Bangladeshi Americans are Americans of Bangladeshi descent. The majority of Bangladeshi Americans are Bengalis, Sylhetis. Bangladeshi immigrants have arrived in the United States in large numbers since the early 1970s to become among the fastest growing ethnic communities since that decade. New York City, Paterson, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, Florida, Dallas, Houston, North Carolina, and Hamtramck, Michigan are home to notable Bangladeshi communities.