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'''Middle Eastern Americans''' are [[Americans]] with origins or citizenship from the [[Middle East]]. |
'''Middle Eastern Americans''' are [[Americans]] with origins or citizenship from the [[Middle East]]. |
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], |
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Americans from Western Asia and North Africa, also known as the Middle East, include immigrants and their descendants from the many [[Arabic-speaking world|Arabic-speaking countries]], [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Cyprus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Iran]], [[Israel]], [[Turkey]] and the [[Central Asia]]n republics.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Foreign Born From Asia: 2011|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr11-06.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=16 December 2013|author=Thomas Gryn|author2=Christine Gambino|date=October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1960 to 1990|url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/tab03.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=16 December 2013|author=Campbell Gibson|author2=Emily Lennon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Batalova|first=Jeanne|title=Asian Immigrants in the United States|url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=841|work=Migration Information Source|publisher=Migration Policy Institute|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Terrazas|first=Aaron|title=Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States|url=http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?ID=830|work=Migration Information Source|publisher=Migration Policy Institute|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> Middle Eastern communities have been settling in America since at least the [[Dutch]] colonial period of [[New Amsterdam]], when [[Sephardic Jews]] fleeing persecution in [[History of the Jews in Brazil|Brazil]] found refuge there in 1654.<ref>Jewish Virtual Library. [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/amsterdam.html New Amsterdam's Jewish Crusader]. Accessed 5 November 2015.</ref> |
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== Population == |
== Population == |
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| ⚫ | According to the 2010 U.S. Census there were 1,698,570 [[Arab Americans]].<ref>http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table</ref> [[California]] has the largest Middle Eastern immigrant population, with nearly 400,000 people. Of states with the most Middle Eastern immigrants, [[Virginia]] has the fastest growing population, followed by [[Texas]], [[Michigan]], and [[New York]].<ref name="cis.org">Steven A. Camarota, ''Immigrants from the Middle East |
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| ⚫ | [http://www.cis.org/MiddleEasternImmigrantsProfile]</ref> The total population of Middle Eastern Americans is greater than 936,000, four percent of the US population. 82% of Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. citizens, with 63% born in the U.S. The majority of [[Arab Americans]], and therefore the majority of Middle Eastern Americans as a whole, are [[Christian]].<ref>[http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/22/demographics The Arab American Institute]</ref><ref>[http://www.alhewar.org/gabriel_habib_What_About_Arab_Christians.htm Presentation at Al]</ref> Most [[Maronites]] tend to be of Lebanese, Syrian, or Cypriot extraction; the majority of Christians of Cypriot and Palestinian background are often Eastern Orthodox. |
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| ⚫ | Many of the leading Middle Eastern countries of immigration to the United States are non-Arab. In their definitions of Middle Eastern Americans, [[U.S. Census Bureau]] and the [[National Health Interview Survey]] include peoples from [[Armenia]], [[Cyprus]], [[Iran]], [[Israel]], [[Turkey]], and [[Central Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NHIS Survey Description 2010|url=ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHIS/2010/srvydesc.pdf|publisher=National Health Interview Survey|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Fernández-Kelly|first=Patricia|title=Health Care and Immigration: Understanding the Connections|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|location=Oxford and New York|isbn=1317967259|page=157}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Middle Easterners are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in America.<ref name="cis.org"/> The figure shows very dramatic growth in this population over the last 30 years. In 1970, fewer than 200,000 Middle Easterners lived in the United States—by 2000 the number had grown 650 percent to nearly 1.5 million. Over the same period, the total foreign-born population grew at half the rate of the Middle Eastern population. Since 1990, the Middle Eastern population has increased 80 percent.<ref name="cis.org"/> Citizenship rates are relatively high among Middle Easterners.<ref name="cis.org"/> |
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As of 1996, an estimated 150,000 or 10% of Middle Eastern immigrants illegal aliens.<ref>"The INS last estimated that 150,000, or about 10 percent, of Middle Eastern immigrants are illegal aliens. Preliminary Census Bureau estimates show a similar number."; "approximately 150,000 people from the Middle East resided in the United States illegally in 1996. It is reasonable to assume that this population has grown since that time, but assuming it has not, then about 10 percent of the total Middle Eastern immigrants were illegally in the country in 2000." |
