Bengali Americans

Bengali Americans
Total population
(150,000)
Regions with significant populations
New York City^[1]
Languages
American English, Bengali
Religion
Hinduism, Atheism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism

Bengali Americans (Bengali: মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethno-linguistic region of Bengal in South Asia (now divided between India and Bangladesh).

Bengali Americans may refer to-

Bangladeshi Americans, Americans of Bangladeshi descent
Bengali Indian Americans, Americans of Indian descent whose ancestral origins are in West Bengal, the Barak Valley and Tripura

References

↑ "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.

Asian Americans^{1, 2}

Central Asian³	Mongolian Uzbek

East Asian	Chinese Hong Kong Taiwanese Tibetan⁴ Japanese Korean

South Asian⁵	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Indo-Caribbean Bengali Punjabi Tamil Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan Tamil

Southeast Asian	Burmese Cambodian Filipino Hmong Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese

Other	Afro-Asian Amerasian Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Eurasian Multiracial American Punjabi Mexican

History	General Immigration Military

Topics	Arts and Entertainment Demographics Politics Stereotypes

Religion	Buddhists Christians Catholics Protestants, etc. Hindus Jainism Muslims Sikhs

Notes ¹ The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. ² The United States Government classified Kalmyks as Asian until 1951, when Kalmyk Americans were reclassified as White Americans. ³ The U.S. Census Bureau considers Mongolians and Uzbeks as Central Asians, but a specific Central Asian American group similar to Middle Eastern American does not yet exist. ⁴ The U.S. Census Bureau reclassifies anyone identifying as "Tibetan American" as "Chinese American". ⁵ Bengali Americans may be classified as Bangladeshi or Indian. Punjabi Americans may be classified as Indian or Pakistani. Tamil Americans may be classified as Indian or Sri Lankan.

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