Bangladeshi Americans ( bn, বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী, Bangladeshī Markinī) are
Americans
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of
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
descent. The majority of Bangladeshi Americans are
Bengalis
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and form the largest group of
Bengali Americans
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. Bangladeshi immigrants have arrived in the United States in large numbers since the early 1970s to become among the fastest growing ethnic communities since that decade.
New York City
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, home to two-thirds of the Bangladeshi American population;
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Buffalo, New York
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; as well as
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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,
Los Angeles
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,
Boston
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,
Atlanta
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,
San Francisco
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,
Detroit
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Chicago
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Florida
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,
Dallas
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,
Houston
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,
Charlotte
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,
Austin
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,
Hamtramck, Michigan
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, and
Reno, Nevada
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are home to notable Bangladeshi communities.
History
Immigrants from present-day Bangladesh have been in the United States since at least the 1880s during the
British Raj
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Bangladeshis have been migrating to the port cities of the United States since 1974 when 154 Bangladeshis arrived in United States leaving behind the hard economic and political times of the still developing Bangladesh who got independence from Pakistan in 1971. Most were workers on the various ships docking from Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Immigration to the United States from Bangladesh grew slowly but steadily through the 1970s and 1980s. Over ten thousand Bangladeshis have immigrated to the United States annually.
Many of the migrants settled in urban areas. New York City is home to two-thirds of the Bangladeshi population in the United States. Other cities including Paterson and
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497. ,
Buffalo, New York
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, as well as Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, and Detroit. In New York, it was estimated that 15,000 Bangladeshis resided in the city in the early 1980s. During the late 1970s, some Bangladeshis moved from New York City to Detroit, and Atlantic City for jobs. Homes to prominent communities of other
Muslim Americans, in search of better work opportunities and an affordable cost of living, but most have since returned from Detroit to New York and to New Jersey, in hope of starting a new community and a peaceful life. The Los Angeles Bangladesh Association was created in 1971, and there were 500 members of the Texas Bangladesh Association in 1997. In Atlantic City, Bangladeshis created an association. The Bangladeshi population in Dallas was 5,000 people in 1997, which was large enough to hold the
Baishakhi Mela
The Boishakhi Mela ( bn, বৈশাখী মেলা, Boishakhi Mela, Fair of Boishakh) is a Bengali celebration ( mela) which takes place outside of Bangladesh. It is celebrated by the Bangladeshi diaspora in the United Kingdom, United St ...
event. Baishakhi Mela events have been held in major American cities such as New York City, Paterson in New Jersey, Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, as the Bangladeshi population continues to increase in these cities. The third and largest wave of arrivals came in the 1990s and 2000s. Because of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, professional and educational criteria were not used. Most entered blue-collar jobs, such as taxi driving, and restaurant help.
Demography
States, Cities, and Metro Areas by Population
Bangladeshi Americans are largely concentrated in metropolitan areas in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Great Lakes regions of the country, in places such as working-class neighborhoods and suburbs. There are smaller concentrations in states such as Texas, California, and Nevada.
The states with the highest percentage of Bangladeshi Americans are:
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New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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- 0.37%, 72.1 thousand Bangladeshis. Highest Bangladeshi population in the country.
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Michigan
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- 0.12%, 10,000 population
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New Jersey
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- 0.11%, 11,000 population
*
Maryland
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- 0.1%, 4,000 population
*
Virginia
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- 0.09%, 7,800 population
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Connecticut
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- 0.07%, 2,600 population
Some of the cities with the highest percentage of Bangladeshi Americans are:
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Hamtramck, Michigan
Hamtramck ( ) is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,433. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion that borders the fellow enclave city of Hi ...
- 10.5%
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Center Line, Michigan
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- 3.3%
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Hyattsville, Maryland
Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and also a close, urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States Census.
History
Before Europeans reached the area, the upper An ...
- 2.9%
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Seven Corners, Virginia
Seven Corners is a commercial center and census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,255 at the 2010 census. Seven Corners has a "Falls Church" mailing address but is not within Falls Church's c ...
