| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3.5 million people [1](2020) 1.06% of the population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mostly in the major metropolitan areas | |
| Languages | |
| English |
Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American" now excludes people with West Asian backgrounds.[2]
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- ^ Cortellessa, Eric (October 23, 2016). "Israeli, Palestinian Americans could share new 'Middle Eastern' census category". The Times Of Israel. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
This derives from a 1915 court ruling in Dow v. United States, in which a Syrian American, George Dow, appealed his being classified by the government as Asian. At the time, such a designation resulted in the denial of citizenship under the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
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