gallup | In the first-ever nationally representative study of a randomly
selected sample of Muslim Americans, Gallup reveals that Muslim
Americans are the most racially diverse religious group surveyed in the
United States, with African Americans making up the largest contingent
within the population, at 35%.
This finding is one of many in Gallup's report, Muslim Americans: A National Portrait,
which compares the opinions of Muslim Americans with those of the
general U.S. population, revealing important differences in terms of
gender equality, civic engagement, life evaluation, religiosity, and
more.
Gender Equality
The report also reveals that Muslim American women are one of the
most highly educated female religious groups in the United States,
second only to Jewish American women. In addition, as a group, Muslim
Americans have the highest degree of economic gender parity at the high
and low ends of the income spectrum.
Muslim American women are equally as likely as men to say they attend
mosque at least once a week, which stands in sharp contrast to the
trend seen in some predominantly Muslim countries where men are more
likely than women to report attending a religious service in the last
week.
Civic Engagement Among Young Muslim Americans
The report also examines the views of Muslim American youths (aged 18
to 29) and how their levels of civic engagement compare with those of
young Americans of other religious backgrounds. For example, the report
finds that only 51% of young Muslim Americans are registered to vote,
which is one of the lowest percentages among young Americans surveyed.
