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== Misleading use of "Indian" term in data ==
== The religious composition is incorrect ==


⚫ So far as I can tell, the US Census bureau uses the term "Asian Indian" for anyone of South Asian ancestry, but this page implies this is data for people of Indian ancestry. This also discredits the article's claim NYC has "by far" the biggest Indian-American population of any city in North America, because that would make it Toronto (https://en.wikipedia.org/Demographics_of_Toronto#City_of_Toronto).
The link used, https://www.pewforum.org/2012/07/19/asian-americans-a-mosaic-of-faiths-overview/, shows a different tally than the graph in the section on religion. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 19:24, 1 August 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Hi. You were right. The source did indeed show a different tally. Only two values were different in the article. Have changed them. However, hope someone else can replace the existing religious composition data with something a bit newer. The Pew Forum data is from 2012. Thanks.] (]) 20:59, 13 December 2020 (UTC)


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== Misleading use of "Indian" term in data == == Old data in this article ==

This article shows only data from 2010. There has been another Census. When can data from 2020 be included? - - ] (]) 19:41, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

== Highest concentration of Indians in the Western hemisphere? ==

From the current version of the article (June 7th 2023):


⚫ So far as I can tell, the US Census bureau uses the term "Asian Indian" for anyone of South Asian ancestry, but this page implies this is data for people of Indian ancestry. This also discredits the article's claim NYC has "by far" the biggest Indian-American population of any city in North America, because that would make it Toronto (https://en.wikipedia.org/Demographics_of_Toronto#City_of_Toronto).


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== Request of adding slavery to intro ==
The United States enslaved Indian Americans for hundreds of years starting possibly as early as 1632 and continuing until the 1800s. Although most Indian Americans today are not descendants of these slaves, it would be beneficial to have this information in the lead of the article to give an accurate summary of Indian Americans and their history. Could the following be added:


Even without doing in-depth research on this topic, Surrey, BC (population 600+ thousand) has 38% of the city being of South Asian heritage. Source: Misplaced Pages
Indian Americans have a long history in the United States, going back to when they were slaves in the U.S. starting in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite book | title = Colonial Chesapeake: New Perspectives | year = 2006 | first1 = Debra | last1 = Meyers | first2 = Melanie | last2 = Perreault | publisher = Lexington Books | page = 83}}</ref>
:If you are going to summarize their history on the lead, you should recap the main points of their history, the slavery of Asian Indians in the US forms a minor part of their history and it would be inaccurate to only mention that part of their history in the lead. ] (]) 04:18, 3 August 2021 (UTC)


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== Hyphen? ==


While it's true that not all South Asians are Indians, anecdotally as someone who used to live in Surrey the overwhelming majority of South Asians there are Indian (specifically from the Punjab region).
Is it "Indian American" or "Indian-American"? The article should be consistent on this. There are 9 instances of "Indian-American" and 99 instances of "Indian American" including the title, so I assume the latter is correct. ] (]) 01:38, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


] (]) 18:45, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
: I went forward with this change and removed hyphenated instances for stylistic consistency. ] (]) 14:45, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

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Misleading use of "Indian" term in data

So far as I can tell, the US Census bureau uses the term "Asian Indian" for anyone of South Asian ancestry, but this page implies this is data for people of Indian ancestry. This also discredits the article's claim NYC has "by far" the biggest Indian-American population of any city in North America, because that would make it Toronto (https://en.wikipedia.org/Demographics_of_Toronto#City_of_Toronto).

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Old data in this article

This article shows only data from 2010. There has been another Census. When can data from 2020 be included? - - Prairieplant (talk) 19:41, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Highest concentration of Indians in the Western hemisphere?

From the current version of the article (June 7th 2023):


"India Square, in the heart of Bombay, Jersey City, New Jersey, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere"

Even without doing in-depth research on this topic, Surrey, BC (population 600+ thousand) has 38% of the city being of South Asian heritage. Source: Misplaced Pages

Surrey, British Columbia


While it's true that not all South Asians are Indians, anecdotally as someone who used to live in Surrey the overwhelming majority of South Asians there are Indian (specifically from the Punjab region).

2001:569:78B3:9300:65AE:8F5F:3336:2E5B (talk) 18:45, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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