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 from British Punjab who first settled in California's Central Valley to do agricultural work.
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 est.)
Sikhs have been a part of the American populace for more than 130 years. At the turn of the 19th century, the province of Punjab of British India was hit hard by British practices of mercantilism. Many Sikhs emigrated to the United States and began arriving to work on farms in California. They traveled via Hong Kong to Angel Island, California, the western counterpart to Ellis Island in New York.[4]
"Some Sikhs worked in lumber mills of Oregon or in railroad construction and for some Sikhs, it was on a railway line, which allowed other Sikhs who were working as migrant laborers to come into the town on festival days".
Most Sikhs started life in America as farm labourers, with many eventually becoming landowners and successful farmers. In 1956, Dalip Singh Saund became the first Asian American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. At present Amarjit Singh Buttar is perhaps the only turbaned Sikh who holds elected public office. He was elected in December 2001 to the Vernon, Connecticut Board of Education for a four-year term. He has also been recently selected as the chairman of the board. Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana is also of Punjabi descent, as well as Nikki Haley, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[6] and the 116th governor of South Carolina.[7]
Many Punjabi Americans have become successful in technology-related fields. Vinod Dham helped to develop the Pentium processor while Vinod Khosla and Sabeer Bhatia co-founded Sun Microsystems and Hotmail respectively.[8]Aneesh Chopra served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States (CTO), appointed by President Barack Obama.
Geographical distributionEdit
StatesEdit
Approximately half of all American Punjabis live in California.
Nearly half of American Punjabis live in California. Most of California's Punjabi population live in NorCal, especially in the Central Valley and the Bay Area. The nation's largest Punjabi population is in California's Central Valley, where Punjabi is the third most spoken language after only English and Spanish.[15] Punjabis can found across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, but the largest concentrations can be found in the valley's largest cities (Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley and Stockton, Fresno, and Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley), and in smaller communities associated with the farming of almonds, peaches, walnuts, and plums. There are also significant concentrations of Punjabi Americans in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and in the Bay Area near Fremont, California.
In the Sacramento Valley, Yuba City and Live Oak have prominent Punjabi populations, with the first Punjabi arriving in Yuba City in 1906.[16] In 2021, Yuba City was home to an Indian American population of 10,638 (15.3% of the city's population), while Live Oak was home to an Indian American population of 1,038 (11.4% of the city's population), with most of these being Punjabis.[17]Sutter County, California as a whole is home to 12,753 Indian Americans (12.9% of the county population); with most of these being Punjabis, this makes Sutter County the most proportionally Punjabi county in America. Down south in the San Joaquin Valley, Livingston is home to 2,798 Indian Americans (19.9% of the city's population); with most of these being Punjabi, Livingston is the most proportionally Punjabi municipality in America.[18][19]
The New York metropolitan area also has a significant Punjabi American presence, with 49,005 Punjabis living in the area. 18,187 Punjabis live in New York City (0.23% of the city's population), including 16,139 in the borough of Queens (0.73% of the borough's population).[20] The Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens is often referred to as "Little Punjab" due to its large Punjabi population. In 2020, the stretch of 101st Avenue between 111th and 123rd streets in Richmond Hill was renamed Punjab Avenue (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਐਵੇਨਿਊ) and the stretch of 97th Avenue between Lefferts Boulevard and 117th Street was renamed Gurdwara Street.[21][22] Outside of the city, the suburbs of Hicksville in Long Island and Carteret in Central Jersey have significant Punjabi populations. In 2021, Hicksville was home to 8,040 Indian Americans (18.7% of the community's population) while Carteret was home to 4,708 Indian Americans (18.8% of the borough's population), with many of these being Punjabis.[23]
Outside of California and the New York metropolitan area, there are significant populations of Punjabi Americans in Kent, Washington and Greenwood, Indiana.
