America]]n [[headquarters]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].  [[Biocon Biologics]], based in [[Bengaluru]], has established its North American headquarters in [[Bridgewater, New Jersey]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drreddys.com/contact-us/global-locations.aspx|title=Global Offices – USA|publisher=Dr. Reddy's Laboratories|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Kitex Garments, based in [[Kerala]] and India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in [[Montvale, New Jersey]] in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/indian-baby-clothes-maker-opens-montvale-office-to-target-u-s-1.1428531|title=Indian baby clothes maker opens Montvale office to target U.S.|author=Hugh R. Morley|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Pharmaceutical company [[Aurobindo Pharma|Aurobindo]], also headquartered in Hyderabad, has established its U.S. headquarters in the [[Dayton, New Jersey|Dayton]] section of [[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]], Middlesex County, New Jersey, and has implemented a multimillion-dollar expansion of these [[Central New Jersey]] operations.<ref name=AurobindoIndiaNJ>{{cite web|url=http://www.aurobindo.com/contact-us/reach-us|title=Aurobindo Pharma India – Contact Details|publisher=Aurobindo Pharma India|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092554/http://www.aurobindo.com/contact-us/reach-us|archive-date=March 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2023, [[Bengaluru]]-based technology services and consulting company [[Wipro]] opened its American international headquarters in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick]], Middlesex, County, New Jersey.<ref name=WiproNewJerseyHeadquarters>{{cite web|url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/money/business/2023/03/11/east-brunswick-nj-wipro-limited/69985257007/|title=East Brunswick welcomes international tech firm's Americas HQ to township|author=Brad Wardlow|publisher=mycentraljersey.com|date=March 11, 2023|access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>

Much like other immigrant groups in the US, Indians have established themselves in a variety of different small businesses in the New York area, with South Asians owning 40% of the gas stations in New York City by the early 1990s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/12/nyregion/an-ethnic-road-to-riches-the-immigrant-job-specialty.html|title=An Ethnic Road to Riches: The Immigrant Job Specialty|author=Donatella Lorch|work=The New York Times|date=January 12, 1992|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref> and also owning many of New York's newsstands by the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/03/nyregion/for-south-asian-immigrants-newsstands-fulfill-a-dream.html|title=Fou South Asian Immigrants Newsstands Fulfill A Dream|author=Martin Gottlieb|work=The New York Times|date=January 3, 1986|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref> South Asians also make up 50% of New York's taxicab drivers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejuggernaut.com/taxi-drivers-navigate-nyc|title=Taxi Drivers Navigate a City Stacked Against Them|author=Samira Sadeque|publisher=The Juggernaut|date=April 23, 2019|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref> with Indians such as [[Bhairavi Desai]] playing a prominent role in organizing cabbies from the 1990s to the present.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thejuggernaut.com/taxi-drivers-navigate-nyc|title=The Thin Yellow Line|author=Lizzie Widdicombe|magazine=The New Yorker|date=April 11, 2011|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2021/11/02/40-of-striking-new-york-taxi-drivers-are-south-asians-jaslin-kaur-city-council-candidate-447588/|title=40% of striking New York taxi drivers are South Asians: Jaslin Kaur, city council candidate
|author=Zofeen Maqsood|publisher=The American Bazaar|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=January 24, 2023}}</ref>

