Here's how Harvard University puts it: https://immigrationinitiative.harvard.edu/topic/first-and-second-generation/

>A person who is a first-generation immigrant is defined as one who is born outside of the United States.

>1.5-generation immigrants are individuals who came to the United States as children.

>Second-generation immigrants are born in the United States but have parents who are born abroad.

All ABCDs (aka US born desis) are second-generation.

Another commonly misused term is NRI.

NRI =/= Indian diaspora

NRIs are Indians citizens residing outside of India. International students, H1-B visa holders, H-4 EAD spouses, Green Card holders, etc. are NRIs.

ABCDs are not NRIs and never been. Our immigrant parents were NRIs until the day they received U.S. citizenship.

All credit goes to Siddharth Khurana on X (@SidKhurana3607). He’s a fellow ABCD who posts interesting content about politics, demographics, and maps. His source is the American Community Survey (ACS). Definitely give him a follow.

**Top metros by Indian %:**

1. San Jose, CA (9.9%)

2. Trenton, NJ (7.0%)

3. Yuba City, CA (6.3%)

4. Columbus, IN (5.4%)

5. San Francisco, CA (5.2%)

6. Stockton, CA (4.2%)

7. Raleigh, NC (3.6%)

8. New York, NY-NJ (3.4%)

9. Seattle, WA (3.4%)

10. Dallas, TX (3.2%)

**Top states by Indian % (2024 ACS):**

1. New Jersey (4.7%)

2. California (2.5%)

3. Washington (2.4%)

4. Illinois (2.2%)

5. Texas (2.1%)

6. Massachusetts (2.0%)

7. Virginia (2.0%)

8. New York (1.9%)

**Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % outside NJ and CA (the top two Indian states by %):**

1. Loudoun Valley Estates, VA (41%)

2. Morrisville, NC (35%)

3. Brambleton, VA (31%)

4. Bothell West, WA (29%)

5. McNair, VA (27%)

6. Mill Creek East, WA (25%)

**Top towns in New Jersey by Indian %:**

1. Plainsboro (39%)

2. Edison (38%)

3. South Brunswick (37%)

4. West Windsor (37%)

5. Parsippany (27%)

6. Robbinsville (26%)

7. Secaucus (25%)

8. Chesterfield (24%)

**Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % in the Midwest:**

1. Buffalo Grove Village, IL (16.85%)

2. Farmington City, MI (16.35%)

3. Maryland Heights City, MO (16.10%)

4. Troy City, MI (14.53%)

5. Novi City, MI (14.03%)

Any surprises? I didn't expect Columbus, IN to be in the top 5 metro.

All credit goes to Siddharth Khurana on X (@SidKhurana3607). He’s a fellow ABCD who posts interesting content about politics, demographics, and maps. His source is the American Community Survey (ACS). Definitely give him a follow.

**Top metros by Indian %:**

1. San Jose, CA (9.9%)

2. Trenton, NJ (7.0%)

3. Yuba City, CA (6.3%)

4. Columbus, IN (5.4%)

5. San Francisco, CA (5.2%)

6. Stockton, CA (4.2%)

7. Raleigh, NC (3.6%)

8. New York, NY-NJ (3.4%)

9. Seattle, WA (3.4%)

10. Dallas, TX (3.2%)

**Top states by Indian % (2024 ACS):**

1. New Jersey (4.7%)

2. California (2.5%)

3. Washington (2.4%)

4. Illinois (2.2%)

5. Texas (2.1%)

6. Massachusetts (2.0%)

7. Virginia (2.0%)

8. New York (1.9%)

**Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % outside NJ and CA (the top two Indian states by %):**

1. Loudoun Valley Estates, VA (41%)

2. Morrisville, NC (35%)

3. Brambleton, VA (31%)

4. Bothell West, WA (29%)

5. McNair, VA (27%)

6. Mill Creek East, WA (25%)

**Top towns in New Jersey by Indian %:**

1. Plainsboro (39%)

2. Edison (38%)

3. South Brunswick (37%)

4. West Windsor (37%)

5. Parsippany (27%)

6. Robbinsville (26%)

7. Secaucus (25%)

8. Chesterfield (24%)

**Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % in the Midwest:**

1. Buffalo Grove Village, IL (16.85%)

2. Farmington City, MI (16.35%)

3. Maryland Heights City, MO (16.10%)

4. Troy City, MI (14.53%)

5. Novi City, MI (14.03%)

Any surprises? I didn't expect Columbus, IN to be in the top 5 metro.

