Indian-American wealth in the New York metro: the center has moved to New Jersey

The New York–Newark–Jersey City metro area is home to 737,160 people of Asian Indian descent, about one in seven Indian Americans nationwide [1]. It is by far the largest Indian-American community of any US metro (our ranking of metro areas), and it grew about 7% between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 surveys [1][2].

Inside that total, the balance has shifted. The metro's largest Indian-American county is no longer in New York City at all, and our own data shows a third geography, distinct from both, where the highest net worth concentrates.

• 737,160 residents of Asian Indian descent (alone or in combination) in the New York metro, 2020–2024 average [1], or 3.7% of the population [3].
• +6.9% versus the 2015–2019 estimate of 689,507 [1][2] (our calculation).
• 9,463 people in the HeyAlbert database placed in the New York metro at an estimated $1M+, of whom 3,035 are in our $5M+ bands [9].

Where the New York metro's Indian-American residents live, by county

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts 737,160 people who report Asian Indian ancestry, alone or with another group, in the New York metro [1]. Middlesex County, NJ holds 20% of them, and the three largest counties together hold 47% [4][5] (our calculation).

County	2020–2024	2015–2019	Change	Share of county
Middlesex County, NJ	150,707	133,139	13%	17.3%
Queens County, NY	132,937	149,507	-11%	5.7%
Nassau County, NY	60,226	54,376	11%	4.3%
Hudson County, NJ	56,007	48,570	15%	7.8%
New York County, NY	42,532	35,317	20%	2.6%
Somerset County, NJ	40,409	31,230	29%	11.6%
Bergen County, NJ	35,304	36,301	-3%	3.7%
Kings County, NY	35,091	37,375	-6%	1.3%
Morris County, NJ	31,460	27,804	13%	6.1%
Suffolk County, NY	22,860	19,441	18%	1.5%

Asian Indian alone or in any combination. Sources: ACS 5-year estimates [4][5]; totals from Table B01003. Change and share are our calculations. Estimates carry margins of error.

Middlesex County, New Jersey, now has about 150,700 residents of Asian Indian descent, more than Queens, which fell about 11% to about 132,900 [4][5]. Somerset County grew about 29% and Manhattan (New York County) about 20%, while Bergen and Brooklyn edged down [4][5]. The most concentrated larger places are all suburban: Parsippany at about 32%, Secaucus at 24% and Hicksville on Long Island at 17% [7].

The most concentrated communities

Raw counts favor big cities. Ranking places of 20,000+ residents by the share who report Asian Indian ancestry gives a different map [7][8]:

Place	Asian Indian residents	Total population	Share
Parsippany CDP	6,868	21,345	32.2%
Secaucus	5,302	21,778	24.3%
Carteret	4,778	25,496	18.7%
Hicksville CDP	7,575	43,780	17.3%
Woodbridge CDP	3,082	20,756	14.8%
Somerset CDP	3,318	22,720	14.6%
Hillsborough CDP	3,020	22,585	13.4%
Jersey City	37,794	294,078	12.9%

Places with 20,000+ residents and at least 1,000 Asian Indian residents. CDP = census-designated place. Sources: ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Tables B02018 and B01003 [7][8]; shares are our calculation.

What the HeyAlbert database shows in the New York metro

HeyAlbert builds profiles of Indian-American individuals with an estimated net worth of $1M or more from public records, and every estimate is tied to a cited source. Our database currently places 9,463 such people in the New York metro [9]. That is a count of people we have found and estimated, not a census of wealthy households: our coverage is partial and uneven.

Estimated net-worth band	People in our database
$1M–5M	6,428
$5M–15M	2,220
$25M+ (probable)	278
$25M+ (likely)	537
Total, $1M+	9,463

Source: HeyAlbert database [9]. Bands are estimates from public evidence; “likely” and “probable” describe our confidence in the $25M+ tier. Cells under 25 are suppressed.

City	$1M+	of which $5M+	of which $25M+
Manhattan	1,217	674	236
Queens	1,153	<25	<25
New York	894	769	329
Brooklyn	688	229	48
Millburn	553	234	<25
North Hempstead	245	<25	<25
Greenwich	244	110	44
Oyster Bay	200	<25	<25
Scarsdale	154	32	<25
Staten Island	129	<25	<25
Glen Head	112	70	<25
Hoboken	111	32	<25

Source: HeyAlbert database [9]. Cities with 25+ people at $1M+; cells under 25 shown as <25. The city is where our sources place the person; for some records it is a workplace rather than a home.