==Airline connections with India and the Indian diaspora==
A majority of Indian Americans in the New York region are recent immigrants or children of such from India. In that context, travel between the United States and India has developed strong cultural connections, and, in more recent years, business traffic for expatriates. Air India operates [[nonstop flight]]s from [[JFK International Airport|New York JFK]] and [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark EWR]] to both Delhi and Mumbai. United Airlines also operates a nonstop flight from Newark to Delhi.<ref name="AI">{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/time-table.htm|title=Time Table|website=Airindia.in|access-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Singapore Airlines]] flies to [[Changi International Airport]] in Singapore, where [[Tamil language|Tamil]] is one of the official state languages, both from Newark and New York (with two of the longest non-stop flights in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2018/10/11/worlds-new-longest-flight-from-singapore-to-newark-launches-today/#1c49c8432aca|title=World's New Longest Flight From Singapore to Newark Launches Today|author=Eric Rosen|work=Forbes|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/11/worlds-longest-non-stop-flight-from-singapore-to-new-york-set-for-take-off.html|title=The world's longest non-stop flight from Singapore to New York has landed|author=David Reid|publisher=CNBC|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>). In May 2019, [[Delta Air Lines]] announced non-stop flight service between JFK and Mumbai, to begin on December 22, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/05/01/delta-picks-new-york-over-atlanta-for-mumbai-route.html|title=Delta picks New York City over Atlanta for nonstop Mumbai route|author=Alex Gailey|publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> but suspended the route in March 2020 at the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ftnnews.com/aviation/39026-delta-reduces-u-s-europe-flying-suspends-jfk-to-mumbai | title=Delta Reduces U.S.-Europe Flying, Suspends JFK to Mumbai | date=March 14, 2020 }}</ref> [[American Airlines]] started operating nonstop service from JFK to Delhi in November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myticketstoindia.com/travel-news/updated-list-of-non-stop-flights-between-usa-india/|title=Updated List Of Non-Stop Flights Between USA & India|author=Heena Ganotra|work=My Tickets To India|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>

[[American Airlines]]' non-stop flight service [[codeshare]]s with [[IndiGo]] between New York JFK and Delhi, which began in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-09 |title=IndiGo, American Airlines launch codeshare agreement |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/indigo-american-airlines-launch-codeshare-agreement/articleshow/92096958.cms |access-date=2023-03-22 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> In October 2021, [[Vistara]] secured [[slot (aircraft)|aircraft landing slots]] at Newark.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://paxex.aero/vistara-newark-gatwick-slots/ |title=Vistara secures slots for Newark service |website=paxex.aero |date= October 27, 2021|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref> In 2023, United Airlines announced it would be doubling its non-stop flight service between Newark and Delhi with two daily non-stop flights beginning in October 2023.<ref name=UnitedAirlinesDiscontinuingSFOIndiaService>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/sfo-loses-big-route-asian-tech-hub-18199593.php|title=Routes: SFO loses big route to Asian tech hub|author=Jim Glab|publisher=SF Gate|date=July 5, 2023|access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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===Arts and culture===
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File:Nmacc-20230401-Waris_Ahluwalia.jpg|[[Waris Ahluwalia]]
File:Aziz Ansari 2012 Shankbone.JPG|[[Aziz Ansari]]
File:Sarita Choudhury by David Shankbone.jpg|[[Sarita Choudhury]]
File:Nina Davuluri.jpg|[[Nina Davuluri]]
File:Rohit Gupta at Symbiosis International University (cropped).jpg|[[Rohit Gupta]]
File:Poorna Jagannathan in 2015.jpg|[[Poorna Jagannathan]]
File:Norahjonesongma (cropped).jpg|[[Norah Jones]]
File:Vikas Khanna in Doctorate ceremony (2018).jpg|[[Vikas Khanna]]
File:Dapever01a.jpg|[[Ashok Kondabolu]]
File:Hari Kondabolu.png|[[Hari Kondabolu]]
File:Jhumpa Lahiri (2015).png|[[Jhumpa Lahiri]]
File:Hasan Minhaj performs in May 2016.JPG|[[Hasan Minhaj]]
File:Fashion Designer, Bibhu Mohapatra.jpg|[[Bibhu Mohapatra]]
File:Mira Nair.jpg|[[Mira Nair]]
File:Kal Penn, Office of Public Engagement.jpg|[[Kal Penn]]
File:RachelRoyFeb05.jpg|[[Rachel Roy]]
File:Salman Rushdie 2018.jpg|[[Salman Rushdie]]
File:Rakesh Satyal.jpg|[[Rakesh Satyal]]
File:Suraj sharma life of pi.jpg|[[Suraj Sharma]]
File:Heems in Atlanta 2011.jpg|[[Himanshu Suri]]
File:Raveena 2019.png|[[Raveena Aurora|Raveena]]
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* [[Waris Ahluwalia]] – fashion designer, actor, and model<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/travel/aeromexico-sikh-turban-waris-ahluwalia/index.html|title=Sikh actor Waris Ahluwalia: Aeromexico kicked me off flight for wearing turban|author=Darius Johnson and Catherine E. Shoichet|publisher=CNN|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=February 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Aziz Ansari]] – actor, comedian
* [[Devika Bhise]] - actor, producer
* [[Bala Devi Chandrashekar]] – [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer
* [[Sarita Choudhury]] – actress
* [[Nina Davuluri]] – [[Miss America 2014]]
* [[Sameer Gadhia]] – lead singer of alternative rock band [[Young the Giant]]
* [[Terry Gajraj]] – singer
* [[Rohit Gupta]] – filmmaker
* [[Poorna Jagannathan]] – actress and fashion model<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567198 |title=Poorna Jagannathan|work=IMDb|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sunny Jain]] – musician
* [[Norah Jones]] (Geetali Norah Jones Shankar)<ref name="ABC">{{cite news|last=Dilworth|first=Thomas J.|title=What's Next for Norah Jones?|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=July 6, 2007|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/story?id=3342169|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> – singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
* [[Vikas Khanna]] – Michelin Star Chef, Restaurateur, author, Filmmaker and Humanitarian. 
* [[Ashok Kondabolu]] – [[internet celebrity|internet personality]]
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] – comedian
* [[Jhumpa Lahiri]] – author
* [[Utsav Lal]] – pianist, composer, and educator
* [[Arun Luthra]] – musician
* [[Mathai (singer)|Mathai]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Hasan Minhaj]] – actor and comedian
* [[Bibhu Mohapatra]] – fashion designer
* [[Mira Nair]] – filmmaker
* [[Kal Penn]] – actor
* [[Raveena Aurora|Raveena]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Rachel Roy]] – fashion designer
* [[Salman Rushdie]] – historical fiction novelist
* [[Rakesh Satyal]] – novelist
* [[Suraj Sharma]] – actor
* [[Himanshu Suri]] – [[rapper]]

