Indonesian Americans are migrants from the multiethnic country of

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to the

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, and their U.S.-born descendants. In both the

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and

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United States census, they were the 15th largest group of

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recorded in the United States as well as one of the fastest growing.

History

Overview

The earliest Indonesian immigrants to the United States were

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n or "Indos" who settled in

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in the 1950s as refugees following the

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against Dutch Colonists. Indonesian

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s came to the United States in significant numbers as early as the mid-1950s, beginning with a 1953 International Cooperation Administration (now U.S. Agency for International Development) program to allow

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medical faculty to pursue higher studies at the

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. Permanent settlement in the U.S. began to grow in 1965, due to the

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, which opened the door to Asian immigration, and the violent and chaotic Transition to the New Order in Indonesia, which spurred emigration from that country. Due to the

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, between 1980 and 1990, the number of Indonesians in the United States tripled, reaching 30,085. A large proportion live in

: 29,710 respondents to the 2000 census who listed "Indonesian" as one of their ethnicities lived there. Indonesia was one of 25 other countries that participated in a special registration program for its emigrants which started in 2002 as a response to the

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against the US. Following the

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in the Indian Ocean, there was another surge of immigrants to the East Coast of the US which included many Indonesians. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of census respondents identifying themselves as Indonesian (either alone or in combination with other responses) grew by 51% from 63,073 to 95,270. Come 2015, this number has augmented again to 113,000 persons according to the Pew Research Center.

Chinese Indonesian asylum seekers

Active lobbying of politicians by

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groups contributed to an unusually high number of successful

Chinese Indonesian Chinese Indonesians ( id, Orang Tionghoa Indonesia) and colloquially Chindo or just Tionghoa are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries. Chinese people and their Indonesian descendants have ...

applicants for

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to the United States in 1998 as an impact of the

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. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 7,359 applicants were granted asylee status and 5,848 were denied in the decade up to 2007. In recent years, however, it has become increasingly difficult for applicants to prove to immigration officials that they would face targeted violence if returned to Indonesia. In 2004, the

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ruled in ''Sael v. Ashcroft'' that a Chinese Indonesian couple was eligible for political asylum after citing the existence of anti-Chinese violence and of laws that prohibit Chinese schools and institutions. The same court in the following year granted Marjorie Lolong eligibility for asylum after finding that she is "a member of omen and Christiansub-groups that are at a substantially greater risk of persecution than the thnic Chinesegroup as a whole." However, the court reversed its findings through an ''

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'' decision and stated that it understood the

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' (BIA) "decision to preclude a general grant of asylum to Indonesian Chinese Christians." The

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criticized the BIA's rejection of testimony regarding the Indonesian government's inability to control persecution despite its intentions.

Demography

According to estimates from the

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for 2015–2019, the total population of Indonesian immigrants in the USA was 96,200. Of that number, the top 15 counties of residence were: 1)

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- 13,800 2)

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181, ...

- 4,800 3)

Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, ...

- 4,600 4)

Queens County, New York Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

- 2,700 5)

Alameda County, California Alameda County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. ...

- 2,700 6)

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...

- 2,500 7)

Harris County, Texas Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas; as of the 2020 census, the population was 4,731,145, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Houston, ...

- 2,500 8)

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Philadelphia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the most populous county in Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, Philadelphia County had a population of 1,603,797. The county is the second smallest county in Pennsy ...

- 2,000 9)

King County, Washington King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the ...

- 1,900 10)

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- 1,800 11)

Riverside County, California Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Uni ...

- 1,600 12)

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- 1,400 13)

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- 1,300 14)

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- 1,300 15)

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- 1,300

Ethnicity

Indonesian Americans are members of various ethnic subcategories such as the Minahasans, Javanese,

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, or

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. The first Indonesians to move to

were Indos (Indonesians of mixed

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and European descent). However, the majority of Indonesians who came in the 1960s were of Chinese descent. Unofficial estimates suggest that as many as 60% of the Indonesians in Southern California are of Chinese descent. Interracial marriage is not uncommon, especially among the young, though the elderly often prefer that their children marry other Indonesian or Chinese. Many second-generation Indonesian Americans still feel a connection to their Indonesian identity through their ancestry despite often not having a complete grasp on the Indonesian language.

