As of the 2010 U.S. Census the number of people in the Houston area of Pakistani origin was counted as 27,856. In 2007 the Pakistani-American Association of Greater Houston (PAGH) stated that about 60,000 people of Pakistani origin lived in Greater Houston and that many of them lived in Southwest Houston. As of 2000, over 70% of the Muslims in Houston are Pakistani or Indian. Estimates around 2012 show the number of the Pakistani community in Houston exceeding 100,000.