- 2.7%
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Warren, Michigan
Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the city's population at 139,387, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb.
T ...
- 1.8%
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Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Lincolnia, Virginia
Lincolnia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 22,828 at the 2010 census, an increase of over 44% from 2000.
Geography
Lincolnia is located in eastern Fairfax County at (38.8184, -77.1 ...]
- 1.37%
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Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia
Bailey's Crossroads is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 24,749 at the 2020 census. Bailey's Crossroads lies at the crossroads of State Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) and State Route 244 ( Col ...
- 1.20%
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Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and a suburb of Washington, D.C. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,921.
Greenbelt is the first and the largest of the three experimental and controversial New Deal ...
- 1.05%
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Manchester, Connecticut
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- 1%
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Elmont, New York
Elmont is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in northwestern Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States, along its border with the borough of Queens in New York City. The population was 35,265 at the ...
- 0.91%
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New York City
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- 0.8%
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South Laurel, Maryland
South Laurel is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 29,602.
Geography
South Laurel is located at (39.072741, −76.851007).
Acc ...
- 0.69%
*
Arlington, Virginia
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- 0.6%
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Detroit
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- 0.5%
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville () is the second-largest city in Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the biggest city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until ...
- 0.47%
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Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, southwest of Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut. According to the 2020 US Census, in 20 ...
- 0.41%
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Irving, Texas
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- 0.37%
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Reno, Nevada
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- 0.36%
The metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of Bangladeshi Americans are:
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New York City
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- 0.38%
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Detroit
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- 0.22%
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Washington D.C.
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- 0.17% (Concentrated in Northern Virginia and Prince George's County)
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Hartford
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- 0.11%
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Dallas
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- 0.08%
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Buffalo - 0.07%
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Philadelphia
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- 0.07%
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Atlanta
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- 0.07%
Major communities
![Hamtramck Bangladeshi mural](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Hamtramck_Bangladeshi_mural.jpg)
New York City
New York City is home to the largest Bangladeshi community in the United States, receiving by far the highest legal
permanent resident
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Bangladeshi immigrant population.
The Bangladeshi-born immigrant population has become one of the fastest growing in New York City, counting over 74,000 by 2011 alone.
The city's Bangladeshi community is spread out in the
Jackson Heights neighborhood within the New York City
borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
of
Queens
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. 74th Street has most of the Bangladeshi grocery stores and clothing stores in Jackson Heights. The Bangladesh Plaza hosts numerous Bangladeshi businesses and cultural events. Recently, one part of Jackson Heights has become the open platform of all sorts of protests and activism. The neighboring communities of Jackson Heights,
Woodside
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, and
Elmhurst in Queens also similarly have become attractive areas to live for Bangladeshi Americans.
Bangladeshi Americans created the Manhattan restaurant area "
Curry Row
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Curry Row started ...
" in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, thousands of Bangladeshis were able to legally migrate to the USA through the Diversity Visa Program/ lottery. Many initiated a migration to
Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springfi ...
. Continuous movement of Bangladeshis to Jamaica and Jackson Heights, Queens has made some neighborhoods extensively Bangladeshi. Centering on 169 street and Hillside Avenue, the neighborhood has become a popular zone due to the large number of restaurants and groceries. Sagar Restaurant, Gharoa, Deshi Shaad, Kabir's Bakery, and other stores in Queens are attractions for the Bangladeshi communities all over New York City. The largest numbers of Bangladeshi Americans now live in Jamaica, Jackson Heights, Hollis, and Briarwood in Queens. There is also a large Bangladeshi community in Parkchester, Bronx. Bangladeshi enclaves in Queens and
Brooklyn
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have been increasing as Bangladeshis in NYC continue to grow rapidly. Bangladeshis form one of the fastest growing Asian ethnic groups in NYC as new enclaves in areas such as
City Line and
Ozone Park
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have sprung up.