===Business===
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File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 28, 2016 (cropped).jpg|[[Ajaypal Singh Banga]]
File:Sant Singh Chatwal.jpg|[[Sant Singh Chatwal]]
File:Vishal Garg 2021.jpg|[[Vishal Garg (businessman)|Vishal Garg]]
File:Anshu Jain World Economic Forum 2013.jpg|[[Anshu Jain]]
File:HEADSHOT -- MATHRANI.jpg|[[Sandeep Mathrani]]
File:IndraNooyiDavos2010ver2.jpg|[[Indra Nooyi]]
File:Vikram Pandit in WEF, 2011.jpg|[[Vikram Pandit]]
File:RuchirSharma.jpg|[[Ruchir Sharma]]
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* [[Anu Aiyengar]] – global co-head of North American [[mergers and acquisitions]] at [[JPMorgan Chase & Co]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-24/jpmorgan-heralds-m-a-bonanza-as-companies-seek-new-ways-to-grow|title=JPMorgan Heralds M&A Bonanza as Companies Seek New Ways to Grow |author=Melissa Mittelman|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Ajaypal Singh Banga]] – CEO, [[MasterCard]]
* [[Sant Singh Chatwal]] – founder of numerous hotel brands including The Chatwal, Dream Hotels, and Time Hotels.
* [[Vishal Garg (businessman)|Vishal Garg]] – CEO, [[Better.com]]
* [[Ajit Jain]] – president, [[Berkshire Hathaway]] Reinsurance Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/03/04/359448.htm|title=A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway's Insurance Operations|date=March 4, 2015|website=Insurancejournal.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/money/buffett/meet-ajit-jain-the-man-in-charge-of-warren-buffett/article_4cfe2a0a-f897-5bd3-ad8a-35f935a5baba.html|title=Meet Ajit Jain, the man in charge of Warren Buffett's profit machine|author=Steve Jordon|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Anshu Jain]] – president at [[Cantor Fitzgerald]]
* [[Arvind Krishna]] – CEO, [[IBM]]
* [[Sandeep Mathrani]] – CEO, [[WeWork]]
* [[Laxman Narasimhan]] – former CEO of [[Starbucks Corporation]]
* [[Indra Nooyi]] – former CEO of [[PepsiCo]]
* [[Vikram Pandit]] – former CEO of [[Citigroup]]
* [[Ruchir Sharma]] – economist, chief global strategist of [[asset management]] and [[emerging markets]] [[equity (finance)|equity]], [[Morgan Stanley and Company Inc.|Morgan Stanley]] Investment Management

