Punjabi Americans

Punjabi American
The language spread of Punjabi in the United States according to U.S. Census 2000
Total population
318,588[1]
0.1% of the total American population (2021)
Regions with significant populations
California156,763 (0.42%)
New York30,341 (0.16%)
Washington19,292 (0.26%)
New Jersey17,857 (0.2%)
Texas15,538 (0.06%)
Languages
PunjabiAmerican EnglishIndian EnglishPakistani English
American SpanishHindiUrdu
Religion
Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Unaffiliated
Related ethnic groups
Indian Americans, Pakistani Americans, Punjabi Mexican Americans
Punjabi Population History
in the United States[2][3]
YearPop.±%
198019,298—    
199050,005+159.1%
2000 110,254+120.5%
2010 243,773+121.1%
2021318,588+30.7%
Source: United States Census Bureau
A Punjabi-Mexican American couple, Valentina Alarez and Rullia Singh, posing for their wedding photo in 1917.

Punjabi Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. There are over 300,000 Punjabi Americans, many of whom were Sikhs, Ravidassias from British Punjab who first settled in California's Central Valley.

  1. ^ "B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Language Use in the United States: 2019" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  3. ^ "B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-23.