snowfed lets not get embroiled into this typical Nepali argument of who is superior in terms of knowledge of Nepal and Nepali people .

Sajha ID, are you actually talking about Nepali American citizens or Nepali citizens living in America. If it is Nepali Americans thent the figure I managed to gather was

According to the 1990 U.S. Census, there were 2,616 Americans with Nepalese ancestry.
The current estimation of population of Nepalese Americans is around 110,616 (got the info from Wiki (not the most reliable source on the web).