Omani Americans

Omani Americans
Total population
(351 (by ancestry or ethnic origin; American Census, 2000)^[1] 1,288 (Omani-born, 2013)^[2])
Languages
American English, Arabic, Modern South Arabian
Religion
Islam

Omani Americans are Americans of Omani descent. It is certain that Oman has a very small diaspora, mainly because Oman provides them with more than adequate welfare benefits, removing the need to live and work in other developed countries.

References

↑ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
↑ "Unicef: MIGRATION PROFILES, 2013" (PDF). Unicef.

Arab Americans by state of origin

Africa	Algerian Egyptian Libyan Mauritanian Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian

Asia	Emirati Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Omani Palestinian Saudi Syrian Yemeni

By location	Detroit

Based on state membership in the Arab League.

Middle Eastern Americans

Afghan¹ Pashtun Arab Emirati Egyptian Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Omani Palestinian Saudi Syrian Yemeni Armenian Assyrian Azerbaijani Coptic Iranian Jewish Israeli Syrian Kurdish Yazidis Turkish

By location	Detroit

Notes ¹ The U.S. Census Bureau considers Afghanistan a South Asian country, but does not classify Afghan Americans as Asian, but as Middle Eastern American.

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