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The following is the percentage of Christians and all religions in the U.S. territories as of 2015 (according to the ARDA): [62] Note that CIA World Factbook data differs from the data below. For example, the CIA World Factbook says that 99.3% of the population in American Samoa is religious. [63]
The 2020 United States Religion Census estimates that there are about 4,453,908 Muslim Americans of all ages living in the United States in 2020, making up 1.34% of the total U.S. population. [2] In 2017, twenty states, mostly in the South and Midwest, reported Islam to be the largest non-Christian religion.
By the 1970s, a cohort of the first Muslim cadets graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. [15] In the late 1970s, U.S. Marine Douglas Burpee was accepted into the Officers Candidates' School in Quantico, Virginia. By the end of his military service, Colonel Burpee was the highest-ranking Muslim in the U.S. Marine Corps. [16]
Shia Muslims comprise 15-20% of Muslims in the Americas; [8] which is nearly 786,000 [9] to 2.500.000 persons in the U.S. [10] Shia Muslims are situated on United States. The American Shia Muslim community are from different parts of the world such as South Asia , Europe , Middle East , and East Africa .
Russia will have the largest total population of Muslims in Europe, however. [314] Most of these changes are expected to come from immigration. [314] In the Americas, Canada’s Muslim population is expected to increase to 6.6% and United States' to 2% by 2030. [314] These increases, much like Europe, are expected to be driven mainly by ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
A commonly used currency in the Americas is the United States dollar. [1] It is the world's largest reserve currency, [2] the resulting economic value of which benefits the U.S. at over $100 billion annually. [3] However, its position as a reserve currency damages American exporters because this increases the value of the United States dollar.