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October 27, 2023
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Mexican American couple Valentina Alarez and Rullia Singh posing for their wedding photo in 1917 Contents 1 Sikhs 2 Role in America 3 Geographical distribution 3 1 States 3 2 Metropolitan areas 3 3 Communities 4 Notable Punjabi Americans 4 1 Activists 4 2 Military 4 3 Musicians 4 4 Politics 5 See also 6 ReferencesSikhs EditSikhs have been a part of the American populace for more than 130 years At the turn of the 19th century the province of Punjab of British India was hit hard by British practices of mercantilism Many Sikhs emigrated to the United States and began arriving to work on farms in California They traveled via Hong Kong to Angel Island California the western counterpart to Ellis Island in New York 4 Some Sikhs worked in lumber mills of Oregon or in railroad construction and for some Sikhs it was on a railway line which allowed other Sikhs who were working as migrant laborers to come into the town on festival days Due to discrimination from Anglo Americans many early Punjabi immigrants in California married Mexican Americans forming a sizable Punjabi Mexican American community Punjabi farmers were also able to circumvent laws prohibiting their ownership of property by operating through American bankers 5 Role in America EditMost Sikhs started life in America as farm labourers with many eventually becoming landowners and successful farmers In 1956 Dalip Singh Saund became the first Asian American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives At present Amarjit Singh Buttar is perhaps the only turbaned Sikh who holds elected public office He was elected in December 2001 to the Vernon Connecticut Board of Education for a four year term He has also been recently selected as the chairman of the board Bobby Jindal the governor of Louisiana is also of Punjabi descent as well as Nikki Haley the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations 6 and the 116th governor of South Carolina 7 Many Punjabi Americans have become successful in technology related fields Vinod Dham helped to develop the Pentium processor while Vinod Khosla and Sabeer Bhatia co founded Sun Microsystems and Hotmail respectively 8 Aneesh Chopra served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States CTO appointed by President Barack Obama Geographical distribution EditStates Edit Approximately half of all American Punjabis live in California Punjabi Americans by state and territory 1990 2021 9 10 11 State and territory 2017 21 est 2006 10 Est 2000 1990Pop Pop Pop Pop nbsp California 142 450 0 38 103 998 0 31 67 820 0 22 25 725 nbsp New York 36 435 0 19 32 135 0 18 22 560 0 13 5 516 nbsp Washington 18 410 0 26 11 454 0 19 6 005 0 11 861 nbsp New Jersey 17 225 0 2 11 304 0 14 7 730 0 1 2 648 nbsp Texas 9 795 0 04 6 875 0 03 3 765 0 02 1 497 nbsp Virginia 7 828 0 1 8 177 0 11 4 560 0 07 1 283 nbsp Michigan 7 612 0 08 5 676 0 06 3 635 0 04 1 256 nbsp Maryland 7 147 0 12 3 224 0 06 2 975 0 06 1 699 nbsp Indiana 6 691 0 11 2 895 0 05 740 0 01 418 nbsp Illinois 6 195 0 05 4 276 0 04 4 315 0 04 2 180 nbsp Pennsylvania 5 057 0 04 3 944 0 03 2 030 0 02 769 nbsp Ohio 5 011 0 05 5 083 0 05 2 040 0 02 1 067 nbsp Massachusetts 4 917 0 07 2 588 0 04 995 0 02 nbsp Arizona 3 833 0 06 1 980 0 03 1 035 0 02 nbsp North Carolina 3 642 0 04 2 932 0 03 705 0 01 485 nbsp Wisconsin 2 852 0 05 1 936 0 04 1 165 0 02 318 nbsp Florida 2 544 0 01 2 126 0 01 1 655 0 01 nbsp Georgia 2 540 0 03 1 882 0 02 790 0 01 317 nbsp Nevada 2 190 0 08 743 0 03 715 0 04 nbsp Kansas 1 948 0 07 827 0 03 249 0 01 240 nbsp Missouri 1 670 0 03 579 0 01 500 0 01 142 nbsp Oregon 1 570 0 04 1 246 0 04 425 0 01 nbsp Connecticut 1 455 0 04 1 269 0 04 934 0 03 nbsp Utah 1 383 0 05 632 0 03 255 0 01 86 nbsp Colorado 1 121 0 02 367 0 01 360 0 01 nbsp Minnesota 1 153 0 02 331 0 01 459 0 01 nbsp Mississippi 858 0 03 622 0 02 275 0 01 114 nbsp South Carolina 676 0 01 261 0 01 199 0 01 214 nbsp Louisiana 612 0 01 551 0 01 474 0 01 257 nbsp Alabama 507 0 01 451 0 01 219 0 01 249 nbsp Iowa 481 0 02 60 0 125 0 nbsp Arkansas 478 0 02 91 0 80 0 56 nbsp Oklahoma 464 0 01 53 0 150 0 nbsp Tennessee 379 0 01 572 0 01 200 0 nbsp New Hampshire 359 0 03 287 0 02 85 0 01 125 nbsp Kentucky 317 0 01 340 0 01 160 0 nbsp Vermont 289 0 05 120 0 02 0 0 nbsp Delaware 214 0 02 371 0 04 169 0 02 nbsp New Mexico 207 0 01 228 0 01 130 0 01 nbsp District of Columbia 189 0 03 138 0 03 134 0 02 nbsp Nebraska 160 0 01 70 0 65 0 nbsp Idaho 92 0 01 324 0 02 0 0 33 nbsp Rhode Island 74 0 01 0 0 30 0 nbsp Hawaii 68 0 0 0 39 0 nbsp Alaska 33 0 0 0 25 0 nbsp North Dakota 23 0 0 0 35 0 01 21 nbsp Montana 12 0 13 0 0 0 nbsp Maine 5 0 0 0 0 0 25 nbsp South Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp West Virginia 0 0 196 0 01 219 0 01 72 nbsp Wyoming 0 0 0 0 0 0 nbsp Puerto Rico 0 0 16 0 0 0 nbsp United States 309 373 0 1 223 309 0 08 141 