According to the 2015 results from The American Values Atlas, the following are the
states with the highest populations of Muslim citizens:
— New Jersey: Per Pew, New Jersey has three times as many Muslim adults per capita as the national average.
— New York: Per New York Times, the Muslim population in New York City in 2014 ranged from 600,000 to 1 million. As of 2015, 2% of the population of 19,795,791 identified as Muslim which makes the head count an estimated total of 395,915.
— North Dakota: 2% of the population, equating to an estimated total of 15,139 people, identify as Muslim-American.
— Virginia: In 2015, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of Virginia to be 8,382,993 and of that total, 2% (about 167,660 people) are Muslim.
States With The Greatest Muslim Populations In The U.S.
Original article by Victoria Priola published in the mic on 12/02/2016
