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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%. “I think it’s probably closer to...
Jul 5, 2017 · Dearborn now boasts the largest and most diverse Arab community in the US, and of the city's 98,000 residents, more than 30 per cent identify as Arab-American or claim some form of Arab descent.
Sep 26, 2023 · Arab 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...
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...
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.
Jul 9, 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. Nationally, Arab Americans are roughly half Muslims and half Christians.
Apr 29, 2024 · According to the 2020 Census, 54.5% of the city's nearly 110,000 people claim Middle Eastern or North African ancestry. Alamy. Dearborn is home to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation...
Nov 6, 2021 · Dearborn’s population is about 42% Arab, according to Census figures. But more recent surveys suggest the city could be more than half Arab.
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 immigrants,...
Mar 9, 2022 · After becoming the first Arab American to represent Michigan’s 15th district in the state House of Representatives in 2017, at just 26, Abdullah Hammoud invited groups of legislators to tour...