295 0 05 47 673 Metropolitan areas Edit 15 largest Punjabi American Primary statistical area populations Primary statistical area 2017 2021 American Community Survey 12 2012 2016 American Community Survey 13 Pop Pop nbsp San Jose San Francisco Oakland CA CSA 62 574 0 69 49 626 0 62 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp New York Newark NY NJ CT PA CSA 49 005 0 22 49 728 0 22 nbsp Sacramento Roseville CA CSA 31 576 1 26 30 195 1 28 nbsp Los Angeles Long Beach CA CSA 20 217 0 12 18 858 0 11 nbsp Fresno Madera Hanford CA CSA 16 559 1 36 16 010 1 56 nbsp Seattle Tacoma WA CSA 15 743 0 34 11 825 0 28 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Washington Baltimore Arlington DC MD VA WV PA CSA 13 054 0 14 12 930 0 15 nbsp Bakersfield CA MSA 6 610 14 0 79 6 822 0 85 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Philadelphia Reading Camden PA NJ DE MD CSA 6 416 0 09 5 125 0 08 nbsp nbsp nbsp Chicago Naperville IL IN WI CSA 5 711 0 06 5 606 0 06 nbsp Indianapolis Carmel Muncie IN CSA 5 493 0 24 4 533 0 21 nbsp Detroit Warren Ann Arbor MI CSA 5 458 0 11 4 548 0 09 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Boston Worcester Providence MA RI NH CT CSA 5 144 0 06 3 256 0 04 nbsp Dallas Fort Worth TX OK CSA 4 273 0 06 4 467 0 07 nbsp Houston The Woodlands TX CSA 4 135 0 06 2 854 0 05 nbsp United States 309 373 0 1 280 867 0 09 Communities Edit nbsp Members of the Sikh community of Union Square Somerville Massachusetts in 2004 Nearly half of American Punjabis live in California Most of California s Punjabi population live in NorCal especially in the Central Valley and the Bay Area The nation s largest Punjabi population is in California s Central Valley where Punjabi is the third most spoken language after only English and Spanish 15 Punjabis can found across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys but the largest concentrations can be found in the valley s largest cities Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley and Stockton Fresno and Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley and in smaller communities associated with the farming of almonds peaches walnuts and plums There are also significant concentrations of Punjabi Americans in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta and in the Bay Area near Fremont California In the Sacramento Valley Yuba City and Live Oak have prominent Punjabi populations with the first Punjabi arriving in Yuba City in 1906 16 In 2021 Yuba City was home to an Indian American population of 10 638 15 3 of the city s population while Live Oak was home to an Indian American population of 1 038 11 4 of the city s population with most of these being Punjabis 17 Sutter County California as a whole is home to 12 753 Indian Americans 12 9 of the county population with most of these being Punjabis this makes Sutter County the most proportionally Punjabi county in America Down south in the San Joaquin Valley Livingston is home to 2 798 Indian Americans 19 9 of the city s population with most of these being Punjabi Livingston is the most proportionally Punjabi municipality in America 18 19 The New York metropolitan area also has a significant Punjabi American presence with 49 005 Punjabis living in the area 18 187 Punjabis live in New York City 0 23 of the city s population including 16 139 in the borough of Queens 0 73 of the borough s population 20 The Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens is often referred to as Little Punjab due to its large Punjabi population In 2020 the stretch of 101st Avenue between 111th and 123rd streets in Richmond Hill was renamed Punjab Avenue ਪ ਜ ਬ ਐਵ ਨ ਊ and the stretch of 97th Avenue between Lefferts Boulevard and 117th Street was renamed Gurdwara Street 21 22 Outside of the city the suburbs of Hicksville in Long Island and Carteret in Central Jersey have significant Punjabi populations In 2021 Hicksville was home to 8 040 Indian Americans 18 7 of the community s population while Carteret was home to 4 708 Indian Americans 18 8 of the borough s population with many of these being Punjabis 23 Outside of California and the New York metropolitan area there are significant populations of Punjabi Americans in Kent Washington and Greenwood Indiana 20 largest Punjabi American Public Use Microdata Area populations PUMA 2017 2021 American Community Survey 24 Pop nbsp Sutter amp Yuba Counties Yuba City PUMA California 11 182 6 7 nbsp San Joaquin County South Tracy Manteca amp Lathrop Cities PUMA California 9 432 4 17 nbsp NYC Queens Community District 9 Richmond Hill amp Woodhaven PUMA New York 7 705 5 39 nbsp Alameda County Southwest Union City Newark amp Fremont West Cities PUMA California 4 717 3 41 nbsp Fresno County North Central Fresno City North PUMA California 4 686 2 57 nbsp Kern County Central Bakersfield City West PUMA California 4 683 2 19 nbsp NYC Queens Community District 13 Queens Village Cambria Heights amp Rosedale PUMA