Bengali Americans

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:censusCategory gptkb:Asian
gptkbp:community_events Bengali New Year Parade (New York)
Bengali conferences
gptkbp:community_media gptkb:Bangla_Patrika
gptkb:Weekly_Thikana
Bangladesh Pratidin (US edition)
gptkbp:cuisine gptkb:Indian
gptkb:Hilsa_fish
gptkb:Mishti_Doi
gptkb:Rasgulla
Samosa
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations gptkb:Bangladesh_Association_of_New_York
Probashi Bengali Association
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:education high percentage of college graduates
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Durga_Puja
gptkb:Eid_al-Fitr
gptkb:Kali_Puja
gptkb:Saraswati_Puja
gptkb:Pohela_Boishakh
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengali Americans
gptkbp:immigrationWave 1970s
1980s
1990s
post-1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
gptkbp:language gptkb:Bengali
English
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Atlanta
gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Dallas
gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Jhumpa_Lahiri
gptkb:Abul_Bashar
gptkb:Ahsan_Habib
gptkb:Monica_Yunus
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:business
gptkb:medicine
engineering
information technology
academia
gptkbp:origin gptkb:West_Bengal,_India
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkbp:population approximately 200,000 (2020 estimate)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:South_Asian_Americans
gptkb:Bangladeshi_Americans
gptkb:Bengalis
gptkb:Indian_Americans
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:South_Asian_Americans
Asian Americans
gptkbp:youth_organizations Bengali Students Association (various universities)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bengali_diaspora
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6