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Why Indians Are Among The Highest-Earning Ethnic Group In USA, Even Ahead Of Americans
MSN ^ | 06/02/2024 | Gursharan Bhalla

Posted on 06/02/2024 5:23:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Earlier in 2023, top American lawmaker Rich McCormick, while addressing the US House of Representatives, said that Indian-Americans constitute about one per cent of the US population but pay about six per cent of the taxes. Does it ring a bell?

Interestingly, Indians are the highest-earning ethnic group in the US — ahead of people from countries like China and Japan.

How many Indians are there in the US and how much are they earning?

The number of people identifying as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation's four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to a New York Times analysis of the census data.

About 4 million Indians currently reside in the US, including 1.6 million visa holders, 1.4 million naturalised residents, and a million are US-born residents.

The median family earnings of Indians in the US is USD 123,700, nearly double the nationwide average of USD 63,922. About 79 per cent of Indians are college graduates, compared to the nationwide average of 34 per cent, according to the report.

In fact, Indians are ahead of all the other ethnic groups in the US in median family earnings ranges. Taiwanese and Filipinos, with USD 97,129 and USD 95,000 of median family incomes, respectively, are in second and third place.

But why? The data highlights that 79 per cent of the Indian-American population in America holds a Bachelor's degree, while the national average is just 28 per cent, surpassing the overall American population in terms of wealth and college education.

In January 2023, Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises, took to Twitter to share a chart that shows Indian Americans having the highest median household income in the US.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: ethnicgroups; income; indian; indians; success; wboopi
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To: SeekAndFind

H-1B visas are killing our home grown tech seed corn. The Indain Mafia is taking over the tech sectpoer. They are all all socialists/commies. Every white or asian that retires ini tech is replaced by an Indian. But hey, cheap labor über alles.


61 posted on 06/03/2024 5:27:18 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Veto!

Great. Undercutting American jobs. How nice.


62 posted on 06/03/2024 5:27:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: dfwgator
MR Rangaswami, Founder of Indiaspora. “It’s great that both major political parties have begun to realize just how critical it is to reach out to Indian Americans – our impact is only going to increase over time.”Additional key findings from the report include:

66 percent of Indian Americans currently favor Vice President Biden, 28 percent favor President Trump, and 6 percent were undecided. In the 2016 presidential election, 77 percent voted for Secretary Hillary Clinton, and 16 percent voted for President Trump.

54 percent of Indian Americans identified as Democrats, 16 percent as Republicans, and 24 percent as Independents. In 2016, 46 percent of Indian American voters identified as Democrat, 35 percent were Independent or Other, and 19 percent identified as Republican.

63 posted on 06/03/2024 5:29:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Tax-chick
thought Nigerian-Americans had edged the Indians out

And that is proof that being "black" in skin tone (or dark brown) is not a reason for lower grades and lower salaries.

People who have strong families, hard work and education can win

64 posted on 06/03/2024 5:30:46 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: P.O.E.

H-B visas: It is blantant anti white discrimination. But by all means keep your head in the sand.


65 posted on 06/03/2024 5:31:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: sten

.05% of the population holds 80% of the tech jobs.


66 posted on 06/03/2024 5:32:11 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cpdiii

Horseshit. Wait until they attack your profession. Then you will sing a different tune.


67 posted on 06/03/2024 5:33:25 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Cronos

EU opinons about the raping of the US employment sector is not really appreciated.


68 posted on 06/03/2024 5:35:06 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: imabadboy99; mozarky2
imadbadboy66 Because lying and cheating are considered virtues in their culture.

err.. nope. What are you on about?

69 posted on 06/03/2024 5:36:38 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: imabadboy99
Because lying and cheating are considered virtues in their culture. And they are extreme racists helping each other out whenever possible.

I work with some, and I've seen that if they are Americanized, they don't do the lying and cheating thing any more. They may do the racism thing, I don't know. I've seen it once when looking for work back in 2016.

70 posted on 06/03/2024 5:39:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We're next.)
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To: imabadboy99
A significant chunk of the Indian-Americans are Christian

16% are Christian

71 posted on 06/03/2024 5:41:12 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

Go away EU boy.


72 posted on 06/03/2024 5:41:50 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Blah blah blah


73 posted on 06/03/2024 5:42:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind we're enduring…Alina Habba is fine as grits I'd drink her bathwater)
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To: Lazamataz

Laz, every white/sino asian that retires from my IT department is replaced by an Indo.....


74 posted on 06/03/2024 5:43:35 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Cronos

That plus a rigged H-1B immgration visa.


75 posted on 06/03/2024 5:44:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: hardspunned
to be precise, the Patel caste of the Gujarati nation of Indians.

Gujaratis are a separate nation within the federation of India with a really over (1200+ years old) written language with literature, plays etc. written in that language.

They also have a long history and are at the forefront of the anti-muhammedan movement due to being at the border fighting off (or more often subjugated to) Turco-Mongol empires.

The current prime minister of India - Narendra Modi - is a Gujarati, but not a Patel

76 posted on 06/03/2024 5:45:00 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: central_va

Interesting...


77 posted on 06/03/2024 5:51:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We're next.)
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To: qam1

those are Gujaratis


78 posted on 06/03/2024 5:52:52 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: central_va

indian americans make up 1.3% of the population


79 posted on 06/03/2024 5:55:13 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: central_va

Go away Democrat


80 posted on 06/03/2024 5:55:54 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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