Jordanian Americans

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.

Many men lived temporarily in the USA and returned with their families to Jordan after several years working or studying there.

"[3] In the mid 1960s, due to U.S. immigration laws and the Six-Day War of 1967 in Jordan, the number of Jordanians who emigrated to the United States exceeded the 11,000 people.

[4] Currently, the New York City Metropolitan Area, notably including Paterson, New Jersey, attracts the highest number of legal Jordanian immigrants admitted to the United States.

[5] The Little Ramallah community of South Paterson in New Jersey is home to a rapidly growing Jordanian immigrant population.

[6] The Jordanian American community in Washington, DC held a candlelight vigil after the death of King Hussein.

[3] In the time period between World War II and the 1980s, most Jordanians who emigrate to the USA were men whose ages ranged from 20 and 39 and they married people.

As with other immigrant groups, children raised in the United States integrate into American society more quickly than migrant adults.

[4] The majority of Jordanian Americans are Sunni Muslims, but many others are Catholics, Greek Orthodox Christians, and to a lesser extent, Protestants and Evangelicals.