Telugu Americans

Telugu Americans are Americans who are of Telugu ethnic origin, mostly from the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but also from the other Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha etc. They are a sub group of Indian Americans.

Telugu Americans
తెలుగు అమెరికన్లు
Total population
415,000 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Predominantly:
Religion
Predominantly:
Minority:
Related ethnic groups
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History

In 2000, Telugu people in the U.S. numbered around 87,543. By 2014, the number surged to 222,977 and was 415,414 by 2017. The rise in Telugu population is attributed to the increasing representation of South Indian diaspora in technological field.[2]

Demographics

Telugu people now constitute of one of the largest groups of Indian Americans.[3] The majority of Telugu Americans live in New York City, Long Island, Northern Virginia, Central New Jersey, and Central and Southern California, with smaller but significant populations throughout the country in major metropolitan and micropolitan areas of almost every state.[4]

Language
Lists of Americans
By U.S. state
By ethnicity or nationality
  • Category

The Telugu community in the United States is largely bilingual. Recent study by the US-based Centre for Immigration Studies shows Telugu as the fastest growing language in US which has grown by 86% in the last seven years.[5] During the 2020 United States elections, the Telugu language was used on voter registration and ballot boxes in select locales.[6][7]

The U.S. states with the largest percentage of Telugu speakers are:

Religion

The vast majority of Telugu Americans are Hindu, with significant Christian and Muslim minorities.

Social issues

Due to the rapidly increasing number of students and workers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in America, Telugu Americans have suffered from hate crimes in America. The most notable of these incidents was the 2017 Olathe, Kansas shooting, in which a white supremacist, Adam Purinton, harassed two Telugu immigrants, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, under the pretense that Kuchibhotla and Madasani were Iranians or illegal immigrants; later shooting them, killing Kuchibhotla and wounding Madasani as well as Ian Grillot, a white American who had come to the defense of Kuchibhotla and Madasani.

Notable people
  • Vijaya Gadde - Business executive and global lead for legal, policy, and trust and safety at Twitter

References
  1. "Hindi most spoken Indian language in US, Telugu speakers up 86% in 8 years | India News". Times of India. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. Bhattacharya, Ananya. "America's fastest growing foreign language is from south India". Quartz India. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. Telugu, Reality Check team and BBC (2018-10-21). "Do you speak Telugu? Welcome to America". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. Avadhuta, Mahesh (2017-12-14). "Telugu language scores big in the US". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. Bhattacharya, Ananya. "America's fastest growing foreign language is from south India". Quartz India. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "US Presidential Election 2020: Telugu Appears On Ballot Boxes In California". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  7. "Voter ballot papers in the U.S elections offered in Telugu and Urdu". The Siasat Daily. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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