===Education===
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File:Viral Acharya (2014).jpg|[[Viral Acharya]]
File: Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor Jagdish pa Columbia University talar vid invigningen av Nordiskt globaliseringsforum i Riksgransen 2008-04-02.jpg|[[Jagdish Bhagwati]]
File:Manjul_Bhargava_FieldsMedal.jpg|[[Manjul Bhargava]]
File:Upmanu Lall at World Economic Forum.jpg|[[Upmanu Lall]]
File:Mahmood Mamdani.png|[[Mahmood Mamdani]]
File:Geeta Menon at Podium.jpg|[[Geeta Menon]]
File: Arvind Panagariya.jpg|[[Arvind Panagariya]]
File:Prf Krsreenivasan Lecture (33895076442).jpg|[[Katepalli R. Sreenivasan|Katepalli Sreenivasan]]
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* [[Viral Acharya]] – professor of finance, [[New York University Stern School of Business]]
* [[Jagdish Bhagwati]] – [[Columbia University Law School]]
* [[Manjul Bhargava]] – [[professor of mathematics]], [[Princeton University]]
* [[Upmanu Lall]] – professor, [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering]], [[Columbia University]]
* [[Mahmood Mamdani]] – professor of [[political science]], Columbia University
* [[Geeta Menon]] – professor and previously Dean Emeritus at [[New York University Stern School of Business]]
* [[Arvind Panagariya]] – professor, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
* [[Katepalli R. Sreenivasan|Katepalli Sreenivasan]] – [[academic dean]] of [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering]]
* [[Raghu Sundaram]] – Dean of New York University Stern School of Business

===Entrepreneurship and technology===
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File:RoopaUnnikrishnan.jpg|[[Roopa Unnikrishnan]]
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* [[Dhairya Dand]] – inventor, artist, and designer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/dhairya-dand-blending-imagination-and-reality/39559/1|title=Dhairya Dand: Blending imagination and reality – Forbes India|website=Forbes India|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Roopa Unnikrishnan]] – [[innovation]] consultant

===Health===
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File:Dave Chokshi (cropped).JPG|[[Dave Chokshi]]
File:Deepak Chopra.jpg|[[Deepak Chopra]]
File:Dr._Siddhartha_Mukherjee_2011.jpg|[[Siddhartha Mukherjee]]
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* [[Dave A. Chokshi|Dave Chokshi]], former [[Commissioner of Health of the City of New York]]
* [[Deepak Chopra]] – physician, [[alternative medicine]] advocate, public speaker, and author<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/26/deepak_chopra_drops_145m_on_healthcentric_delos_condo.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314104856/http://ny.curbed.com/2014/2/26/10139186/deepak-chopra-drops-14-5m-on-health-centric-delos-condo|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2016|title=Deepak Chopra Drops $14.5M on Health-Centric Delos Condo|author=Zoe Rosenberg|publisher=Curbed NY|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Siddhartha Mukherjee]] – [[hematologist]] and [[oncologist]], scientist, and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner for [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction|General Nonfiction]]
* [[Ashwin Vasan]] – Commissioner of Health of the City of New York

