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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2006 there were 23,845 Asian Indians in Metro Detroit.〔Chan, Erin. "(BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS: With its daily slate of Indian films, a Novi theater is becoming a hub of south Asian culture )." ((Archive )) ''Detroit Free Press''. June 8, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.〕 A 2013 report by the Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit stated that of the immigrant ethnic groups to Metro Detroit, the largest segment is the Indian population.〔Warikoo, Niraj. "(Biggest metro Detroit immigrant group is from India, report shows )." ((Archive )) ''Detroit Free Press''. July 20, 2013. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.〕 As of 2012, the Indian populations of Farmington Hills and Troy are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States.〔"(Celebration of Asian Indian culture comes to Novi )." ''The Oakland Press''. August 17, 2012. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.〕 As of 2002 there were 39,527 people with origins from post-partition India (Indians and Indian Americans),〔Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "(Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit )." Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 12. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.〕 making them the largest Asian ethnic group in the Wayne County-Macomb County-Oakland County tri-county area. People of those origins are found throughout Metro Detroit, with the majority being in Oakland County.〔Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "(Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit )." Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 11. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.〕 ==History== In 1924 the "original six" people were the first Indians to settle in Detroit. They included Sarwan Singh Grewal, a Sikh from Sahouli, Ludhiana District, Punjab. They had moved to Detroit from California after experiencing a low wage while working in that state. They drove in a car eastward, staying in Chicago for one month before settling in Detroit.〔Helweg, (page unstated ) (Google Books PT74).〕 According to the 1990 U.S. Census, the Wayne-Oakland-Macomb-Livingston area had 16,096 Asian Indians. By the 1990s Indian businesses and institutions began appearing in Metro Detroit, especially in Farmington Hills, Garden City, and Sterling Heights.〔Helweg, (Page unstated ) (Google Books PT79). "The 1990 census counted 16,096 Asian Indians in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Livingston Counties"〕 By 2004, there was an estimate of 93,681 Asian Indians in the entire State of Michigan, almost four times the number in 1990, 23,845. As of that year, many Asian Indians moved to Canton Township, Farmington Hills, Troy, and West Bloomfield Township.〔 As of 2006, of the over 100,000 ethnic Asian Indians in Michigan, the majority are in Metro Detroit.〔Klein, Sarah. "(A little India )" ((Archive )). ''Metro Times''. August 23, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Indian Americans in Metro Detroit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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