Wealthier Bangladeshis have been moving to
Long Island
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, New York City, as a particular reason for popular settlement in the area is the pharmaceutical companies existing on Long Island; there are quite a large number of Bangladeshi-owned pharmaceutical companies in
Nassau County and
Suffolk County on Long Island employing many people of Bangladeshi origin. However, there have been a relatively small number of cases where Bangladeshis living in New York City moved out, specifically to places such as
Buffalo, New York
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and Hamtramck in Michigan, mainly due to low living costs.
New York statistics:
* 1990 census:
** Total population: 4,955 (5,406 in New York State and 11,838 in total in the United States).
** Highest concentrations:
Queens
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—2,567 people, and
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
—1,313.
** In Manhattan, Bangladeshis formed a small enclave on
6th Street. Larger numbers lived in the
Astoria area of Queens.
* 2000 census:
** Total population: 28,269
** Highest concentrations: Queens—18,310 people (65%), Brooklyn—6,243 (22%),
Bronx
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—2,442 (9%), Manhattan—1,204 (4%),
Staten Island
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—70 (0.2%)
** Population growth rate from 1970 to 2000: 471%
** Foreign-born population: 23,157 (85%)
**
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: 14,840 (60%)
** Median Household Income: $31,537
** People Living in Poverty: 8,312
** Percentage of people in poverty: 31%
* 2010 census:
** Total population: 50,677
** Highest concentrations: Queens (60%), Brooklyn (19%), Bronx (17%), Manhattan (4%), Staten Island (0.4%)
** Population growth rate from 2000 to 2010:
** Foreign-born population: 74%
**
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: 53%
** Median Household Income: $36,741
** Percentage of people in poverty: 32%
Bangladeshi neighborhoods in NYC include Jamaica, Jamaica Hills,
Briarwood, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Elmhurst, Hollis, Queens Village, Hunters Point, Long Island City, East Harlem, Bayside, Hillcrest, West Maspeth and Astoria in Queens; Kensington and City Line in Brooklyn.
Parkchester and Castle Hill in
The Bronx
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is also home to an increasing Bangladeshi population
Other, smaller Little Bangladesh communities can be found in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Detroit, and Los Angeles.
Paterson, New Jersey
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Paterson, New Jersey, in the
New York City metropolitan area
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, is home to a significant and growing Bangladeshi American community. Many Bangladeshi
grocery store
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s and clothing stores are locating in the emerging ''Little Bangladesh'' on Union Avenue and the surrounding streets in Paterson, as well as a branch of the Sonali Exchange Company Inc., a subsidiary of
Sonali Bank
Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh.
It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...
, the largest state-owned
financial institution
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in Bangladesh. Masjid Al-Ferdous is also located on Union Avenue, which accommodates Paterson's rapidly growing Bangladeshi pedestrian population in Paterson. Mohammed Akhtaruzzaman was ultimately certified as the winner of the 2012 city council race in the Second Ward, making him northern New Jersey's first Bangladeshi-American elected official. The current 2nd Ward Councilman is Bangladeshi Shahin Khalique, who defeated Akhtaruzzaman in 2016 as well as in 2020. He has been a big reason for the growth and advancement of the Bengali community in Paterson. On 11 October 2014, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Shohid Minar Monument in West Side Park in Paterson took place, paying tribute to people killed in
Pakistan
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in 1952 while protesting that country's policies that banned Bangladeshis from speaking their
Bangla (বাংলা) language, and replicating those monuments that exist in Bangladesh, according to the World Glam Organization, the Bangladeshi cultural group working on the Paterson project. The Shohid Minar was completed and unveiled in 2015. This project reflected the increasing influence of Paterson's growing Bangladeshi community, as reported in ''
The Record
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''.
Community and economic issues
Per capita income
In 2014, identified by factfinder census, when Americans
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
was divided by ethnic groups Bangladeshi Americans were revealed to have a per capita income of only $18,027, below the American average of $25,825.
Median household income
In 2015, Bangladeshi Americans had an estimated
median household income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of ...
of $49,800, lower than the overall American median of $53,600.
In 2019, Bangladeshi Americans had a median household income of $59,500.
Poverty
According to a news article from the website
Mashable
Mashable is a digital media platform, news website and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005.
