The Arab Population:2000

In its first-ever study of the Arab-American population, the Census Bureau reported in early December that the number of Arabs in the U.S. rose by 40 percent during the 1990s. There were 1.2 million Arab-Americans in the 2000 census.

Public Agenda offers some "red flags" for reporting immigration and race:

- Red Flags on Immigration: Mixed Views on Legal Immigration

- Red Flags on Race: Racial Profiling and the War on Terror