Our database places 9,463 people in the New York metro at $1M+, including 815 at $25M+ [9]. Those upper tiers sit in Manhattan and in New York City records without a borough (together 1,443 people at $5M+), and in Greenwich, Connecticut, which has 244 people in our set, 110 of them at $5M+ [9]. Queens has 1,153 people in our set but fewer than 25 in the $5M+ bands, and Millburn, New Jersey, has 553 [9].

Why our the New York metro count looks the way it does

Each estimate in our database rests on a primary piece of public evidence. The mix differs from place to place, depending on which records we have been able to process, and it shapes the counts above more than any real difference in wealth does [9].

Primary evidence for the estimate	People	Share
Home value (public assessor or listing records)	5,570	59%
Other public signals (executive roles, company filings, gifts, pay)	3,450	36%
Physician (NPI registry; seniority and specialty estimate)	313	3%
Patent inventors (with company context)	64	1%
Professional license	32	0%

Source: HeyAlbert database [9], people at $1M+. Categories under 25 not shown.

About 59% of our New York metro estimates rest on home values, which is why Queens, Long Island and the New Jersey suburbs show many people in the $1M–5M band. The Manhattan and Greenwich upper tier is documented mainly through executive roles, filings and gifts [9].

Giving signals

533 of the 9,463 people in our the New York metro set (5.6%) have at least one public giving signal, such as a named gift on a donor roll or a role at a charity [9]. By cause, counting each person once per cause:

Cause area	People with a signal
Other causes	160
Education	142
Human services	110
Community and ethnic organizations	73
Arts and culture	73
Health	53

Source: HeyAlbert database [9]. Causes with fewer than 25 people not shown. A person can appear under more than one cause.

What it means if you work with these families

The New York metro is really three markets. The New Jersey corridor from Edison to Parsippany has the population and the growth. Queens and Long Island hold long-established families whose wealth is mostly in property and small businesses. Manhattan and Greenwich hold the finance and corporate fortunes. Advisors and nonprofits who treat the metro as one market tend to over-serve the last group and miss the first two.

Methodology

Census figures are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020–2024 and 2015–2019, Table B02018, using “Asian Indian, alone or in any combination” [1][2]. Total population comes from Table B01003 [3]. The Census Bureau changed how it codes detailed race responses in 2020, so part of the change between the two periods may reflect coding rather than migration. All estimates carry margins of error. Shares and growth rates are our calculations.

HeyAlbert counts are aggregates from our database as of October 2026 [9]. They include people we identified as likely of Indian origin with an estimated net worth of $1M or more, based on public records such as property assessments, professional licenses, patents, SEC filings and donor rolls. Coverage is partial and depends on which public records exist and which we have processed. These counts are not population totals. Any cell under 25 is suppressed, and we publish aggregates only, never individual records.

Related

• How large and affluent is the Indian American community in the New York metro area?
• Why is New Jersey, and Middlesex County in particular, a hub for Indian Americans?
• Indian-American wealth in New York State
• Indian-American wealth in New Jersey

HeyAlbert finds Indian-American families worth $1M+ and tells you who to call, with every fact cited. See who is in the New York metro at heyalbert.site.

Sources

1. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all metropolitan statistical areas. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=010XX00US$3100000 (data: machine-readable)
2. ACS 2015–2019 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all metropolitan statistical areas. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2019.B02018?g=010XX00US$3100000 (data: machine-readable)
3. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, all metropolitan statistical areas. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=010XX00US$3100000 (data: machine-readable)
4. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all counties. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=010XX00US$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
5. ACS 2015–2019 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all counties. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2019.B02018?g=010XX00US$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
6. ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Table B01003, counties in CBSA 35620. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=310M700US35620$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
7. ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Table B02018, places in CBSA 35620. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=310M700US35620$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
8. ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Table B01003, places in CBSA 35620. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=310M700US35620$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
9. HeyAlbert database, aggregate counts (October 2026 snapshot); how we build it is described on our methodology page. HeyAlbert. https://heyalbert.site/research/methodology/