History
Mashable was founded by Pete Cashmore while living in Aberdeen, Scotland, in July 2005. Early iterations of the site were a ...
released in 2015, 26% of the Bangladeshi American community lived under the poverty line. This is much higher than the USA average of 16% according to data released by the
Economic Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit American, left-leaning think tank based in Washington, D.C., that carries out economic research and analyzes the economic impact of policies and proposals. Affiliated with the labor mo ...
in 2011.
In a 2013,
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
discussion with a member of the Economic Policy Institute and co-author of the book The Myth of the Model Minority Rosalind Chou who is also a professor of sociology. One of them stated that "When you break it down by specific ethnic groups, the Tamil ,the Bangladeshi, they have poverty rates that rival the African-American poverty rate."
Education
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The
2000 census undertaken by the Census Bureau listed 57,412 people identifying themselves as having Bangladeshi origin. Almost 40% of Bangladeshis over the age of 25 had at least a bachelor's degree as compared to less than 25% of the United States population.
Politics
Bangladeshi Americans strongly favor the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
. The preference towards the Democratic Party was initially influenced in part by Republican President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
's support of Pakistan during Bangladesh's struggle for independence.
In the
2012 United States presidential election
The 2012 United States presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Joe Biden, were re-el ...
, 96% of Bangladeshi Americans voted for
Barack Obama's
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
reelection. In the
2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket ...
, 90% of Bangladeshi Americans voted for
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
. In the
2020 United States presidential election
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Ha ...
, the vast majority of Bangladeshi Americans favored
Joe Biden. A exit poll conducted by
AALDEF showed that a majority (91%) of Bangladeshi Americans backed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
In recent decades, the Bangladeshi American community has become more active in local and national politics, with many Bangladeshi Americans seeking office or forming political organizations to better represent those within or outside the community who share similar goals.
Culture
Bangladeshi Americans are well represented in the fields of medicine, engineering, business, finance and information technology. Bangladeshi Americans have brought
Bengali cuisine
Bengali cuisine ( bn, বাঙ্গালী রন্ধনপ্রণালী) is the culinary style of Bengal, a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent encompassing Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, ...
to the United States. There are many Bangladeshi markets and stores in the United States. Some of the largest are in New York City,
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[Central New Jersey
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Geographic area and descriptions
While the State of New Jersey is often divided into North and ...]
, Washington, D.C., Atlantic City, and Los Angeles.
Languages
Bangladeshi Americans often retain their native language
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
and run many programs to nourish their mothertongue. Many also speak
Bengali dialects
The dialects of the Bengali language are part of the Eastern Indo-Aryan language group of the Indo-European language family widely spoken in the Bengal region of South Asia. The spoken dialects of Bengali are mutually intelligible with neighbo ...
or other languages related to Bengali, the most common being
Sylheti
Sylheti may refer to:
* Sylhetis, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group in the Sylhet division and South Assam
* Sylheti language
Sylheti ( Sylheti Nāgarī: ; bn, সিলেটি ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 mill ...
which is spoken by Bangladeshis from the
Sylhet Division
Sylhet Division ( bn, সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions of ...
, and
Chittagonian which is spoken by Bangladeshis from the districts of
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
and
Cox's Bazar
Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the na ...
.
Religion
Before the
colonization
Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...
of South Asia by
Great Britain
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,
folk religion
In religious studies and folkloristics, folk religion, popular religion, traditional religion or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized re ...
across villages in the
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
region incorporated practices from
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
,
Buddhism
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, and
Islam
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to varying degrees. Leading up to the
modern era
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, Bengali families increasingly began identifying with a single religious community. In North America, Bangladeshis outside of metropolitan areas often practice their faiths at home and make special trips during community holidays like
Ramadan
, type = islam
, longtype = Religious
, image = Ramadan montage.jpg
, caption=From top, left to right: A crescent moon over Sarıçam, Turkey, marking the beginning of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Ramadan Quran reading in Bandar Torkaman, Iran. ...
and
Durga Puja
Durga Puja ( bn, দুর্গা পূজা), also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated ...
