Editing Edison, New Jersey (section)

====Indian community====
[[Oak Tree Road]] is a [[Little India|South Asian-focused commercial strip]] in Middlesex County, the [[U.S. county]] with the highest concentration of [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Asian Indians]].<ref>Genovese, Peter. [https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html "Big business in Little India: Commerce flourishes in vibrant ethnic neighborhood"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413205752/https://www.nj.com/news/2012/11/big_business_in_little_india_c.html |date=April 13, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], November 16, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Shah, Riddhi. [https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ/ "Eat Street: Oak Tree Road, Iselin, N.J.; The Garden State boasts the country's most delicious South Asian strip"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202807/https://www.saveur.com/article/Travels/Oak-Tree-Road-Iselin-NJ/ |date=December 4, 2019 }}, ''[[Saveur]]'', March 31, 2011. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>[[Joseph Berger (author)|Berger, Joseph]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html "A Place Where Indians, Now New Jerseyans, Thrive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621041522/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27indianj.html |date=June 21, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 22, 2016. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> The Oak Tree Road strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through Edison and neighboring [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] in [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]], near the area's sprawling [[Chinese in New York City|Chinatown]] and [[Koreans in New York City|Koreatown]], running along [[New Jersey Route 27]].<ref>Shaftel, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html "Indo-Chinese Food Is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418122336/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/travel/indo-chinese-restaurants-edison-new-jersey.html |date=April 18, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 9, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> It is the largest and most diverse [[South Asian]] cultural hub in the United States.<ref>King, Kate. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 {{"'}}Little India' Thrives in Central New Jersey; Oak Tree Road, once rundown and desolate, is a booming ethnic business district that attracts South Asian customers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412142632/https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-india-thrives-in-central-new-jersey-1506340801 |date=April 12, 2019 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', September 25, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref><ref>Burke, Monte. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/ "How Indo-Americans Created The Ultimate Neighborhood Bank"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419225041/https://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2012/06/06/the-ultimate-neighborhood-bank/ |date=April 19, 2019 }}, ''[[Forbes]]'', June 25, 2012. Accessed December 3, 2019. "The Indo-American community in Edison, N.J. builds wealth the old-fashioned way, financing each other's businesses."</ref> In Middlesex County, election [[ballot]]s are printed in English, [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], Hindi, and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml Vote By Mail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229144328/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote-by-mail.shtml |date=December 29, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections. Accessed December 3, 2019.</ref> As part of the 2020 Census, 34.9% of Edison residents identified themselves as being [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Indian American]], an increase from 28.3% in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP1Y2022.DP05?g=060XX00US3402320230 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=Census2010>[https://archive.today/20200212103008/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3402320230 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Edison township, Middlesex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> In the 2000 Census, 17.75% of Edison residents identified themselves as being Indian American, the highest percentage of Indian-American people of any municipality in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Asian-Indian.html Asian Indian Communities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615091254/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Asian-Indian.html |date=June 15, 2012 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed October 5, 2011.</ref>