Islam is the third-biggest religion in the United States after Christianity and Judaism. There are a total of 3.45 million Muslims in the United States, according to a 2017 study, comprising about 1.1% of the total US population.
American Muslims are one of the most racially diverse religious groups in the US with no majority race, split as 25% black, 24% white, 18% Asian, 18% Arab, 7% mixed race, and 5% Hispanic.
Largest Muslim Populations in 10 states:
- Illinois (2,800 per 100k) - 1.5%
- Virginia (2,663 per 100k) - 1.2%
- New York (2,028 per 100k) - 0.5%
- New Jersey (1,827 per 100k) - 1%
- Texas (1,678 per 100k) - 0.2%
- Michigan (1,218 per 100k) - 0.3%
- Florida (877 per 100k) - 0.1%
- Delaware (793 per 100k) - 0.8%
- California (732 per 100k) - 0.1%
- Pennsylvania (634 per 100k) - 0.1%
Muslims are a growing presence in U.S.Though many Americans have negative views toward Muslims and Islam, 53% say they don’t personally know anyone who is Muslim, and a similar share (52%) say they know “not much” or “nothing at all” about Islam.
Muslim Status in United States by States:
Source : (World Population Review & Pewresearch Website)