Pew: US Muslim population continues to grow for two
reasons; what are they? by Ann Corcoran
1/4/18
High birthrates and
immigration of course! But, get this, Pew Research says that the number isn’t
growing due to conversions to Islam because for every convert to the ‘religion’
an equal number are leaving Islam!
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
disagrees with Pew as you will see below. First Pew admits they have no reliable census data: Recent political debates
over Muslim immigration and related issues have prompted many people to ask how
many Muslims actually live in the United States. But coming up with an answer is not easy, in part because the U.S. Census Bureau does not ask
questions about religion, meaning there is no official government count of the
U.S. Muslim population.
In 2007, there were 2.35 million Muslims in the US including 1.5
million adults and .85 million children.
In 2017, there were 3.45 million Muslims in the US including 2.15 million
adults and 1.3 million children.
Still, based on our own survey and
demographic research, as well as outside sources, Pew Research Center estimates
that there were about 3.45 million Muslims of all ages living in the U.S. in
2017, and that Muslims made up about 1.1% of the total U.S. population.
Muslims in the U.S. are not as
numerous as the number of Americans who identify as Jewish by religion,
according to our estimate. At the same time, our projections suggest that the
U.S. Muslim population will grow much faster than the country’s Jewish
population.
By 2040, Muslims will replace Jews as the nation’s second-largest
religious group after Christians. And
by 2050, the U.S. Muslim population is projected to reach 8.1 million, or 2.1%
of the nation’s total population — nearly twice the share of today.
…. the Muslim population
has continued to grow at a rate of roughly 100,000 per year, driven both by
higher fertility rates among Muslim Americans as well as the continued
migration of Muslims to the U.S. Continue reading here to see what they say about conversions.
Pew says that the Muslim
population won’t reach 8.1 million until 2050, but CAIR says we
are there already. And, they are working on their own count!
Muslim advocacy groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations
routinely cite a span of 6 million to 8 million people in describing the size
of Islam in America.
That would be between 2 percent and 3 percent of the U.S. population
and make Muslims greater in number than Mormons or Jews.
That claim stands in sharp contrast
to the results of a survey last year by the Pew Research Center, which found
the population was 2.35 million, or 0.6 percent of the U.S. population, based
on phone surveys. [Unclear what is meant by “last year” since it was in 2007
that Pew ‘guessed’ it was 2.35.—ed]
Notice that at both Pew Research and
at CAIR they are interested in pinpointing when the Muslim population will
surpass Jewish (and other) religious groups.
Time for a baby race!
Nothing drives a Leftwinger crazier than my next admonition: Some
of you better step up your game and have more babies!
I think Pew breaks down Muslim
population numbers by state, go to the story, here, and see if there are links for other data.
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