. In cities like Detroit and New York, Muslims in the Bangladeshi American community hold religious services within mosques in their own communities. There are major Hindu temples in the United States where Bangladeshi Americans have played an important part in the leadership of congregations.
Notable people
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*
Muhammad Ali
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–
professional boxer
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and activist. He was a Bangladeshi citizen and held a Bangladeshi passport
*
Mir Masoom Ali
Mir Masoom Ali (born February 1, 1937) is a Bangladeshi American statistician, Distinguished Professor, educator, researcher and author. He migrated to the United States in 1969 and became a naturalized citizen in 1981. Ali founded the graduate a ...
– George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics,
Ball State University
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On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...
*
Arianna Afsar
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...
– former Miss California; placed in the Top 10 of the 2011 Miss America pageant
*
Saif Ahmad
Saifuddin "Saif" Ahmad is a Bangladeshi-American restaurateur and World Series of Poker champion. Ahmad is the owner of several Tony Roma's restaurants in Los Angeles, California, and won the 2007 World Series of Poker bracelet in the $2,000 ...
–
World Series of Poker
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winner
*
Maqsudul Alam
Maqsudul Alam (14 December 1954 – 20 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome sequencing. His work on genome sequencing started with bacteria '' Idiomarina loihiensis'' in 2003. He came in ...
(d. 2014)– scientist and professor at
University of Hawaii
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*
Jalal Alamgir
Jalal Alamgir (17 January 1971 – 3 December 2011), was a Bangladeshi-American academic and an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and the son of Awami League Member of Parliament Muhiuddin Khan Al ...
(d. 2011) – political scientist and professor at
University of Massachusetts
The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medica ...
*
Rais Bhuiyan
Raisuddin "Rais" Bhuiyan ( bn, রইস ভূঁইয়া) (born September 1973) is a Bangladeshi American working as a technology professional in Dallas. He was an officer in the Bangladesh Air Force. He was a student of Sylhet Cadet Colle ...
– shooting survivor and activist
*
Hansen Clarke
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– United States Congress in 2010, from Michigan's House of Representatives
*
Naeem Mohaiemen
Naeem Mohaiemen (born 1969) uses film, photography, installation, and essays to research South Asia's postcolonial markers (the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971). His projects on the 1970s revolutionary l ...
, Academician, filmmaker, writer, visual artist
*
Hasan M. Elahi
Hasan M. Elahi (born 1972) is a Bangladeshi-born American interdisciplinary media artist whose work has an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, sousveillance, simu ...
– interdisciplinary media artist
*
Firoz Mahmud
Firoz Mahmud ( bn, ফিরোজ মাহমুদ) is a Bangladeshi visual artist based in Japan. He was the first Bangladeshi fellow artist in research at Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Mahmud's work has been exhibited at t ...
– interdisciplinary media artist
*
M. Zahid Hasan
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Biography
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hasan completed his higher secondary schooling at Dhanmon ...
, scientist and professor of quantum physics at
Princeton University
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- known for seminal discoveries in quantum physics.
Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
*
Fazle Hussain
A. K. M. Fazle Hussain (born 20 January 1943, in Bangladesh) is a professor of mechanical engineering at Texas Tech University.
Education
Hussain graduated with a BS in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technol ...
– professor of mechanical engineering, and
earth science
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at the
University of Houston
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*
Abul Hussam
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Life and career
Huss ...
– inventor of the
Sono arsenic filter
The Sono arsenic filter was invented in 2006 by Abul Hussam, who is a chemistry professor at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia. It was developed to deal with the problem of arsenic contamination of groundwater. The filter is now i ...
*
Omar Ishrak
Omar S. Ishrak (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi-American business executive, serving as the chairman of the board for Intel, since January 2020. He was previously the CEO and chairman of the board of Medtronic from June 2011 to April 2020, and remain ...
- business executive, chairman of
Intel
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and
Medtronic
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*
Abdus Suttar Khan
Abdus Suttar Khan (c. 1941 – 31 January 2008) was a Bangladeshi scientist. He researched on aerospace for four decades with NASA, United Technologies Corporation, United Technology, and Alstom, a French power generation company. Khan invented ...
