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Table 1. Composition and
growth of Muslim-origin populations of the U.S., 1990-2000
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Population
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Percent of Muslim-Origin population
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Percent of total population
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Growth
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1990
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2000
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1990
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2000
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1990
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2000
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1990-2000
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North African
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200,498
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420,711
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12.9%
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14.7%
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0.08%
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0.15%
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109.8%
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Middle Eastern
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799,924
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1,410,363
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51.6%
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49.2%
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0.32%
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0.50%
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76.3%
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Iranian
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270,236
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384,731
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17.4%
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13.4%
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0.11%
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0.14%
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42.4%
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South Asian
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280,043
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652,328
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18.1%
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22.7%
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0.11%
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0.23%
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132.9%
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Muslim-origin total
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1,550,671
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2,868,133
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100.0%
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100.0%
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0.62%
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1.02%
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85.0%
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Non-Hispanic white
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188,013,404
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194,433,424
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75.6%
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69.1%
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3.4%
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Non-Hispanic black
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29,188,456
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35,203,538
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11.7%
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12.5%
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20.6%
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Hispanic
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21,836,851
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35,241,468
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8.8%
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12.5%
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61.4%
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Asian
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6,977,447
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10,050,579
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2.8%
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3.6%
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44.0%
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Total U.S.
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248,709,873
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281,421,906
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100.0%
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100.0%
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13.2%
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Social and Economic Characteristics
A comparison of the social and economic
characteristics of Muslim-origin ancestry groups with major American racial
and ethnic groups is more notable for its rendering of Muslim-origin group
similarity, and similarity with non-Hispanic whites, than for its few
outstanding exceptions. The best
information on these characteristics available at this time is from the 1990
and 2000 PUMS data files.
- Nativity
– Over three-quarters of the North African, Iranian, and South Asian
Muslim-origin population is foreign-born. The percent foreign-born of these groups is higher than
other major racial and ethnic groups, including Asians. In contrast, about half of the Middle
Eastern ancestry group is foreign-born.
- Income
– Median household income among the Muslim-origin ancestry groups is
nearly identical to that of non-Hispanic whites. The exception is the Iranian ancestry
group whose median household income is substantially higher ($65,000),
even exceeding that of Asian Americans.
- Unemployment and
poverty – Percent unemployed among the Muslim-origin groups is
slightly higher than that of non-Hispanic whites and Asians, but lower
than unemployment among non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics, and has
declined since 1990.
Contraindicating this decline in unemployment, the percent
impoverished remains high for all Muslim-origin groups, except Iranians,
which is comparable to that of non-Hispanic white
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