Jordanian Americans
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Jordanian Americans (
descent. In 2014, the American Community Survey reported that there were 80,120 Jordanian Americans in the United States.History
Pre-1967
The history of the Jordanian immigration to the United States is relatively recent. The first identifiable wave of immigration from Jordan to the United States occurred after the
These early migrants were forced to work as immigrants because of poverty that Jordan suffered at the time, caused by the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which took place in this small country. They were a group of hard workers that included businessmen and doctors, between others. Many men lived temporarily in the USA and returned with their families to Jordan after several years working or studying there.[3] In those early years, people in the Jordanian East Bank and West Bank Palestinians could travel to the United States with Jordanian passports, creating the undefined category "Palestinian – Jordanian."[3]
After 1967
In the mid 1960s, due to U.S. immigration laws and the
Demography
U.S cities
Currently, the
In the time period between
Employment and Economic traditions
Most of Jordanian Americans are professors/teachers, scientists, doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs. It is often men who will work outside the home, similar to the traditions in Jordan and many other Middle Eastern Countries. Many Jordanians will emigrate to the United States to study at university, and some of them are financially helped by the government of Jordan.[4]
Cuisine
Many cities have Jordanian restaurants such as the Petra House in Portland, Oregon.
Interactions with other ethnic groups
Most Jordanian Americans interact with other Arabs due to cultural and linguistic affinities.[4]
Religion
The majority of Jordanian Americans are
Organizations
Jordanians have many organizations in the U.S., including the Jordanian American Association[7][8] and the Jordanian American Association of New York. The Jordanian American Association is based in South San Francisco, and its goal is to establish social activities for the Jordanian Americans of Northern California[8] The Jordanian American Association of New York aims to relate to Jordanian residents in different parts of the city, and to help establish relationships between them and their families in Jordan.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "People Reporting Ancestry, 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, United States Census Bureau".
- ^ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2013.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d Stephen R. Porter (November 26, 2005). "Jordanians". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Olivia Miller (November 26, 2008). "A Countries and Their Cultures: Jordanian Americans". Countries and their cultures. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ a b "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ Brown, Betsy (May 27, 1979). "County Becomes a New Melting Pot". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ jordanian american association
- ^ a b jordanian american association. S.F. Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jordanian American Association of New York Archived 2013-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Miller, Olivia, and Norman Prady. "Jordanian Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2014), pp. 579-589. online
External links
- Jordan Times newspaper
- ED229297 - American, Jordanian, and Other Middle Eastern National Perceptions.
- Embassy of the United States Amman, Jordan.
- Relations with the United States.
- American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary.
- U.S. Arab population up more than 75 percent since 1990, census report shows