===Law, politics, and diplomacy===
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File:ENX 3241 (40944254083).jpg|[[Rohit Aggarwala]]
File:Syed Akbaruddin.jpeg|[[Syed Akbaruddin]]
File:12.19.17RaviBhallaByLuigiNovi2.jpg|[[Ravinder Bhalla]]
File:Bharara, Preet Headshot.jpg|[[Preet Bharara]]
File:GreenNewDeal Presser 020719 (3 of 85) (cropped 2).jpg|[[Saikat Chakrabarti]]
File:Bhairavi Desai on October 20, 2011.jpg|[[Bhairavi Desai]]
File:Gurbir-S-Grewal Official.jpg|[[Gurbir Grewal]]
File:Shekar Krishnan.jpg|[[Shekar Krishnan]]
File:Zohran Mamdani 05.25.25.jpg|[[Zohran Mamdani]]
File:Vramaswamy americafest 2022.jpg|[[Vivek Ramaswamy]]
File:2018-prathamusa-reshma-saujani.jpg|[[Reshma Saujani]]
File:Raj_Shah_-_Briefing.png|[[Raj Shah]]
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* [[Rohit Aggarwala]] – Commissioner, [[New York City Department of Environmental Protection]] and the chief [[climate change|climate officer]] of New York City
* [[Bhicaji Balsara]] – first Indian to become a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]]<ref name="Hughey 2016 p. 135"/>
* [[Ravinder Bhalla]] – mayor, [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], first [[Sikh]] mayor in New Jersey
* [[Preet Bharara]] – former [[U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]
* [[Saikat Chakrabarti]] – U.S. Congressional aide
* [[Upendra J. Chivukula]] – Commissioner, [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] 
* [[Bhairavi Desai]] – founder and executive director, [[Taxicabs of New York City|New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
* [[Vin Gopal]] – [[New Jersey State Senate|New Jersey State Senator]], representing the [[New Jersey's 11th legislative district|11th District]] in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]]
* [[Gurbir Grewal]] – New Jersey's 61st [[New Jersey Attorney General|State Attorney General]]
* [[Mayor of Edison, New Jersey|Sam Joshi]] – mayor, [[Edison, New Jersey]]
* [[Kris Kolluri]] – interim president and CEO of [[NJ Transit]], the largest [[mass transit]] agency in New Jersey, appointed in December 2024 to serve through the remainder of [[New Jersey Governor]] [[Phil Murphy]]'s term in office ending in January 2026<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njbmagazine.com/njb-news-now/kolluri-to-head-nj-transit-through-2025/|title=Kolluri to Head NJ TRANSIT Through 2025|publisher=[[New Jersey Business magazine]]|date=December 10, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Shekar Krishnan]] – New York City councilman, elected in November 2021, representing [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] and [[Elmhurst, Queens|Elmhurst]], Queens
* [[Zohran Mamdani]] – [[Mayor of New York City]] and member of the [[New York State Assembly]], representing the 36th District, in Queens
* [[Raj Mukherji]] – member, [[New Jersey General Assembly]], representing the [[New Jersey's 33rd legislative district|33rd District]] in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]
* [[Jenifer Rajkumar]] – member, New York State Assembly, representing the 38th District, in Queens
* [[Vivek Ramaswamy]] – [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for [[2024 U.S. presidential election]]
* [[Reshma Saujani]] – attorney and politician, founder of [[high tech|tech]] organization Girls Who Code
* [[Raj Shah]] – former [[White House Deputy Press Secretary]]
* [[Sterley Stanley]] – [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assemblyman]]
* [[Balvir Singh]], Assemblyman – first Sikh State Legislator in New Jersey [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Balvir Singh - District 7 &#124; New Jersey Legislative Assembly Democrats, NJ | url=https://www.assemblydems.com/389/Balvir-Singh---District-7 }}</ref>

