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As of the 2010 U.S. Census the number of people in the Houston area of Pakistani origin was counted as 27,856. [1] As of 2000, over 70% of the Muslims in Houston are Pakistani or Indian. [ 2 ]
In 1971 the Bangladeshi American community in Greater Houston consisted of about 10 university students; 1971 was the year when Bangladesh, previously East Pakistan, seceded from Pakistan. As of 2011 the Bangladeshi American population of Greater Houston includes over 10,000 people.
Texas has a large Pakistani population, estimated at 70,000 people as of 2018. They are primarily concentrated in the Austin , Dallas-Fort Worth , Houston , and San Antonio metropolitan areas. [ 31 ]
Houston has an Ahmadiyya community with a mosque. [25] The mosque is located in northern Harris County. [26] On Thursday, May 22, 2008, [27] Sheikh Najam Ali ran an advertisement in his newspaper, the Pakistan Times, that stated that the Ahmadiyya were Muslim and that
Houston also has large populations of immigrants from Asia. In addition, the city has the largest Vietnamese American population in Texas and third-largest in the United States as of 2004. [29] [30] Houston also has one of the largest Chinese American, [31] Pakistani American, [32] [33] and Filipino American [34] [35] populations in the United ...
Placards such as this one were placed above street signs at the district's official naming ceremony on January 16, 2010. The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Hillcroft or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian ...
The following is a list of notable Pakistani Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Pakistani American or must have references showing they are Pakistani American and are notable.
Little Pakistan is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Pakistani immigrants and people of Pakistani ancestry (overseas Pakistanis), usually in an urban neighborhood all over the world.