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=====Indian American===== {{main|India Square|Indians in the New York City metropolitan region}} [[India Square]], also known as "[[Little India (location)|Little India]]" or "Little [[Bombay]]",<ref name=Kiniry/> home to the highest concentration of [[Asian Indian]]s in the [[Western Hemisphere]],<ref name=Wirstiuk/> is a rapidly growing [[Indian American]] [[ethnic enclave]] in Jersey City. This area has been home to the largest outdoor [[Navratri]] festivities in New Jersey as well as several [[Hindu temple]]s;<ref>[http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm "India Square"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155533/http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm |date=October 15, 2013 }}, accessed July 26, 2006</ref> while an annual, color-filled spring [[Holi]] [[festival]] has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention.<ref>.{{cite news |last=Rogoza |first=Rafael |title=Thousands of colorful revelers partake in 21st Annual Phagwah Parade in Jersey City |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |date=March 30, 2013 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/thousands_of_colorful_revelers.html#incart_river_default |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Colorful Holi Hai festival in Jersey City celebrates rites of spring|author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 29, 2015 |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/indian_festival_in_jersey_city_celebrates_diversit.html#incart_river|access-date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> There were an estimated 39,477 Indian Americans in Hudson County, according to the 2013 American Community Survey,<ref name=2013Est/> representing a 6.0% increase from 37,236 Indian Americans enumerated in the 2010 United States Census.<ref name=2010Census/>
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