Bengali Americans

Bengali Americans
বাঙালি আমেরিকানরা
The language spread of Bengali in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000
Total population
375,143 [1] (0.12% of U.S. population)
Regions with significant populations
New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles,[2] SF Bay Area, Detroit
Languages
English, Bengali
Religion
Predominantly Islam and Hinduism; small minorities of Christianity, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bangladeshi Americans, Indian Americans

Bengali Americans (Bengali: মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethnolinguistic region of Bengal region in the Indian subcontinent, now divided in South Asia between Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. Bengali Americans are also a subgroup of modern-day Bangladeshi Americans and Indian Americans. Bengali also classified under Bangladeshi Americans.[3] Significant immigration of engalis to the United States started after 1965.

Bengali Americans may refer to:

  1. ^ ACS 1-Year Estimates
  2. ^ "More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live In NYC Than There Are People In Chicago". Huffington Post. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2015. Over 40 percent of the United States' Bengali population lives in New York City.
  3. ^ "Bengali speakers to be counted in US census". 10 December 2017.

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