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Sep 26, 2023 · New U.S. Census Bureau data shows for the first time, people of Middle Eastern or North African ancestry make up the majority of Dearborn's population, 54.5%.
Apr 29, 2024 · It's one of the few US cities whose mayor is both Muslim and Arab, the first US city to make Eid a paid holiday for city employees and one of only a handful of places in the country where the...
A rab Americans, for the first time, now make up a majority of the residents of Dearborn, and Michigan's total Middle Eastern population has surpassed 300,000 residents, according to new...
Jul 13, 2014 · The Dearborn community is overwhelmingly Muslim, and majority Shiite Muslim. Shiites are a minority in the Muslim world. It’s also mostly Lebanese, with smaller pockets of Iraqis, Yemenis, and Palestinians.
Sep 20, 2023 · Dearborn, Mich., is home to the largest Muslim population per capita in the nation. Yet it didn’t elect its first Muslim mayor until 2022 with the victory of Abdullah Hammoud, a 33-year-old who...
Feb 12, 2024 · Reflecting the increasing demographic and political clout of the Arab population in Dearborn, Abdullah Hammoud became the city’s first Arab American elected mayor in 2021.
Dec 8, 2023 · Dearborn, a city in Wayne County in the state of Michigan, is home to the country’s largest population of Muslim Americans. However, it took until 2023 for a Muslim mayor to finally be elected here. Abdullah Hammoud, who has Lebanese ancestry, became the Democrat mayor of Dearborn in September 2023.
Feb 23, 2012 · The U.S. Census estimates that more than one-third of Dearborn’s population of 98,000 identify as having some Arab heritage. Many Arabs first came to America as part of the Great Migration from 1880-1924, according to the Arab American National Museum. But why Dearborn?
Nov 6, 2021 · With the victory, he also becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor. Dearborn is home to one of the largest Arab-American communities in the United States. Dearborn’s population is about 42%...
Dec 1, 2023 · Census figures show that it is roughly 54 percent Arab American, a figure experts believe is a significant undercount. When he took office in 2022, Mr. Hammoud — the son of Lebanese...
