USA United States Muslim Population Percentage By City Demographics Religion
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USA United States Muslim Population Percentage By City Demographics
Islam is the third largest religion in the United States after Christianity and Judaism.
According to a 2010 study, Muslim Population is – 0.9% of the total US population, compared with 70.6% who follow Christianity, 22.8% unaffiliated, 1.9% Judaism, 0.7% Buddhism, and 0.7% Hinduism. According to a newer estimate done in 2016, there were 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States, about 1% of the total U.S. population
Religion | Percentage |
Christianity | 70.6% |
Unaffiliated | 22.8% |
Judaism | 1.9% |
Islam | 0.9% |
Hinduism | 0.7% |
Buddhism | 0.7% |
Native-born American Muslims are mainly African Americans who make up about a quarter of the total Muslim population. Many of these have converted to Islam during the last seventy years. Conversion to Islam in large urban areas has also contributed to its growth over the years.
From the 1880s to 1914, several thousand Muslims immigrated to the United States from the former territories of the Ottoman Empire and the former Mughal Empire. The Muslim population of the U.S. increased dramatically in the 20th century, with much of the growth driven by a comparatively high birth rate and immigrant communities of mainly Arab and South Asian descent. About 72% of American Muslims are immigrants or "second generation".
USA United States Muslim Population By States Demographics Religion
State
|
Percentage |
Illinois | 2.80% |
Virginia | 2.70% |
New York | 2.00% |
New Jersey | 1.80% |
Texas | 1.70% |
Michigan | 1.20% |
Florida | 0.90% |
Delaware | 0.80% |
California | 0.70% |
Pennsylvania | 0.60% |
US Muslim Population by Cities
New York City had the largest number of Muslims with 69,985. In 2000, Dearborn, Michigan ranked second with 29,181, and Los Angeles ranked third with 25,673; although Paterson, New Jersey, in the New York City Metropolitan Area, was estimated to have become home to 25,000 to 30,000 Muslims as of 2011. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was estimated to have 30,000 to 50,000 Muslims as of 2012. Paterson, New Jersey has been nicknamed Little Ramallah and contains a neighborhood with the same name, with an Arab American population estimated as high as 20,000 in 2015.
The number of mosques in the United States in 2011 was 2,106. The six states with the greatest number of mosques were: New York 257, California 246, Texas 166, Florida 118, Illinois 109, New Jersey 109
In the 2000 Presidential election, nearly 80 percent of Muslim Americans supported Republican candidate George W. Bush over Democratic candidate Al Gore. However, due to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq which took place under the Bush Administration, as well as what some call an increased anti-Muslim rhetoric from the Republican Party after the September 11 attacks, support for the Republican Party among American Muslims has declined sharply.
By 2004, Bush's Muslim support had been reduced by at least half, who would vote for Democratic candidate John Kerry or a third party candidate
By 2008, Democratic candidate Barack Obama got 67% to 90% of the Muslim vote depending on region
List of all Muslim Majority Cities in US.
New York City – 69,985 (2000)
Michigan – 29,181 (2000)
Los Angeles – 25,673 (2000)
New Jersey, – 25,000 to 30,000 (2000)
Philadelphia, – 30,000 to 50,000 Muslims (2012)
Paterson, New Jersey – 20,000 in (2015)
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