10 Facts About Indonesian Americans

Indonesian Americans are migrants from the multiethnic country of Indonesia to the United States, and their U S -born descendants.

In both the 2000 and 2010 United States census, they were the 15th largest group of Asian Indonesian Americans recorded in the United States as well as one of the fastest growing.

In 2004, the U S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in Sael v Ashcroft that a Chinese Indonesian couple was eligible for political asylum after citing the existence of anti-Chinese violence and of laws that prohibit Chinese schools and institutions.

Indonesian Americans are members of various ethnic subcategories such as the Javanese, Minahasans, Batak, or Tionghoa.

Many second-generation Indonesian Americans still feel a connection to their Indonesian identity through their ancestry despite often not having a complete grasp on the Indonesian language.

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Indonesian Americans belong to many faiths including Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism, although the first three are the most common.

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.

Restaurants owned by Indonesian Americans are sites for cultural unity over shared meals and traditions.

The earliest was the Indonesian Americans Journal, founded in 1988, and published primarily in the Indonesian Americans language.