Muslim Population In Usa Map
The map in the claim seems to be an altered version of a map showing a high migration projection from the 2017 europe s growing muslim population report by the pew research center.
Muslim population in usa map. And by 2050 the u s. Islam is the third largest religion in the united states after christianity and judaism. Muslim population is projected to reach 8 1 million or 2 1 of the nation s total population nearly twice the share of today. Muslims in indonesia are about 99 sunni 0 5 shia and 0 3 ahmadi.
Islam in indonesia can be broadly categorized into modernism. This is 87 2 of the indonesian population of 263 million and about 13 of the world s population of muslims. 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. In fact the muslim population in the new world both in size and in percentage remains the lowest in comparison with other continents.
The state of new jersey has the largest muslim population by percentage accounting for 3 of the state s total population. States with the largest muslim populations. 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. The islam population is mainly split between 1 5 billion sunni muslims and 240 340 million shia muslims with some others belonging to smaller denominations.
As illustrated in the map below cities where more than 1 percent identified as a muslim adherent were in the deep south parts of the midwest and northeast. Muslims which reported on the prevalence of muslims among immigrants and other demographic groups with official census bureau data on the number of people in these groups. The total population of the americas increased from 339 million in 1950 to 1 054 million by 2020. The related muslim population increased from 0 1 in 1950 to 0 9 by 2020.
Today muslims account for 0 9 of the us population making islam the third largest religious group in the us after christianity 70 6 and judaism 1 9. A 2017 study estimated that 3 45 million muslims were living in the united states about 1 1 percent of the total u s. The largest muslim country is indonesia where an estimated 229 million muslims are.