The largest Indian ethnic community in the United States with over 1.5 million is Telugu people.

• One-third of the world's software engineers are Indians, with one-third of those being Telugu people.
• Telugu software engineers hold a significant presence in the United States, which is the hub of the global software industry.
• Over 30,000 small and medium-sized IT companies, many of which are owned by Telugus, serve major corporations in the US.
• There are over half a million software engineers working in the US, and many have diversified into other businesses such as restaurants, hotels, real estate, trading, and cinema distribution.
• In addition, there are a large number of Telugu-speaking individuals working as Realtors, Tax Consultants, and Insurance agents in the United States.