Middle Eastern American Population and Area of Residence

The Middle Eastern American population is considered to be one of the largest, oldest and most diverse communities in the metro Detroit area.  The Middle Eastern community, which works and resides in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, is distinguished for its purchasing power, education, social, business, political and economic involvement. 

Economic Contribution and Income:

*Middle Eastern Americans own more than 10,000 businesses in the tri-county area.

*Total contribution of Middle Eastern American economic activity supports between 99,494 and 141,541 jobs in the tri-county southeastern Michigan Region.

*The Middle Eastern American contribution represents $3.7 billion in Michigan, $2.4 billion in Washington DC and $9 billion in wage and salary earnings nationwide. This includes jobs held by the Arab Americans and those jobs that result from the associated business and consumer spending.

*The median income of Middle Eastern American families is $52,300 in Michigan, $59,700 in Washington DC and $54,400 nationwide which is 4.6% higher than the average American family.

 

Language:
*English
*Arabic
*Aramaic

 

Education:
* 85% of Middle Eastern Americans have at least a high school diploma.
* 41.7% of Middle Eastern Americans have a Bachelor’s degree.
* 17% of Middle Eastern Americans have a postgraduate degree.
* 72% of people of Arab descent in the United States work as managers or professionals, while the same is true for only 34 percent of the general US population.

 

 

Media in the community:

 

*Newspapers:

Several groups of the Middle Eastern American Community have started their own newspapers. Each caters to the group sharing the same ethnicity.

*Radio:

MBN Radio completes the mission of MBN TV as the only leading media serving the Middle Eastern American community, MBN Radio broadcasts on 690AM WNZK during radio prime time hours 5 pm to 7pm Monday through Friday. MBN Radio covers southeast Michigan, Northeast Ohio and Western Ontario.

*Television:

Based in Southfield, Michigan, MBN TV is the only 24-hour network channel broadcasting in the United States.

MBN TV has a full range of programs catering to the various groups of the Middle Eastern American community. MBN TV tackles the issues and concerns related to its community (Immigration, Real Estate, Medical and Law). Our Cameras are at every event held by or for the community.

MBN TV considers the youth of the community a major responsibility. This is why we have created a wide range of programs hosted by the youth themselves who feel free to raise their issues and concerns through their media. The different youth organizations have united under MBN TV’s umbrella to host shows about Parent -Child Understanding, College and Campus life, and Teenage problems and concerns. MBN’s concern is all relations between young Middle Eastern Americans and all American youth in general.

 

The Diverse Middle Eastern community is divided as follows:

 

ZIP CODES/CITIES OF MBN VIEWERS

 

Southfield	Sterling Heights	Troy	Warren	West Bloomfield
48075 48086 48076 48034	48314	48085	48091	48323