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বাঙালি আমেরিকানরা | |
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![]() The language spread of Bengali in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000 | |
Total population | |
375,143 [1] (0.12% of U.S. population) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles,[2] SF Bay Area, Detroit | |
Languages | |
English, Bengali | |
Religion | |
Majority:![]() Minority: ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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 in South Asia between Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. Bengali Americans are also a subgroup of modern-day Bangladeshi Americans and Indian Americans. Bengali also classified under Bangladeshi Americans.[6] Significant immigration of bengalis to the United States started after 1965.
Bengali Americans may refer to:
Over 40 percent of the United States' Bengali population lives in New York City.