Islam in the United States
Islam is the third largest religion in the United States (1%), behind Christianity (63%) and Judaism (2%), and equaling the shares of Buddhism and Hinduism. A 2017 study estimated that 1.1% of the population of the United States are Muslim. In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South and Midwest, reported Islam to be the largest non-Christian religion. In 2020, the U.S. Religion Census found there to be 4.45 million Muslim Americans, or roughly 1.3% of the population.
The Islamic Center of America located in Dearborn, Michigan near Detroit is the largest mosque in the United States.
Letter of George Washington to Mohammed ben Abdallah in appreciation of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed in 1787.
Yarrow Mamout (Muhammad Yaro), 1819. Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gertrudis Serna & Hadji Ali (Hi Jolly).
Hinduism in the United States
Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, comprising 1% of the population, the same as Buddhism and Islam. The majority of American Hindus are immigrants, mainly from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, with a minority from Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries.
Holi celebration at Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah
Ganesh Temple in Flushing, Queens, New York City
Anandibai Joshi in the United States after her studies.
Swami Vivekananda on the Platform of the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893.