All credit goes to Siddharth Khurana on X (@SidKhurana3607). He’s a fellow ABCD who posts interesting content about politics, demographics, and maps. His source is the American Community Survey (ACS). Definitely give him a follow.

Top metros by Indian %:

1. San Jose, CA (9.9%)
2. Trenton, NJ (7.0%)
3. Yuba City, CA (6.3%)
4. Columbus, IN (5.4%)
5. San Francisco, CA (5.2%)
6. Stockton, CA (4.2%)
7. Raleigh, NC (3.6%)
8. New York, NY-NJ (3.4%)
9. Seattle, WA (3.4%)
10. Dallas, TX (3.2%)

Top states by Indian % (2024 ACS):

1. New Jersey (4.7%)
2. California (2.5%)
3. Washington (2.4%)
4. Illinois (2.2%)
5. Texas (2.1%)
6. Massachusetts (2.0%)
7. Virginia (2.0%)
8. New York (1.9%)

Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % outside NJ and CA (the top two Indian states by %):

1. Loudoun Valley Estates, VA (41%)
2. Morrisville, NC (35%)
3. Brambleton, VA (31%)
4. Bothell West, WA (29%)
5. McNair, VA (27%)
6. Mill Creek East, WA (25%)

Top towns in New Jersey by Indian %:

1. Plainsboro (39%)
2. Edison (38%)
3. South Brunswick (37%)
4. West Windsor (37%)
5. Parsippany (27%)
6. Robbinsville (26%)
7. Secaucus (25%)
8. Chesterfield (24%)

Top places (min. 10k) by Indian % in the Midwest:

1. Buffalo Grove Village, IL (16.85%)
2. Farmington City, MI (16.35%)
3. Maryland Heights City, MO (16.10%)
4. Troy City, MI (14.53%)
5. Novi City, MI (14.03%)

Any surprises? I didn't expect Columbus, IN to be in top 5 metro.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers an online database called CDC Wonder, which contains detailed statistics on births in the United States. The data can be filtered using many different categories, including race, age, education, marital status, birthplace of the parents, state, and other factors. I am focusing solely on race for this post.

Here's the data for births to Asian-American parents from 2016-2024:

https://preview.redd.it/qrsta9a3q31h1.jpg?width=844&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=482b30c126bd424ed93a268996c4eda78a736585

Indian parent births (2016-2024):

This data includes both immigrants & ABCDs. Also includes people of Indian descent born in UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Canada, U.K., Australia, etc. as long as they self ID as Indian. Citizenship and legal status are irrelevant.

Father's Single Race	Mother's Single Race	Births
Asian Indian	Asian Indian	66,478
Asian Indian	White	5,960
White	Asian Indian	4,781
Black	Asian Indian	663
Asian Indian	Black	382
Asian Indian	Chinese	370
Asian Indian	Filipino	142
Chinese	Asian Indian	131
Asian Indian	Vietnamese	102
Asian Indian	Korean	86
Filipino	Asian Indian	53
Korean	Asian Indian	38
Vietnamese	Asian Indian	34
Asian Indian	Japanese	30
Japanese	Asian Indian	11

Asian - White births (2016-2024):

Among babies born between 2016 and 2024, 40,800 were born to White father - Asian mother couples, compared to 23,356 born to Asian father - White mother couples.

