Indian Americans are people with ancestry from India who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or migrants of other types. The terms
Asian Indian and
East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians". With a population of more than 5.1 million, Indian Americans make up approximately 1.47% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans, the largest Asian-alone group, and the second-largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans have the highest Median Household Income and the second highest Per Capita Income among other Asian ethnic groups working in the United States.