New York 4 592 2 26 nbsp Sacramento County Northwest Sacramento City Northwest Natomas PUMA California 4 457 3 98 nbsp King County Southwest Central Kent City PUMA Washington 4 236 3 35 nbsp San Joaquin County Central Stockton City North PUMA California 3 927 2 2 nbsp NYC Queens Community District 10 Howard Beach amp Ozone Park PUMA New York 3 877 2 88 nbsp Middlesex County Northeast Carteret Borough PUMA New Jersey 3 615 3 38 nbsp Alameda County South Central Fremont City East PUMA California 3 310 1 73 nbsp Sacramento County Central Elk Grove City PUMA California 3 300 2 13 nbsp Fresno County Central Fresno City Southwest PUMA California 3 260 1 98 nbsp Nassau County East Central Oyster Bay Town Central PUMA New York 3 202 3 19 nbsp Fresno County Central Fresno City Southeast PUMA California 2 875 2 73 nbsp Merced County West amp South Los Banos amp Livingston Cities PUMA California 2 771 2 6 nbsp Sacramento County South Galt Isleton Cities amp Delta Region PUMA California 2 769 2 43 nbsp Alameda County East Livermore Pleasanton amp Dublin Cities PUMA California 2 768 1 22 nbsp United States 309 373 0 1 Notable Punjabi Americans EditActivists Edit Kala Bagai immigration activist Bhagat Singh Thind soldier and spiritualist Fought for Indian American citizenship rights in the US Sakharam Ganesh Pandit lawyer and civil rights activist Lawyer of Bhagat Singh Thind in United States v Bhagat Singh Thind Khizr and Ghazala Khan parents of US Army captain Humuyun Khan and anti Islamophobia activistsMilitary Edit Humayun Khan US Army officer who was killed in the Iraq War Uday Singh soldier of Indian descent who died in Operation Iraqi FreedomMusicians Edit Raaginder Heems rap artist and former member of alternative hip hop group Das Racist Raveena Aurora singer songwriterPolitics Edit Bobby Jindal governor of Louisiana Nikki Haley governor of South Carolina and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Kashmir Kash Gill former mayor of Yuba City California Ravinder Ravi Bhalla mayor of Hoboken New Jersey and first turban wearing Sikh mayor of a U S city Dalip Singh Saund first Asian American and first member of a non Abrahamic faith elected to the House of Representatives Ro Khanna U S Representative for California s 17th DistrictSee also EditList of Indian Americans List of Pakistani AmericansReferences Edit B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2 June 2023 Language Use in the United States 2019 PDF United States Census Bureau B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER data census gov Retrieved 2022 11 23 The Pioneers America A historical perspective of Americans of Asian Indian origin 1790 1997 31 October 2006 Bhatia Sunil American karma race culture and identity in the Indian diaspora p 84 2007 ISBN 0 8147 9959 0 Nikki Haley confirmed as new U S envoy to the United Nations The Washington Post Retrieved 2017 01 25 Nossiter Adam October 22 2007 In a Southern U S state immigrants son takes over International Herald Tribune Retrieved 2008 10 14 Shankar Ravi 26 August 2010 Capitol cats India Today Retrieved 30 March 2011 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 03 19 Panjabi Modern Language Association Retrieved 2023 03 19 Language Use Data United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 03 19 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 03 19 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 06 14 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 03 19 Sewell Summer 2021 02 08 This has to end peacefully California s Punjabi farmers rally behind India protests The Guardian Retrieved 2022 11 27 Community members have also raised funds to support billboards drawing attention to India s protests throughout the Central Valley where Punjabi is the third most spoken language after English and Spanish Tuly Singh Johl Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive ucdavis edu Retrieved 2023 03 22 DP05ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES data census gov Retrieved 2022 11 23 DP05ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES data census gov Retrieved 2022 11 23 Data Center Results Livingston California apps mla org Retrieved 2023 02 04 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER data census gov Retrieved 2023 03 25 Richmond Hill Street Co Named Punjab Avenue To Honor Neighborhood s South Asian Culture CBS News Retrieved 2022 11 23 Punjab Way Gurdwara St coming to Queens New York Daily News Retrieved 2022 11 23 DP05ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES data census gov Retrieved 2022 11 23 B16001LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME BY ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE POPULATION 5 YEARS AND OVER United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2023 03 19 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Punjabi Americans amp oldid 1179568328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
