Islam in the United States
Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%) after Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.4%).[2]
 Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Roxbury | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 4,453,908 (2020 estimate)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Estimated proportion of Muslim Americans in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia as of the 2020 U.S. Religion Census Major urban centers, especially in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. |
The 2020 United States Religion Census found that there are about 4,453,908 Muslim Americans of all ages living in the United States in 2020, making up 1.34% of the total U.S. population.[1]
In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South and Midwest, found that Islam to be the largest non-Christian religion.[3]
Islam In The United States Media
Gertrudis Serna & Hadji Ali (Hi Jolly).
Drawing of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, who was a Muslim prince from West Africa and was captured by slave traders and transported to the United States.
Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11
Turkish immigrant in New York (1912)
A group of immigrants, most wearing fezzes, surrounding a large vessel which is decorated with the star and crescent symbol of Islam and the Ottoman Turks (1902–1913)
Noble Drew Ali, founder of Moorish Science Temple (precursor to Nation of Islam)
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam since 1981
Memphis Al-Rasool Mosque, a Shia mosque in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
A live Quran reading at West End Islamic Center, Virginia, USA in 2025
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Maps and data files for 2020 | U.S. Religion Census | Religious Statistics & Demographics". www.usreligioncensus.org. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ↑ "Pew Research Center - The size of the U.S. Jewish population". Pew Research. May 11, 2021.
- ↑ "U.S. Religion Census". U.S. Religion Census. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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