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Illinois
2,800 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Virginia
2,663 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
New York
2,028 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
New Jersey
1,827 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Texas
1,678 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Michigan
1,218 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Florida
877 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Delaware
793 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
California
732 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
District of Columbia
670 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Pennsylvania
634 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Maryland
632 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Georgia
543 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Connecticut
375 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Nebraska
337 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Colorado
333 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Massachusetts
332 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Minnesota
317 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people. Photo: Ramadan at Islamic Center of Twin Ports in Duluth, Minnesota
Ohio
290 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Washington
284 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
North Carolina
273 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Kansas
271 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Wisconsin
259 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Kentucky
256 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Tennessee
242 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Indiana
225 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Louisiana
216 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Alabama
215 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Iowa
214 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
New Mexico
200 Muslim adherents per 100,00
Oklahoma
197 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Missouri
195 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Utah
181 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Mississippi
169 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
South Dakota
164 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Rhode Island
137 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Arizona
134 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Alaska
130 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Arkansas
128 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Wyoming
127 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
South Carolina
125 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
New Hampshire
123 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Idaho
110 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Oregon
104 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
West Virginia
103 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Maine
100 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
North Dakota
95 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Nevada
63 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Vermont
48 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Hawaii
45 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
Montana
34 Muslim adherents per 100,000 people.
A study measuring religious bodies in the United States called the, “2010 U.S. Religious Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study (RCMS)” was recently released by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county-by-county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for 236 different faiths groups. (The survey differentiates between specific denominations within the same tradition.)
The researchers found Illinois to be the most Muslim state with around 2.8 percent of the population identifying as Muslim adherents. The researchers found Montana to be the least Muslim state with only 0.034 percent identifying as Muslim adherents.
More than 2.6 million Muslim adherents and 2,106 congregations were reported in 592 congregations across the country. The researchers define adherents to be those with an affiliation to a congregation including children, members and attendees who are not members, and believe that the adherent measure is the most complete and comparable across religious groups. Congregations are defined as groups of people who meet regularly at a pre-announced time and location.
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.
As the map below shows, over the last 10 years Muslim communities across the United States have seen tremendous growth.
In fact, the researchers find that Islam is the largest non-Christian group in 20 American states, mostly in the South and Midwest: Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming.
Bibliography:
Grammich, Clifford, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E. Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley, and Richard H. Taylor, 2012. 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
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Most and least religious states (Gallup)
The Huffington Post | By Jahnabi Barooah Posted: 06/27/2012 6:44 am Updated: 06/27/2012 6:44 am