Ernie : This is from an article actually mostly about "Indophobia." But as background it provides this information -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Education Indian Americans have the highest educational qualifications of all national origin groups in the United States. According to the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, there are close to 35,000 Indian American doctors. According to the 2000 census, about 64% of Indian Americans have attained a Bachelor's degree or more (compared to 28% nationally, and 44% average for all Asian American groups). Almost 40% of all Indians have a master’s, doctorate or other professional degree, which is five times the national average. (Source: The Indian American Centre for Political Awareness.) These high levels of education have enabled Indian Americans to become a productive segment of the American population, with 72.3% participating in the U.S. work force, of which 57.7% are employed in managerial and professional specialties. Economics According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Indian American men had "the highest year-round, full-time median earnings ($51,094)", while Indian American women had a medium income of $35,173. This phenomenon has been linked to the "brain drain" of the Indian intelligentsia from India (source: Journal of Political Economy - University of Chicago Press). Recently, however, there has been a drop in immigration of Indians from India to the United States. This is generally attributed to the improving economy of India. A large group of Indian Americans are presently second or third generation. Indian Americans own 50% of all economy lodges and 35% of all hotels in the United States, which have a combined market value of almost $40 billion. (Source: Little India Magazine). In 2002, there were over 223,000 Asian Indian-owned firms in the U.S., employing more than 610,000 workers, and generating more than $88 billion in revenue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Well, you can accuse me of "Indophilia" if you want to, but I had no idea that the Bharati expat community was in as good shape as it is. Rather incredible if you ask me. But I wonder if it really exceeds the Japanese. You can also accuse me of Nihonphilia. Billy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- In a message dated 12/17/2009 12:17:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
A more optimistic take on the Obama administrations relationship to India - not entirely unjustified. http://headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/india-and-world/united-states/the-rise -of-the-indian-american-31697.html Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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