Religion

Indonesian Americans belong to many faiths including

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and

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, although the first three are the most common. While Islam gains its popularity among Indonesian Americans due to Indonesia being one of the largest Islamic countries in the world,

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is the mostly rapidly growing religious tradition among these communities. The first Indonesian church in the U.S. was a

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established in

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in 1972 with a predominantly Indo congregation (now located in Azusa, CA); however, as more ''

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'' migrants joined the church, racial tensions arose, and the Indos withdrew to other churches. The second Indonesian church to be founded in the U.S. was a

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church, started by an ethnic Chinese pastor and with a predominantly ethnic Chinese congregation. By 1988, there were 14 Indonesian Protestant congregations; ten years later, that number had grown to 41, with two Indonesian Catholic congregations as well. Catholicism is most present within Indonesian American communities in states like California, Georgia, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania where mass is offered weekly or monthly in the Indonesian language. Many of the Chinese-Indonesian immigrants of the late 1990s were Christian, and chose to flee their mainland due to fear of persecution. Indonesian Muslims constituted around 15% of the Indonesian American population in the 1990s. The first Indonesian Mosque in the US was the Al-Hikmah Mosque founded in

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, which is currently headed by Shamsi Ali. In 2017, the Indonesian Muslim community in

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purchased a former church at 1200 Kenmore Avenue and converted it into At-Thohir Mosque. There is also an Indonesian mosque in Silver Spring, Maryland named th
IMAAM Center
This mosque is very active today through its regular services and community outreach, as it is an important hub for Indonesian Muslim life in America. Many upper class Indonesians have chosen to assimilate more into American culture due to economic and cultural comforts. From the perspective of those within this community, this can be seen as a divergence from the Indonesian Muslim identity.

Workforce

Roughly one of every eight Indonesian Americans worked as a cook, waiter, or waitress. Restaurants owned by Indonesian Americans are sites for cultural unity over shared meals and traditions.

Media

Indonesians have founded a number of publications in California. The earliest was the ''Indonesian Journal'', founded in 1988, and published primarily in the

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. Others include the

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-based ''Actual Indonesia News'' (founded 1996, also in Indonesian), and the Glendora-based ''Indonesia Media'' (founded 1998).

-based monthly ''The Indonesia Letter'' has the largest circulation.

Notable people

Arts and entertainment

Joey Alexander Josiah Alexander Sila (born 25 June 2003), known professionally as Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist. He became the first Indonesian musician to chart on ''Billboard'' 200 when his album ''My Favorite Things'' debuted at number 174 ...

, pianist * Sutan Amrull, drag performer *

Lulu Antariksa Lulu Antariksa (born Lauren Marie-Elizabeth Antariksa; August 22, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role in The CW show '' Legacies'' as Penelope Park. She also starred in the web series ''T@gged'' on the stream ...

, actress and singer *

Carmit Bachar Carmit Maile Bachar ( he, כרמית בכר; born September 4, 1974), known professionally as Carmit, is an American singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. She is a member of the Pussycat Dolls. She is married to longtime partner Kevin Whit ...

, member of

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, singer, dancer, and actress *

Michelle Branch Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: ''The Spirit Room'' and ''Hotel Paper.'' She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Coll ...

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-winning singer and songwriter *

Mark-Paul Gosselaar Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (; born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles, most notably as Zack Morris in ''Saved by the Bell''. In 1991, he won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Pri ...

, actor, mother is Dutch-Indonesian *

Cynthia Gouw Cynthia Gouw (born May 30, 1963) is an American actress, model, and TV news anchor and host. Biography One of Gouw's great grandfathers moved from Xiamen, China to Indonesia, where he started a department store chain. Her parents, both Chinese im ...

, actress, TV news anchor and host who was named

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1984 * Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-born Hollywood actressBorn in Indonesia. * Steven Ho, martial artist and actor *

Coco Lee Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US m ...

, international artist, Hong Kong-based singer, actress, and songwriter (father is an ethnic Chinese from

while mother is from

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) * Rory Leidelmeyer, bodybuilder and

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Innosanto Nagara Innosanto Nagara is a children's author, activist, and graphic designer. He is the author of the alphabet book '' A is for Activist'' as well as the other children's books ''Counting on Community'', ''My Night in the Planetarium'', and the newl ...

, author, illustrator * Irma Pane, pop singer *

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, model *

Rich Brian Brian Imanuel Soewarno (born 3 September 1999), known professionally as Rich Brian, is an Indonesian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for his viral debut single " Dat $tick", which was first released in March 2016 o ...

, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer *

Niki __NOTOC__ Niki may refer to: People * Niki (given name) * NIKI (singer), Indonesian singer and songwriter * Niki DeMar, American singer * Niki Etsuko (1928–1986), Japanese author of mystery fiction Places * Niki, Hokkaido, a town in Japan ...

, singer, songwriter *

Yoshi Sudarso Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso (born April 12, 1989) is an Indonesian-American actor. Biography Sudarso was born in Surabaya, Indonesia to Indonesian parents of Chinese and Japanese descent. His family moved to Cerritos, California, when he was nine ...

, actor, stuntman *

Alex Van Halen Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie, David Lee Roth, and Mark S ...

, member of rock group

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, mother was Dutch-Indonesian *

Eddie Van Halen Edward Lodewijk Van Halen ( , ; January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen, which he co-founded along ...

