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American FactFinder - Search (Population groups, then under 'Ancestry Group' chose Afghan, Arab, Armenian, Assyrian, Iranian, Israeli, and Turkish, then 2010 SELECTED PROFILES IN THE UNITED STATES. Unfortunately, nothing for Central Asia or Caucasus aside from Armenia...yet!)
2005-2009 Estimates: 140,966
2007-2009 Estimates: 147,619 (of which 47.7% is foreign born)
Regional Dispersion:
41.5% in the Northeast
8.1% in the Midwest
23.2% in the South
27.3% in the West
Top 5 States
1) New York: 38,321
2) California: 30,581
3) Florida: 16,389
4) New Jersey: 9,709
5) Texas: 5,430
Top 5 MSA's/CSA's
1) New York CSA: 46,741
2) Los Angeles CSA: 20,005
3) Miami MSA: 12,519
4) Bay Area CSA: 6,225
5) Boston CSA: 4,732
Enjoy!
I am actually quite surprised to see that there would be less than 4700 Isrealis in the Philly area just purely based on the very large Jewish population here. But I guess many are not Isreali nationals, though do know a few and know many associated with TEVA US HQ here
Interesting stuff
I also know a few Iranians and they tend to call themselves Persians in reference to one another
I am actually quite surprised to see that there would be less than 4700 Isrealis in the Philly area just purely based on the very large Jewish population here. But I guess many are not Isreali nationals, though do know a few and know many associated with TEVA US HQ here
Interesting stuff
I also know a few Iranians and they tend to call themselves Persians in reference to one another
I think this whole thread is pretty surprising as a whole, IMO. I thought that the Middle Eastern presence in the Northeastern and Midwestern cities would be much stronger than out here, but I guess I was wrong.
Definitely though, the Arab American presence outside of CA is MUCH stronger than it is here.
"Iranian" encapsulates more than just Persian, since Iran is a multi-ethnic country that is just only around 51-58% ethnic Persian (if one counts Gilakis and Mazandaranis as Persian or not). https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ir.html
Many of the Iranian born in the LA area are members of ethnic minorities themselves, most notably Armenians and Jews (two groups that fled the Islamic Revolution of 1979).
I think this whole thread is pretty surprising as a whole, IMO. I thought that the Middle Eastern presence in the Northeastern and Midwestern cities would be much stronger than out here, but I guess I was wrong.
Definitely though, the Arab American presence outside of CA is MUCH stronger than it is here.
"Iranian" encapsulates more than just Persian, since Iran is a multi-ethnic country that is just only around 51-58% ethnic Persian (if one counts Gilakis and Mazandaranis as Persian or not). https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ir.html
Many of the Iranian born in the LA area are members of ethnic minorities themselves, most notably Armenians and Jews (two groups that fled the Islamic Revolution of 1979).
It's ironic that Arabs constitute over half of US Middle Easterners and CA still has the largest proportion of Middle Eastern Americans despite Arabs not being a majority of Middle Eastern Americans in CA; what's the distribution of Middle Eastern Americans in CA by group?
It's ironic that Arabs constitute over half of US Middle Easterners and CA still has the largest proportion of Middle Eastern Americans despite Arabs not being a majority of Middle Eastern Americans in CA; what's the distribution of Middle Eastern Americans in CA by group?
California Middle Easterners
Afghan American: 33,396 (4.2% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Arab American: 243,929 (30.7% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Armenian American: 239,710 (30.2% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Assyrian American: 25,251 (3.2% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Iranian American: 199,711(25.1% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Israeli American: 30,581 (3.8% of CA's Middle Easterners)
Turkish American: 22,363 (2.8% of CA's Middle Easterners)
50 States + DC by Middle Eastern population and % of population, 2005-2009 estimates
Detailed Tables - American FactFinder
(% based on 2005-2009 estimated state population, not 2010 census because 2010 census data for ancestries hasn't come out yet!)
Yeah, I could've sworn that there were way more Middle Easterners in Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, NYC, and Detroit. They seem to be running a lot of the corner stores and taxi cabs.
Only 1.3% of the Northeast's population? Something seems way off.
I could've sworn there were way more Middle Easterners than that. I bump into Persians, Arabs, Afghans, all the time.
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Originally Posted by boswashbooster
Yeah, I could've sworn that there were way more Middle Easterners in Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, NYC, and Detroit. They seem to be running a lot of the corner stores and taxi cabs.
Only 1.3% of the Northeast's population? Something seems way off.
Well, the overall numbers seem sort of small given how large the US population is as a whole, but think for a moment of how large these numbers is in person. Think of how many people in total 50,000 people is. Despite it being relatively small compared to many of the cities we see on this site, or a demographic we see on this site, 50,000 people in person is a large number. Chances are, you'll never meet all 50,000 of those people. If you notice a subset of that population way more than others, despite the fact that they may be a relatively small part of the total population, it would lend you to believe that part of the population is much larger than it actually is because you notice it more. Just think about it as a brain exercise.
In terms of numbers and %, I was actually a bit shocked the numbers are even THAT high when all is said and done, given the other demographics that are around. The US census SHOULD start including Middle Easterners/North Africans/Central Asians as a distinct category on the US census, given the real world historical disconnect between that region and Europe (pre-colonialism, of course), but again, it's not like they're a huge demographic to begin with. Maybe perhaps combining all the nationalities into a category about ancestries, then dividing it further into sub-categories, and for Arabs, even further into specific nationalities? Kind of like how they collect data on West Indians right now.
Once ancestry maps from 2010 census comes out, I'll post it.
As for LA, I'm sure other Angelenos will agree with me, the concentration of Middle Easterners in the LA area is basically the 30 mile stretch between Calabasas and Glendale (Southern SFV), and from Santa Monica to Glendale (though not as concentrated as Calabasas to Glendale except in the Westside/Beverly Hills and East Hollywood onwards). I'd estimate around 4/5ths of the Middle Easterners in the LA area live in that general area. Outside of that, it's pretty dispersed, with a notable Arab concentration in OC. A drive down Ventura Blvd will reveal many buildings with Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Armenian inscriptions on their buildings, with many of them having more than one language on them.
Well, the overall numbers seem sort of small given how large the US population is as a whole, but think for a moment of how large these numbers is in person. Think of how many people in total 50,000 people is. Despite it being relatively small compared to many of the cities we see on this site, or a demographic we see on this site, 50,000 people in person is a large number. Chances are, you'll never meet all 50,000 of those people. If you notice a subset of that population way more than others, despite the fact that they may be a relatively small part of the total population, it would lend you to believe that part of the population is much larger than it actually is because you notice it more. Just think about it as a brain exercise.
Definitely agreed. Sooo many people run into a sample from a population and assume that the sample is representative of the population, when it's often not...e.g. suppose an individual who visits a Target in Fullerton, CA on a Saturday afternoon may observe 80% of the patrons to be Asian and then concludes that Fullerton is 80% Asian (when it in reality is closer to 20% Asian), would be way off; it may have been that a much greater share of the Asian population in Fullerton is religious than the white population, so they had a significantly greater tendency to do their weekend shopping on Saturday rather than on Sunday (or a host of other reasons why the sample the individual observed at target was not representative of the population)
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