Asian Subgroup	Asian Father - White Mother	White Father - Asian Mother
Asian Indian	5,960	4,781
Chinese	3,252	9,207
Filipino	4,892	9,645
Japanese	763	1,790
Korean	2,121	3,573
Vietnamese	1,784	4,064

The above data does not include Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Nepalis, Sri Lankans, etc. because they come under "Other Asian" subgroup in the U.S. Census.

You can perform your own search here [ https://wonder.cdc.gov/natality-expanded-current.html ] applying all sorts of filters.

Disclaimer: I’m not trying to start a debate about ethics or religious practices. This is simply a lifestyle related question.

Hundreds of millions of Indian women are raised in vegetarian families. This is for them.

If you were raised vegetarian:

1. Are you still vegetarian?
2. When dating, do you strongly prefer someone who is also vegetarian?

3.Will you raise your kids vegetarian?

The average African American is estimated to have roughly 75% Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 25% European ancestry, though this varies a lot by individual. If a person with that ancestry has a child with someone of fully European ancestry, the child would statistically average around 62.5% European ancestry and 37.5% Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

By that calculation, many biracial people with one white parent would genetically be majority European in ancestry.

For example, Halle Berry, the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress and Zendaya, the highest-paid Black actresses in television, both have majority European DNA.

The average African American is estimated to have roughly 75% Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 25% European ancestry, though this varies a lot by individual. If a person with that ancestry has a child with someone of fully European ancestry, the child would statistically average around 62.5% European ancestry and 37.5% Sub-Saharan African ancestry.

By that calculation, many biracial people with one white parent would genetically be majority European in ancestry.

For example, Halle Berry — the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress — and Zendaya, one of the highest-paid actresses in television, both are majority European DNA wise.

From u/Sparkly8 's post on r/ namenerds.

Nameplay.org recently gathered census demographic data for the US, so I thought I'd aggregate some of the data in a table and share it with you guys! These are the top ten names per sex that are predominantly used by Asian Americans according to the 2020 US census. This data is for all ages, not just babies.

Asian American Girl Names

1. Priya

2. Riya

3. Anjali

4. Mai

5. Shreya

6. Diya

7. Saanvi

8. Neha

9. Meera

10. Ananya

Asian American Boy Names

1. Muhammad

2. Arjun

3. Ayaan

4. Aarav

5. Syed

6. Vihaan

7. Nikhil

8. Aditya

9. Ishaan

10. Rishi

Any surprises?

* Obviously Priya and Arjun are at the top. They are the default Indian baby girl and boy names, respectively.

* I know way more Divyas than Diyas.

* I expected Neil/Neal/Neel to be present here along with Rohan.

If you are a 90s or early 2000s kid, you probably know at least one Indian or Indian-American woman named Nikita (निकिता) from your extended family, friends, school, college, or workplace. Except Nikita is not an Indian female name. In fact, it's a Russian male name.

Female Indian names that end with -ita: Kavita, Vinita, Sunita, Asmita, Sushmita, Namita, Lalita, Sangita, etc.

Here are two actual Indian names closest to Nikita:

1] Nitika (नितिका): It means “virtuous” or “principled” in Sanskrit. An absolutely gorgeous name.

2] Niketa (निकेता): It means “house” or “abode” in Sanskrit. If you are familiar with the Devanagari script, there is a subtle pronunciation difference between Nikita and Niketa.

The most famous Russian person named Nikita is Nikita Khrushchev: leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.

This is not a case of Indian parents wanting to give their daughter a foreign-origin name like Rachael, Michelle, or Valentina.

This is also not a case of Nikita being a multicultural name like Maya, Meera, Rohan, or Neal, which belong to Sanskrit as well as other languages. Nikita is not Indian at all.

This is a unique case of Indian parents naming their daughter with a foreign-origin name of the opposite gender thinking it's an Indian feminine name. Like imagine an Indian couple naming their son Michelle thinking it's an Indian male name.

What do you think of this phenomenon? Why Nikita? Why are there so many Indian Nikitas? Do Indian parents genuinely think Nikita is an Indian name? Or they think it sounds Indian?