Where Do Arab Americans Live?
Top 10 States by Arab American Population
1. California - 324,609
2. Michigan - 223,075
3. New York - 152,675
4. Texas - 124,117
5. Florida - 112,300
6. Illinois - 111,484
7. New Jersey - 108,455
8. Ohio - 98,460
9. Massachusetts - 75,147
10. Pennsylvania - 69,422
Lebanese and Arab Americans live in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. About one of every three Arab Americans lives in six of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
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66 percent of Lebanese and Arab Americans live in 10 states.
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33 percent live in California, New York, and Michigan.
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48 percent live in 20 metro areas.
The cities with the largest Arab American populations are Los Angeles, Detroit, New York-New Jersy, Chicago, Boston and Washington, DC respectively.
California is home to the largest number of Arab Americans of any state, with more than 700,000 Arab Americans residing in 56 of California's 58 counties. (New Numbers from AAI organization http://www.aaiusa.org
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Detroit 219,765 - Wayne, Oakland, Macomb
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New York 162,692 Kings, Queens, Manhattan
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New Jersey 92,080 - Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex, Essex, Monmouth
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Chicago 91,260 - Cook, DuPage
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Washington, D.C. 69,350, Fairfax, VA, Montgomery, MD.
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Top 20 Counties by Arab American Population |
Census Count (1990) |
Estimated Population * |
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Los Angeles County, CA |
56,345 |
197,205 |
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Wayne, MI |
31,274 |
109,460 |
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Kings, NY |
27,209 |
95,231 |
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Cook, IL |
23,532 |
82,360 |
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Oakland, MI |
15,495 |
54,230 |
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Orange, CA |
15,662 |
46,985 |
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Macomb, MI |
12,627 |
44,190 |
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Cuyahoga, OH |
12,507 |
43,750 |
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Harris, TX |
13,925 |
41,775 |
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San Diego, CA |
13,055 |
39,165 |
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Fairfax, VA |
9,976 |
34,910 |
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Queens, NY |
9,938 |
34,780 |
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Dade, FL |
11,344 |
34,030 |
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New York County, NY |
9,339 |
32,685 |
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Middlesex, MA |
9,709 |
29,100 |
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Bergen, NJ |
7,340 |
25,690 |
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Montgomery, MD |
6,873 |
24,055 |
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Santa Clara, CA |
7,085 |
21,255 |
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Alleghany, PA |
6,994 |
20,980 |
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Norfolk, MA |
6,850 |
20,550 |
All estimates were provided by Zogby International based on post-Census research and data analysis. For updated information visit:
http://www.aaiusa.org/demographics
The United States At A Glance Through Arab Americans dwell in all fifty American states, there are strong concentrations in ten states. The profiles of the following states are comprised of an estimate of the actual Arab American population on the basis of the estimates of community leaders, and surveys of church and organization memberships.