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 The language spread of Bengali in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000 | |
| Total population | |
| 800,000 approx. (0.2%) alone or in combination 453,191 (0.2%) people speak the language in the USA[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles,[4] SF Bay Area, Detroit | |
| Languages | |
| Bengali, English | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Irreligion | |
| 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 between Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. Bengali Americans are also a subgroup of modern-day Bangladeshi Americans and Indian Americans.[5]
Bengali Americans may refer to:
- Bangladeshi Americans, Americans of Bangladeshi descent of Bengali Muslims. Bengali Muslims are usually classified as Bangladeshi Americans and American Muslims.
- Bengali Indian Americans, Americans of Indian and Bengali Hindu descent whose ancestral origins are in West Bengal, Bangladesh or erstwhile East Bengal, Jharkhand, Purnia, Odisha, Goalpara region, Assam, the Barak Valley, Tripura, Nepal, Meghalaya, Rakhine state and other parts of India who are known as Probashi Bengalis. Bengali Hindu Americans also come from Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Caribbean and other parts of the world.
- ^ https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B16001?q=bengali&hidePreview=false&vintage=2018
- ^ https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B02018
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaSpeaks/comments/r3kfke/state_of_origin_of_indian_americans_in_usa/?rdt=63324
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bengali speakers to be counted in US census". 10 December 2017.