Bangladeshi Americans

Bangladeshi Americans (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী, romanized: Bangladeshī Markinī) are American citizens with Bangladeshi origin or descent. Bangladeshi Americans are predominantly Bengali-speaking Muslims. Since the early 1970s, Bangladeshi immigrants have arrived in significant numbers to become one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the U.S. New York City is home to as many as two-thirds of the Bangladeshi American population. Meanwhile, Paterson, New Jersey; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Monroe Township, Middlesex County (New Jersey), and Hamtramck, Michigan are home to smaller but sizable Bangladeshi communities.