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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rapturous reception in New York on Sunday, speaking to over 19, 000 people - most American Indians, according in The New York Times - at Madison Square Garden. During his packed five day visit, Modi also addressed the UN General Assembly and met with a bevy of U.S. Business Leaders Monday morning before heading into an Intimate dinner with President Obama. This is the first official trip to the U.S. For Modi, who had been elected in May. His visit not just mark an effort to repair strained U.S.-India relations, but additionally spotlights the growing presence of Indians and Indian Americans in American life.
Two sitting governors are of Indian ancestry, are Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, and Neel Kashkari, former Treasury Department official and current GOP candidate for California governor. One results of so many Indian Americans thus arrived so lately! Only 56.2% of adults were U.S. Citizens, the lowest percentage among the six subgroups studied in detail. 2 Indian Americans are among the most extremely educated racial or ethnic groups in the U.S. 70% of Indian Americans aged 25 and older had college degrees in 2010, by far the highest rate among the six Asian American groups studied and 2.5 times the rate among the overall U.S.
Population. More latest data from the American Community Survey provides more detail: 40.6% of Indian Americans 25 and older have qualifications or professional degrees, and 32.3% have bachelor's degrees, an additional 10.4 percent have some college education. One likely factor: the big segment of Indian Americans who entered the country under the H1-B visa program, which allow extremely Skilled foreign workers in designated Specialty jobs to work in the U.S. In the year 2011, for instance, 72, 438 Indians obtained H1-B visas, 56% of such visas released that year. Only around 50% Of Indian Americans are Hindu, though almost all Asian American Hindus trace their heritage to India, based on our 2012 survey. 18% of Indian Americans identified themselves as Christians, ten percent said they were Muslim.
Two sitting governors are of Indian ancestry, are Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, and Neel Kashkari, former Treasury Department official and current GOP candidate for California governor. One results of so many Indian Americans thus arrived so lately! Only 56.2% of adults were U.S. Citizens, the lowest percentage among the six subgroups studied in detail. 2 Indian Americans are among the most extremely educated racial or ethnic groups in the U.S. 70% of Indian Americans aged 25 and older had college degrees in 2010, by far the highest rate among the six Asian American groups studied and 2.5 times the rate among the overall U.S.
Population. More latest data from the American Community Survey provides more detail: 40.6% of Indian Americans 25 and older have qualifications or professional degrees, and 32.3% have bachelor's degrees, an additional 10.4 percent have some college education. One likely factor: the big segment of Indian Americans who entered the country under the H1-B visa program, which allow extremely Skilled foreign workers in designated Specialty jobs to work in the U.S. In the year 2011, for instance, 72, 438 Indians obtained H1-B visas, 56% of such visas released that year. Only around 50% Of Indian Americans are Hindu, though almost all Asian American Hindus trace their heritage to India, based on our 2012 survey. 18% of Indian Americans identified themselves as Christians, ten percent said they were Muslim.
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