The poor political and economic conditions caused by the Nepalese Civil War marked increased emigration from Nepal.
Now, significant communities of Nepali-Americans exist in large metropolitan areas such as Texas, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Gainesville, Florida, Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Harry Bhandari became the first Nepalese American to be elected to public office when he won a State Delegate race in Maryland in 2018.
[10] Bhandari beat an incumbent and has become the first minority to win any election in the history of the majority White American district.
As many Bhutanese came to the U.S. from Nepal as political refugees from that country and are registered as Nepalese Americans; often leading to the actual numbers of Bhutanese Americans being underreported[14] From the mid-1980s, the Nepalese community in the United States began to develop a series of social, cultural and charitable networks, which include the celebration of certain religious and cultural moments as Sakela, Losar, Dasain, Tihar, Chhath and the Nepali New Year.
[15] According to data collected by the Pew Research Center, Nepali Americans used to have a lower median household income in 2019 of $55,000 a year.