As of 1996, an estimated 150,000 or 10% of Middle Eastern immigrants illegal aliens.<ref>"The INS last estimated that 150,000, or about 10 percent, of Middle Eastern immigrants are illegal aliens. Preliminary Census Bureau estimates show a similar number."; "approximately 150,000 people from the Middle East resided in the United States illegally in 1996. It is reasonable to assume that this population has grown since that time, but assuming it has not, then about 10 percent of the total Middle Eastern immigrants were illegally in the country in 2000." |
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"there is no evidence that Middle Easterners violate U.S. immigration law at rates higher than other immigrant groups. "[http://www.cis.org/MiddleEasternImmigrantsProfile cis.org] (2002)</ref> |
"there is no evidence that Middle Easterners violate U.S. immigration law at rates higher than other immigrant groups. "[http://www.cis.org/MiddleEasternImmigrantsProfile cis.org] (2002)</ref> |
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Assuming a similar growth rate in this population as for the Middle East immigrant population overall, the number of young children in Middle Eastern families were estimated likely to grow to roughly 950,000 over the 2000s.{{When|date=June 2013}}<ref name="cis.org"/> In less than 10 years the number of Middle Eastern immigrants and their young children will grow to 3.4 million. indicating that the successful incorporation and assimilation of these immigrants and their children will be of increasing importance to the United States.<ref name="cis.org"/> |
Assuming a similar growth rate in this population as for the Middle East immigrant population overall, the number of young children in Middle Eastern families were estimated likely to grow to roughly 950,000 over the 2000s.{{When|date=June 2013}}<ref name="cis.org"/> In less than 10 years the number of Middle Eastern immigrants and their young children will grow to 3.4 million. indicating that the successful incorporation and assimilation of these immigrants and their children will be of increasing importance to the United States.<ref name="cis.org"/> |
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| ⚫ | According to the 2010 U.S. Census there were 1,698,570 [[Arab Americans]].<ref>http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table</ref> [[California]] has the largest Middle Eastern immigrant population, with nearly 400,000 people. Of states with the most Middle Eastern immigrants, [[Virginia]] has the fastest growing population, followed by [[Texas]], [[Michigan]], and [[New York]].<ref name="cis.org">Steven A. Camarota, ''Immigrants from the Middle East |
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| ⚫ | [http://www.cis.org/MiddleEasternImmigrantsProfile]</ref> 82% of Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. citizens, with 63% born in the U.S. The majority of [[Arab Americans]] are [[Christian]].<ref>[http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/22/demographics The Arab American Institute]</ref><ref>[http://www.alhewar.org/gabriel_habib_What_About_Arab_Christians.htm Presentation at Al]</ref> Most [[Maronites]] tend to be of Lebanese, Syrian, or Cypriot extraction; the majority of Christians of Cypriot and Palestinian background are often Eastern Orthodox. |
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| ⚫ | Many of the leading Middle Eastern |
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== Middle Eastern ancestries table == |
== Middle Eastern ancestries table == |
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"Religious responses," though tabulated, were not differentiated, although they totaled 1,089,597 in 2000.<ref name=ancestry2000/> |
"Religious responses," though tabulated, were not differentiated, although they totaled 1,089,597 in 2000.<ref name=ancestry2000/> |
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[[Jewish]] 2000 and 2010 estimations from Mandell L. Berman Institute and the [[North American Jewish Data Bank]].<ref>[http://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/conferences/demographyconf/pdfs/Dashefsky_JewishPopulationUS2010.pdf "Jewish Population in the United States, 2010."] Dashefsky, Arnold. Sheskin, Ira. Accessed November 2015.</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Middle Eastern Americans are Americans with origins or citizenship from the Middle East.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans from Western Asia and North Africa, also known as the Middle East, include immigrants and their descendants from the many Arabic-speaking countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Turkey and the Central Asian republics.[1][2][3][4] Middle Eastern communities have been settling in America since at least the Dutch colonial period of New Amsterdam, when Sephardic Jews fleeing persecution in Brazil found refuge there in 1654.[5]
Population
According to the 2010 U.S. Census there were 1,698,570 Arab Americans.[6] California has the largest Middle Eastern immigrant population, with nearly 400,000 people. Of states with the most Middle Eastern immigrants, Virginia has the fastest growing population, followed by Texas, Michigan, and New York.[7] The total population of Middle Eastern Americans is greater than 936,000, four percent of the US population. 82% of Middle Eastern Americans are U.S. citizens, with 63% born in the U.S. The majority of Arab Americans, and therefore the majority of Middle Eastern Americans as a whole, are Christian.[8][9] Most Maronites tend to be of Lebanese, Syrian, or Cypriot extraction; the majority of Christians of Cypriot and Palestinian background are often Eastern Orthodox.