===Media===
{{further|New Yorkers in journalism|Media in New York City}}
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File:Rhona fox.jpg|[[Rhona Fox]]
File:Vin_Gopal.jpg|[[Vin Gopal]]
File:Padma Lakshmi at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|[[Padma Lakshmi]]
File:TNW Con EU15 - Seema Mody - 1.jpg|[[Seema Mody]]
File:Rajshahtrump.jpg|[[Raj Shah]]
File:Simran-Headshot-Wall St.jpg|[[Simran Jeet Singh]]
File:Hari_Sreenivasan.jpg|[[Hari Sreenivasan]]
File:Sree Sreenivasan in New York, July 2016. Photo by Lia Chang.jpg|[[Sreenath Sreenivasan]]
File:Ali_Velshi_MSNBC_Newsman_(48121523598).jpg|[[Ali Velshi]]
File:RohitVyas.jpg|[[Rohit Vyas]]
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Indian Americans have emerged prominently in the New York City journalism sphere. This [[Media in New York City|media]] subsection has been created to acknowledge this professional prominence.
* [[Rhona Fox]] – founder, [[soca music]] record label [[Fox Fuse]] 
* [[Neeraj Khemlani]] – executive, [[Hearst Communications]], ''[[CBS]]''
* [[Priya Krishna (journalist)|Priya Krishna]] – food writer, ''The New York Times''
* [[Sukanya Krishnan]] – [[News presenter|news anchor]], [[WNYW]] 
* [[Padma Lakshmi]] – television host, [[cookbook]] author, actress, and model
* [[Sapna Maheshwari]] – business journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/sapna-maheshwari |title=Sapna Maheshwari – the New York Times |website=www.nytimes.com |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Apoorva Mandavilli]] – [[healthcare|health]] and science journalist, ''The New York Times''
* [[Ved Mehta]] – late, blind staff writer, ''[[The New Yorker]]''
* [[Seema Mody]] – journalist, ''[[CNBC]]''
* [[Vinita Nair]] – television journalist
* [[Raju Narisetti]] - publishing director at [[McKinsey & Company]]
* [[Simran Jeet Singh]] – journalist, ''[[Religion News Service]]''
* [[Hari Sreenivasan]] – journalist, anchor, ''[[PBS NewsHour|PBS NewsHour Weekend]]''
* [[Sreenath Sreenivasan]] – technology journalist
* [[Ali Velshi]] – journalist, ''[[MSNBC]]''
* [[Arun Venugopal]] – ''[[WNYC]]'' and ''[[Gothamist]]''
* [[Rohit Vyas]] – journalist
* [[Fareed Zakaria]] – journalist, author, and television host, [[CNN]]

==See also==
{{Portal|New York City|New York (state)|New Jersey|Connecticut|India}}
* [[Asian Americans in New York City]]
*[[Indians in Britain]]
* [[Chinese people in New York City]]
* [[Curry Row]]
* [[Bangladeshi Americans#New York City|Bangladeshis in New York City]]
* [[Demographics of New York City]]
* [[Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area]]
* [[Fuzhounese Americans#New York City|Fuzhounese in New York City]]
* [[Japanese in New York City]]
* [[Koreans in New York City]]
* [[Russians in New York City]]
* [[Taiwanese people in New York City]]
* [[Caribbean immigration to New York City]]

==References==

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{{Indian Americans by location}}
{{ethnicity in New York City}}
{{Indian diaspora}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in New York City]]
[[Category:Indian-American culture in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Indian-American culture in New York City| ]]
[[Category:Indian-American history]]
[[Category:Asian-American culture in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Hinduism in the United States]]
[[Category:Sikhism in the United States]]
[[Category:Islam in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Jainism in the United States]]
[[Category:Indian-American culture in New Jersey]]