– chemist and jet fuels inventor
*
Badrul Khan
Badrul Huda Khan ( bn, বদরুল হুদা খান) is an author and educator focused on web-based training and educational technology.Badrul Khan recognized the potential of the World Wide Web for education early in 1996, and was invite ...
– founder of modern e-learning
*
Fazlur Rahman Khan
Fazlur Rahman Khan ( bn, ফজলুর রহমান খান, ''Fozlur Rôhman Khan''; 3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrape ...
– pioneer of modern structural engineering
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Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
– founder of
Khan Academy
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, a nonprofit educational organisation
*
Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim (বাংলাঃ জাওয়াদ করিম) (born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur of Bangladeshi and German descent. He is a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upl ...
co-founder of YouTube; designed key parts of
PayPal
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*
Imran Khan (businessman)
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– Tech investor and entrepreneur. Chief Strategy Officer of Snap Inc, Leading Alibaba Group IPO, leading Snap IPO
*
Shuvo Roy
Shuvo Roy is an American scientist and engineer of South Asian descent.
Early life and education
Roy received most of his education in Uganda, where his father worked as a public health physician.
Roy later completed his education and earned ...
– Co-invention of artificial kidney, medical MEMS, Bangladeshi-American scientist and engineer.
*
Mohammad Ataul Karim
Mohammad Ataul Karim (born 4 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi American scientist and higher education administrator, with expertise in electro-optical systems, optical computing, and pattern recognition. Karim is ranked amongst the top 50 researcher ...
– electrical engineer
*
Sumaya Kazi
Sumaya Kazi (Bengali: সুমাইয়া কাজী, born July 17, 1982) is an American entrepreneur. At the age of 23, Kazi founded her first company The CulturalConnect. She later founded and was the CEO of San Francisco-based technol ...
– founder of
Sumazi
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, recognised by
BusinessWeek
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as one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs.
*
Sezan Mahmud
Saleh M. M. Rahman, better known by his pen name Sezan Mahmud, ( bn, সেজান মাহমুদ) is a Bangladeshi-born Americans, American writer, lyricist, columnist and physician-scientist. He was awarded the Shishu Academy Award in 1395 ...
– award-winning novelist
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Shomi Patwary
Shomi Patwary (born February 20, 1982, in Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a filmmaker, and co-founder of the creative collective Illusive Media.[Iqbal Quadir
Iqbal Z. Quadir ( bn, ইকবাল জেড. কাদীর) is an entrepreneur and promoter of the role of entrepreneurship and innovations in creating prosperity in low-income countries. He has taught at Harvard Kennedy School and at Mas ...]
– founder of Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company; headed the MIT Legatum Center
*
Kamal Quadir
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– entrepreneur; founded two of Bangladesh's key technology companies, CellBazaar and bKash
*
Anika Rahman
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– CEO of
Ms. Foundation for Women
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*
Badal Roy
Badal Roy ( bn, বাদল রায়; born Amarendra Roy Chowdhury; 16 October 1939 – 18 January 2022) was an Indian tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.
B ...
– tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist
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Reihan Salam
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– conservative American political commentator; blogger at ''The American Scene''; associate editor of ''
The Atlantic Monthly
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It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
''
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Shikhee
Android Lust is the solo project of Shikhee D’iordna, that combines elements of rock, electropop, electro-industrial and classical styles into a blend of music that she describes as "electronic and dark."
History
Shikhee D’iordna was born i ...
– singer; auteur of industrial band
Android Lust
Android Lust is the solo project of Shikhee D’iordna, that combines elements of rock, electropop, electro-industrial and classical styles into a blend of music that she describes as "electronic and dark."
History
Shikhee D’iordna was born in ...
*
Sanjoy
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Sanjoy's best-known musical piece ...
, Bangladeshi–American musician, electronic music producer and DJ
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Jai Wolf
Sajeeb Saha, known professionally as Jai Wolf, is a Bangladeshi-American, New York-based electronic music producer. He is best known for his singles, "Indian Summer", "Like It's Over", and "Starlight". He is currently signed to Mom + Pop Music.
