In 2020, there were about 4.5 million Indians (of the Asian variety) living legally in the United States, making up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population. That number, from the 2020 Census, represented an increase of about 2.75 million in the 20 years from 2000.
The number of illegal Indians is more difficult to gauge, for obvious reasons, but a new Pew Research Center report estimates that there are about 725,000 in that category, making Asian Indians the third largest ethnic group of illegals, behind Mexico (4.1 million) and El Salvador (800,000), and coming in ahead of two other Central American countries: Guatemala (700,000) and Honduras (525,000).
Not only that, the rate at which the illegal Indian population is growing is accelerating. In 2023 fiscal year, 96,917 Indians were encountered crossing into the U.S. illegally — 41,770 at the Mexican border and a surprisingly numerous 30,010 at the Canadian border. The total number was five times just three years earlier, when there were only 19,883.
In case you’re wondering, the total number of Asian Indians has well exceeded the number of single-race American Indians (aka Native Americans), which in 2020 numbered about 3,727,135.
For more, see Pew Research.