| • | There are over 160,000 Arab Americans currently living in New York City.
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| • | One-third of Arab Americans live in California, Michigan and New York. Another third are in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.
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| • | Contrary to popular stereotypes, a sizable majority of Arab Americans are native-born, and nearly 82 percent are citizens.
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| • | In a poll conducted in October 2001, 20 percent of Arab Americans said they have "personally experienced discrimination because of their ethnicity" since September 11. Forty-five percent of all Arab Americans state they know someone who has experienced such discrimination.
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| • | Sixty-five percent of Arab Americans polled indicate that they have been embarrassed because the attacks were committed by people from Arab countries.
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| • | The majority of Arab Americans are Christian. Forty-two percent are Catholic, 23 percent are Orthodox, 23 percent are Muslim and 12 percent are Protestant.
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| • | Although most Arabs are Muslim, most Muslims are not Arab. Only about 12 percent of Muslims worldwide are Arabs.
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| • | In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, more than 600 hate crimes were reported to the Council of American-Islamic Relations and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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