...
, electronic music producer
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Asif Azam Siddiqi
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a Bangladeshi American space historian and a Guggenheim Fellowship winner. He is a professor of history at Fordham University. He specializes in the history of science and technology and modern Russian history. He has writ ...
– space historian; assistant professor of history at
Fordham University
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M. Osman Siddique
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– former US ambassador
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Palbasha Siddique
Palbasha Siddique ( bn, পলবাশা সিদ্দিক) (born January 3, 1991) is a Bangladeshi born American singer. She is best known for her performance of ''Praan'', a song adapted from the collection of poems ''Gitanjali'' by Rab ...
– singer
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Narasingha Sil
Narasingha Prosad "Ram" Sil (born 1937 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency) is an Indian-born American historian. He was professor of European and English history at Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.
Biography
Ram is primarily trained in ...
– professor of history at
Western Oregon University
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*
Quinn Sullivan
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He is known for his accomplishments at an early age, marked by appearances on media such as ''The Ellen DeGen ...
- Soccer player playing for
MLS
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club
Philadelphia Union
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; he is of Bangladeshi and German descent
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Supreme Understanding
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– author, publisher, activist and outspoken member of the
Nation of Gods and Earths
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Marjana Chowdhury
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– Bangladeshi-American model, philanthropist and beauty queen
Miss Bangladesh USA
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Monica Yunus
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– Bangladeshi-Russian-American operatic soprano
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Anik Khan
Anik Khan is a Bangladeshi-American hip hop artist.
Early life
Khan was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and raised in Astoria, Queens, New York. His father was involved in politics and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. In 1993, when Khan w ...
- Bangladeshi-American rapper.
See also
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Asian Americans in New York City
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Population
New York City alone, according to the 2010 Census, has now become home to more than one million Asian Americans, gre ...
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Chinese people in New York City
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Demographics of New York City
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Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area
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Fuzhounese in New York City
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Indians in the New York City metropolitan region
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Japanese in New York City
As of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 Census, over half of the 37,279 people of Japanese people, Japanese ancestry in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York lived in New York City.Robinson, Greg. "Japanese." In: Eisenstadt, Peter R. an ...
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Koreans in New York City
As of the 2011 American Community Survey, New York City is home to 100,000 ethnic Koreans, with two-thirds living in the borough of Queens. On the other hand, the overall Greater New York Combined Statistical Area enumerated 218,764 Korean A ...
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Russians in New York City
New York City is home to the largest Russian Americans, Russian population and Russophone, Russian-speaking population in the Western Hemisphere. The largest Russian-American communities in New York City are located in Brighton Beach and Sheepshe ...
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Taiwanese people in New York City
New York City is home to the second-largest Taiwanese American population, after the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California, enumerating an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 individuals as of 2020.
History and location
The Flushing neighborhood of t ...
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Bengali diaspora
Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of S ...
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Bengali Americans
Bengali Americans ( bn, মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity. They trace their ancestry to the historic ethnolinguistic region of Bengal in South Asia (now ...
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Little Bangladesh, Los Angeles
Little Bangladesh ( bn, লিটল বাংলাদেশ) is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California.
History
Little Bangladesh was officially designated by the City of Los Angeles in 2010. It is the cultural and culinary hub of LA's Bangl ...
References
Further reading
* Bald, Vivak. ''Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America'' (Harvard University Press, 2013).
* Baluja, Kagri Glagstad. ''Gender Roles at Home and Abroad: The Adaptation of Bangladeshi Immigrants'' (LFB Scholarly Publications, 2003).
* Harris, Michael S. "Bangladeshis," in ''American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation,'' edited by David Levinson and Melvin Ember. (Macmillan Reference, 1997).
* Jones, J. Sydney. "Bangladeshi Americans." in ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America,'' edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 221–235
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External links
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies Bangladesh American CenterUS Census 2000 foreign born population by countryAsian American Federation Census information*
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