Statistics About Arab Descendants in the USA

Wethe People of Arab Ancestry in the United States ^ | 12/4/05 | Don't_Tread_On_Me_888

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

The United States population of those who identify themselves as from Arab ancestry rose a huge 40% since 1980.

Median income for Arab-American households is $5,000 greater than the national average. Mean income is 8% higher than the national average.

More than 40% of US citizens of Arab descent have a bachelor's degree or higher versus 24% for the US national average.

The percent of those with a post-graduate degree is nearly 100% greater than the national average.

The median age of the Arab population was 33, and ranged from 27 for those who said their ancestry was "Arab" or "Arabic" to 39 for Syrian or Lebanese.

The % of married housholds of Arab descent in the US is 7% higher than the national average.

The religion affilitation is overwhelmingly Christian. Muslim makes up about 22%.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

I am interested in compiling a ping list for those memebrs of Arab ancestry.

My ancestors were from Lebanon.

The national news gives non-Arab citizens here in the United States a false impression of Arab descendants. The great majority of of us are Christian, conservative, highly educated, and passionately pro-American.

If you have some stats, or would like to form a pinglist, please reply. Thx

[rightwingintelligentsia]

This is a subject of great interest to me, since I'm an American-born Christian of Syrian descent. You can add me to your ping list.

[jveritas]

As an immigrant from Lebanon this is the first time I agree with your post :)

PS: Lebanese Christians are not ethnically Arabs even though they speak Arabic. So I do not like to be called Arab because it is not true.

[doug from upland]

I was not aware of these statistics. Thanks for some good news. We are glad to have you here on FR and in this great country.

[Nachum]

I had a mechanic (best mechanic I ever had) that was raised in Lebanon and called himself Armenian. He was a Christian and a super guy.

[Desron13]

While this is good news, I question it's relevance. Christians from the "Arab World" coming to this country will assimilate quite nicely. It's the muzzy immigrants that have to be watched. I have seen little sign of assimilation there.

[luvbach1]

The great majority of of us [of Lebanese descent] are Christian, conservative, highly educated, and passionately pro-American.

Lebanese Christians are not ethnically Arabs even though they speak Arabic. So where does that leave ethnic Arabs?

[stubernx98]

My wife family is from Lebenon too. All of the second and third generations are professional people (well except for one who was acquited of murder).

[SoCal Pubbie]

What ethnicity are Lebanese Christians then?

[jveritas]

In Lebanon there is a large community of Armenian Christians whose ancestors migrated to Lebanon after the 1915-1916 Turskish massacres against the Armenians.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Yo are right. The firs huge wave of Arab immigrants came in the 1880-1915 era. They wanted to assimilate--they had to assimilate. No welfare. Had to have a sponsor,etc.

Many from Mexico do not want to assimilate, and Arab radicals (probably Muslims) often do not want to assimilate.

Changes in the policies of the USA have made it easy for "immigrants" to come to America and not assimilate. (They teach some school classes in the languages of their native country). This is why America is losing its national sovereignty.

[jveritas]

Some of them are from the old Phoenician ancestry, some are from Syriac (not the same as Syrian) ancestry, some of them are from Greek and Roman ancestry. No Christians in Lebanon or the whole of Middle East were converted to Christianity since the Muslim Arab invasion of the 7th century because the opposite happened i.e. most Christians then were forced by the power of sword and economic conditions to convert to Islam. The Christians who live now in Lebanon and the Middle East have Christians roots long before the 7th century and the vast majority of them are not Arabs.

[Prost1]

"What ethnicity are Lebanese Christians then?"

Semites, the same as the Israelis....

And Lebanese Christians are most likely Israelis who were converted to Christianity at the time of the Apostles.

[jveritas]

Turskish=Turkish

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

LOL!

A professional murderer? I guess if he is a hitman for the mob, he could still be coded as a "professional" by the Census Bureau.

You think?

My wife is Latina. I need to teach her how to make some good Lebanese dishes. Kibbee is the first thing she needs to learn.

[jveritas]

There are over 12 millions people from Lebanese descent(overwhelmingly Christians) who live outside Lebanon, over three times the number of all Lebanese living in Lebanon.

[AndyJackson]

Semites, the same as the Israelis....

Arabs are semitic and the Arab language is closely related to Hebrew.

[jveritas]

I think the better description of many Lebanese original ancestry is "Cananites" who are also semites.

[winner3000]

Luckily, since the huge March 14 demonstration in Lebanon that pressured Syria to leave, Lebanese Christians and Muslims have been much closer together. The trick now is not to let the old guard leaders who started coming back to divide us again.

While I am passionately Christian, when someone asks me where I'm from, I just say proudly that I'm from Lebanon. I am passionately pro-US, and gladly realize that without George W Bush and the US, Syria would still be occupying Lebanon.

We now have to somehow deal with Hezbollah before they cause another war with Israel.

[A. Pole]

The religion affilitation is overwhelmingly Christian. Muslim makes up about 22%.

A thing to remember!