, member of rock group Van Halen, mother was Dutch-Indonesian * Wolfgang Van Halen * Armand van Helden, American DJ, record producer, remixer and songwriter *

Stephanie Poetri Stephanie Poetri Dougharty (born 20 May 2000) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and record producer. She is currently signed to record label 88rising. Early life Stephanie Poetri Dougharty was born on 20 May 2000 in Jakarta, Indonesia, to an I ...

, singer-songwriter *

Dallas Liu Dallas Liu is an American actor. Originally a martial artist, Liu made his acting debut as young Jin Kazama in ''Tekken'' (2009). He has gone on to appear in the television series '' PEN15'' as Shuji Ishii-Peters and as Carter in '' Legendary D ...

, actor * Warren Hue, rapper

Business and technology

* Julia S. Gouw, President of

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, Investor/Venture Capitalist *

Leo Koguan Leo Koguan is an Indonesian-born Chinese American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman and co-founder of SHI International Corp and was the third-largest individual shareholder in Tesla, Inc. Biography Leo was born i ...

, Chairman and co-founder, SHI International * Sehat Sutardja, Co-Founder of

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* Pantas Sutardja, Co-Founder of

* Tonny Soesanto, CEO and Founder of Kikka Sushi * Hans Gunawan, VP Finance of

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* Eric Tjahjadi, VP, Head of Global Ad Sales at

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Criminal

Rudy Kurniawan Rudy Kurniawan (born 10 October 1976, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian convicted criminal and perpetrator of wine fraud. He was found to be offering more magnums of the limited edition 1947 Château Lafleur than had been produced, and hi ...

, criminal and perpetrator of wine fraud.

Literature and media

* Li-Young Lee, American poet; of ethnic Chinese origin, born in Indonesia * Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo, writer, editor, and photographer * Shamsi Ali

Politics

Maya Soetoro-Ng Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng (; ; born August 15, 1970) is an Indonesian-American academic, who is a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based in the College of Social Sciences at the University ...

, half-sister of former United States president

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* Joyce L. Kennard, former Associate Justice of the

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* Marissa Hutabarat, District Court Judge in New Orleans * Andrew Lie, school board president for Jefferson Union High School District, California

Science

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, astronomer

Sports

Arki Dikania Wisnu Arki Dikania Wisnu (born 15 March 1988), is an American-born Indonesian professional basketball player for the Indonesia Patriots of the Indonesian Basketball League. He is a member and captain of the Indonesia national basketball team. Known for ...

, basketball player *

Rudy Gunawan Rudy Gunawan (; born 31 December 1966) is a former Indonesian badminton player who played between 1980s and 1990s. He is arguably one of the best doubles players ever to play for Indonesia. Rudy Gunawan won various international championships, b ...

, world champion badminton player *

Tony Gunawan Tony Gunawan (; born 9 April 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title. Career ...

, world champion, Olympic gold medalist, and badminton player *

Halim Haryanto Halim Haryanto Ho (born 23 September 1976) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is a former world champion along with his doubles partner Tony Gunawan. Haryanto immigrated to the United States in 2004 to pursue a coaching career. He now ...

, All England, world champion badminton player *

John Juanda Johnson "John" Juanda (born July 8, 1971) is an Indonesian professional poker player of Chinese descent based in Tokyo, Japan. He has won five World Series of Poker bracelets. Personal life Juanda was born into a Hoklo family in Medan, No ...

, professional poker player * Chris Limahelu, American football player * Kyle Winter, rugby union player * Gavin Kwan Adsit, footballer

References

Sources

* Lee, Jonathan H. X. and Kethleen M, Nadeau. "Indonesian Americans," ''Encyclopedia of Asian American folklore and folklife''. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. 2011.

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978-0-313-35067-2.

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701335337. pp 515–566. *Lie, Anita; Wijaya, Juliana; Kuntjara, Esther (2018-05-31). "Linguistic and cultural identity of Indonesian Americans in The United States". ''Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics''. 8 (1). doi:10.17509/ijal.v8i1.11468.

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2502-6747. *Husin, Asna (2019-08-13). "Being Muslim in a Secular World: Indonesian Muslim Families in the Washington DC, USA". ''Studia Islamika''. 26 (2). doi:10.15408/sdi.v26i2.8412.

2355-6145. *Budiman, Abby. "Indonesians in the U.S. Fact Sheet." ''Pew Research Center.'' 2021
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*Yang, Eveline. "Indonesian Americans." ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America,'' edited by Thomas Riggs, 3rd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2014P, pp. 401–411
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External links

Indonesian American Association – Ikatan Keluarga Indonesia

US Census 2000 foreign born population by country

Jembatan Informasi Indonesia-Amerika

Media Indonesia-Amerika
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