Orang Indonesia Amerika

Indonesian Americans comprise immigrants from the multiethnic country of Indonesia to the United States, and their U.S.-born descendants. As of the 2000 United States Census, they were the 15th largest group of Asian Americans. That census showed 63,073 people who identified themselves as Indonesians residing in the United States.

Orang Indonesia di Amerika Serikat

Daerah dengan populasi signifikan
California, Colorado, New York, Amerika Serikat Timur Laut & Amerika Serikat Barat
Bahasa
Inggris Amerika, Bahasa Indonesia
Agama
Kristian, Islam, dll.

Sejarah Imigran

Orang Indonesia datang ke Amerika Serikat pada tahun pertangahan 1950 sebagai Pelajar Internasional, Pelajar ini datang ke Amerika Serikat dari Universitas Indonesiauntuk melanjutkan fakultas kedokteran di Universitas California, Berkeley. Orang Indonesia datang ke Amerika Serikat menambah pada tahun 1965 karena Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 yang membuka pintu untuk imigran Asia datang ke Amerika Serikat. Di antara 1980 ke 1990 orang Indonesia di Amerika Serikat bertambah tiga kali lipat mencapai 30,085 orang, Hampir seluruhnya tinggal di California Selatan. Pada tahun 2000, 20,710 orang tinggal di daerah ini.

Demography

Ethnicity

The first Indonesians to move to Southern California were Indos (Indonesians of mixed pribumi and European descent). However, the majority of Indonesians who came in the 1960s were of Chinese descent. Unofficial estimates suggest that as many as 60% of the Indonesians in Southern California are of Chinese descent. Interracial marriage is not uncommon, especially among the young, though the elderly often prefer that their children marry other Indonesians.

Religion

A large proportion of Indonesians in the U.S. are Christian, though Muslims are also present. The first Indonesian church in the U.S. was a Seventh-day Adventist Church established in Glendale, California in 1972 with a predominantly Indo congregation; however, as more pribumi migrants joined the church, racial tensions arose, and the Indos withdrew to other churches. The second Indonesian church to be founded in the U.S. was a Baptist church, started by an ethnic Chinese pastor and with a predominantly ethnic Chinese congregation. By 1988, there were 14 Indonesian Protestant congregations; ten years later, that number had grown to 41, with two Indonesian Catholic congregations as well.