Many of the leading Middle Eastern countries of immigration to the United States are non-Arab. In their definitions of Middle Eastern Americans, U.S. Census Bureau and the National Health Interview Survey include peoples from Armenia, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Turkey, and Central Asia.[10][11]
Middle Easterners are one of the fastest growing immigrant groups in America.[7] The figure shows very dramatic growth in this population over the last 30 years. In 1970, fewer than 200,000 Middle Easterners lived in the United States—by 2000 the number had grown 650 percent to nearly 1.5 million. Over the same period, the total foreign-born population grew at half the rate of the Middle Eastern population. Since 1990, the Middle Eastern population has increased 80 percent.[7] Citizenship rates are relatively high among Middle Easterners.[7] As of 1996, an estimated 150,000 or 10% of Middle Eastern immigrants illegal aliens.[12]
Assuming a similar growth rate in this population as for the Middle East immigrant population overall, the number of young children in Middle Eastern families were estimated likely to grow to roughly 950,000 over the 2000s.[when?][7] In less than 10 years the number of Middle Eastern immigrants and their young children will grow to 3.4 million. indicating that the successful incorporation and assimilation of these immigrants and their children will be of increasing importance to the United States.[7]
Middle Eastern ancestries table
| Ancestry | 2000 | 2000 (% of US population) | 2010 | 2010 (% of US population) |
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 Afghan
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53,709 | % | 79,775 | % |
| Arab | 1,160,729 | % | 1,697,570 | % |
 Armenian
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385,488 | % | 474,559 | % |
| Assyrian/Chaldo-Assyrian | 81,749 | % | 106,821 | % |
 Azerbaijani
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14,205 | % | % | |
 Cypriot
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7,643 | % | % | |
 Georgian
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6,298 | % | % | |
 Iranian
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338,266 | % | 463,552 | % |
 Israeli
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106,839 | % | 129,359 | % |
 Kurdish
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9,423 | % | % | |
| Syriac | 606 | % | % | |
 Tajik
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905 | % | % | |
 Turkish
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117,575 | % | 195,283 | % |
| "Middle Eastern" | 28,400 | % | % | |
| "North Caucasian" | 596 | % | % | |
| "North Caucasian Turkic" | 1,347 | % | 290,893 | % |
| TOTAL | 2,413,772 | % | 3,437,512 | % |
"Religious responses," though tabulated, were not differentiated, although they totaled 1,089,597 in 2000.[13]
See also
References
- ^ Thomas Gryn; Christine Gambino (October 2012). "The Foreign Born From Asia: 2011" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Campbell Gibson; Emily Lennon. "Region and Country or Area of Birth of the Foreign-Born Population: 1960 to 1990". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Batalova, Jeanne. "Asian Immigrants in the United States". Migration Information Source. Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Terrazas, Aaron. "Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States". Migration Information Source. Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Jewish Virtual Library. New Amsterdam's Jewish Crusader. Accessed 5 November 2015.
- ^ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table
- ^ a b c d e f Steven A. Camarota, Immigrants from the Middle East A Profile of the Foreign-born Population from Pakistan to Morocco, Center for Immigration Studies, August 2002 [1]
- ^ The Arab American Institute
- ^ Presentation at Al
- ^ "NHIS Survey Description 2010" (PDF). National Health Interview Survey. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ Fernández-Kelly, Patricia (2013). Health Care and Immigration: Understanding the Connections. Oxford and New York: Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 1317967259.
- ^ "The INS last estimated that 150,000, or about 10 percent, of Middle Eastern immigrants are illegal aliens. Preliminary Census Bureau estimates show a similar number."; "approximately 150,000 people from the Middle East resided in the United States illegally in 1996. It is reasonable to assume that this population has grown since that time, but assuming it has not, then about 10 percent of the total Middle Eastern immigrants were illegally in the country in 2000." "there is no evidence that Middle Easterners violate U.S. immigration law at rates higher than other immigrant groups. "cis.org (2002)
- ^ a b "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.