Telugu population in US grow 4-fold in 8 years
30-Jun-2024The Centre for Immigration, which released the study in 2018, revealed that Telugu was the fastest growing language in the U.S.
The Telugu-speaking population in the US has surged four-fold in the last eight years, growing from 320,000 in 2016 to 1.23 million in 2024.
This growth makes Telugu the 11th most-spoken foreign language in the US and the third most-spoken Indian language, after Hindi and Gujarati.
According to a report from the Statistical Atlas of the US, based on US Census Bureau data, this increase includes both fourth-generation immigrants and recent students.
California has the largest Telugu-speaking population with nearly 200,000 residents, followed by Texas with 150,000 and New Jersey with 110,000.
States like Illinois, Virginia, and Georgia also have significant Telugu communities, with 83,000, 78,000, and 52,000 speakers respectively.
The Centre for Immigration, an American think tank, which conducted the study in 2017, revealed that the number of Telugu speakers among US residents rose by 86% between 2010 and 2017.
The Centre for Immigration, which released the study in 2018, revealed that Telugu was the fastest growing language in the US.
The rise of Telugu speakers in the US can be understood from the fact that in 2017, there were more than 4,00,000 Telugu speakers in the US. This was nearly double the number in 2010,
Each year, between 60,000 and 70,000 students and around 10,000 H-1B visa holders from Telugu-speaking regions arrive in the U.S.
