Analysis: People of Indian origin are on a roll across the U.S. and Canada — in education, high\u002Dtech and politics.
or better, according to Pew Research. That’s the highest of any Asian immigrant group, with Chinese Americans coming in at 57 per cent. The overall bachelor’s degree average in the U.S. is 38 per cent.is also pronounced. A recent Statistics Canada study by Theresa Qiu and Grant Schellenberg found 50 per cent of South Asian-Canadians had bachelors degrees or more. The portion rose to 62 per cent among South Asian women.
The typical Chinese American household brings in US$82,000. The median household income across the U.S. is US$67,000. And it’s not just because of U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris, who went to an English-language high school in Montreal after her scientist mother from India, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, got a job researching breast cancer at McGill University.
Ram Villivalam, a state senator in Illinois, says having Harris running to be president gives confidence to Indo Americans. Pramala Jayapal, the first woman of South Asian descent to preside over the Congress, is now one of four influential Indo American politicians, dubbed the Samosa Caucus, in the House.The Indo Canadian population, like the Indo American, leans liberal-left.