Indian Americans are considered the "model minority", here are some facts.

1. Facts about Indian
Americans

2. There are over
35,000 Indian
American
Doctors in the
USA

3. There are two
sitting Governors
and one sitting
Congressman
that are Indian
Americans

4. Indian Americans
have the highest
average income of
any ethnic group in
the United States

5. The top 5 States
where Indian
Americans live are:
 California
 New York
 New Jersey
 Texas
 Illinois

6. As many as 12%
of scientists in
the USA are
Indian Americans

7. At NASA, 36%
or almost 4 out
of 10 scientists
are Indians

8. 34% of employees at
Microsoft are Indians
28% at IBM are Indians
17% at Intel are Indians
13% at Xerox are Indians

9. Indian immigrants
founded at least 13.4%
of Silicon Valley’s
startups
… and 6.5% startups
nationwide

10. Indian-Americans
make up 1% of the
population and 8%
of physicians and
surgeons

11. Indian-Americans
make up 1% of
the population
and 3% of the
nation’s engineers

12. Indian-Americans
make up 1% of
the population
and 7% of its IT
workers

13. In 2007, the median
income of households
headed by an Indian
American ~$83,000,
….Compared with
$55,000 for Whites

14. 69% of Indian
Americans age
25+ have four-year
college degrees
….which dwarfs
the rates of 30%
of Whites

15. 73% of the Scripps
National Spelling
Bee winners since
1999 have been of
Indian descent

16. More than 5,000
Indian Americans
today serve as
faculty members
in institutions of
higher education

17. Almost 40% of all
Indians in the United
States have a
master’s, doctorate
or other professional
degree
….5X the national
average.

18. The first "East Indian"
landed in the United
States in 1635 in
Jamestown, Virginia

19. Indian American
population has a
growth rate of 70%
….one of the
fastest growing
ethnic groups in
the United States.

20. Indian Americans
comprise 16.4
percent of the Asian-
American community
….the third largest
Asian American
ethnic group

21. Indian immigrants
have founded more
engineering and
technology companies
from 1995 to 2005
than immigrants from
the UK, China, Taiwan
and Japan combined

22. 87% of Indian
Americans 18
years old or older
were born outside
the US

23. There are close to
35,000 Indian
American doctors

24. Total bilateral
trade in goods
between the US
and India touched
USD 63.7 billion in
2013

25. A recent study of 68
Indian companies which
have invested in the US
has found that these
companies invested
nearly US $ 17 billion in
the US
....spending over US $ 340
million in R&D activities

26. Total goods trade
between US and India
has grown substantially
– over 400 percent from
$18.1 billion in 2003 to
$64.2 billion in 2013

27. The U.S. stock FDI
in India has
increased – over
600 percent since
2003 – from $4.8
billion in to $28.4
billion in 2012.

28. Indian investment
in the U.S. has
experienced 1400
percent growth,
from $350 million
in 2012 to $5.2
billion in 2012.

29. New York City itself
contains by far the
highest Indian American
population of any
individual city in North
America, at
approximately 207,414.

30. Indian American
women having the
highest percentage
of college degrees
among women of all
ethnicities

31. Among Indian Americans,
72.3% participate in the
U.S. work force
….of which 57.7% are
employed in managerial
and professional
specialties

32. 66.3% of Indian
Americans are
employed in select
professional and
managerial specialties
…compared with the
national average of
35.9%

39. US President Harry
Truman signed into law
the Luce-Celler Act of
1946, giving to Indian
Americans the right to
immigrate and naturalize

40. Indian Americans were
barred from becoming
citizens for many years,
until passage of a 1952
law that lifted prior
restrictions

41. Top Cities for Indian
Americans
1) New York
2) Chicago
3) Washington DC
4) Los Angeles
5) San Francisco

42. Indian-American
population shot up by
76 percent to 3.34
million in the first 12
years of the 21st
century

43. At least half of
America’s
motels are
owned by Indian-
Americans

44. If Indians Run
Dunkin, And America
Runs on Dunkin then
Indians Run America

45. If Indians Run
Dunkin, And America
Runs on Dunkin then
Indians Run America

46. Indian American
Mohini Bhardwaj won
an Olympic Silver
Medal in 2004

47. Indian American
Brandon Chillar won
a Superbowl Ring
with the Green Bay
Packers in 2011

48. First Lady Michelle
Obama featured a a
dress designed by
Indian American
Naeem Khan in 2012