Punjabi farmers were also able to circumvent laws prohibiting their ownership of property by operating through American bankers.

It is estimated that there are about 20,000 members of the Ravidassia community in California’s Central Valley - a vast majority of them with roots in Punjab in northwestern India.

[10] Aneesh Chopra served as the first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama.

There are also significant concentrations of Punjabi Americans in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and in the Bay Area near Fremont, California.

[22] The Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens is often referred to as "Little Punjab" due to its large Punjabi population.

[23][24] Outside of the city, the suburbs of Hicksville in Long Island and Carteret in Central Jersey have significant Punjabi populations.

[25] Outside of California and the New York metropolitan area, there are significant populations of Punjabi Americans in Kent, Washington and Greenwood, Indiana.