Arab Americans
Arab American´s ethnic groups

Ancestry
2000
2000 (% of US population)
2010
2010 (% of US population)
Lebanon Lebanese
440,279
0.2%
501,988
%
Syria Syrian
142,897
0.1%
148,214
%
Egypt Egyptian
142,832
0.1%
190,078
%
State of Palestine Palestinian
72,096
0.04%
93,438
%
Jordan Jordanian
39,734
0.03%
61,664
%
Morocco Moroccan
38,923
0.03%
82,073
%
Iraq Iraqi
37,714
0.01%
105,981
%
Yemen Yemeni
11,654
0.005%
29,358
%
Algeria Algerian
8,752
%
14,716
%
Saudi Arabia Saudi
7,419
%
-
%
Tunisia Tunisian
4,735
%
-
%
Kuwait Kuwaiti
3,162
%
-
%
Libya Libyan
2,979
%
-
%
United Arab Emirates Emirati
459
%
-
%
Oman Omani
351
%
-
%
"North African"
3,217
%
-
%
"Arabs"
85,151
%
290,893
%
"Arabic"
120,665
%
-
%
Other Arabs
-
%
224,241
%
Total
1,160,729
0.4%
1,697,570
0.6%

Question: What was the largest Arab American ethnic group in 2000?
Answer: In 2000, the largest Arab American ethnic group was the Lebanese Americans, with 440,279 people, which was 0.2% of the US population.