1967-TODAY: from CRISIS, A SEARCH FOR MEANING
The Ethnic Breakdown of American Muslims

According to the "Mosque in America: A National Portrait" report coordinated by the Hartford Institute for Religious Research and co-sponsored by four Muslim groups (Ministry of W. D. Mohammed, the Council on Islamic Relations, the breakdown of Muslims in the U.S. is:

  • South Asian (Pakistani, Indian, Bangladeshi, Afghani) = 33 percent
  • African-America = 30 percent
  • Arab = 25 percent
  • Sub-Saharan African = 3.4 percent
  • European (Bosnian, Tartar, Kosovar, etc.) = 2.1 percent
  • White American = 1.6 percent
  • Southeast Asian ( Malaysian, Indonesian, Filipino) = 1.3 percent
  • Caribbean = 1.2 percent
  • Turkish = 1.1 percent
  • Iranian = 0.7 percent
  • Hispanic/Latino = 0.6 percent