Posted on August 17, 2018

How Many Mosques Are There in Major American Cities?

AR Staff, American Renaissance, August 17, 2018

Table: “Muslims in America: Progress In Spite of Prejudice: Number of Mosques in Major Cities,” in National Geographic, May 2018.

• NewYork: 290.
• Los Angeles: 79.
• Philadelphia: 73.
• Houston: 63.
• District of Columbia: 58.
• Dallas-Fort Worth: 55.
• Atlanta: 49.
• Detroit-Dearborn: 49.
• San Francisco: 47.
• Miami: 37.
• Minneapolis-St. Paul: 35. (This is the only major city where most Muslims come from one country/ethnic group: Somalia.)
• Boston: 28.
• Seattle: 28.
• Baltimore: 27.
• Tampa: 23.
• Riverside: 22.
• Orlando: 20.
• San Diego: 19.
• Columbus: 17.
• Raleigh: 17.
• San Jose: 17.
• Sacramento: 16.
• Buffalo: 14.
• Denver: 11.
• Richmond: 11.
• Virginia Beach-Norfolk: 10.
• Austin: 9.
• Flint: 9.
• San Antonio: 9.
• Albany: 8.
• Peoria: 6.
• Poughkeepsie: 6.

Sources: Ihsan Bagby, University of Kentucky; Pew Research Center; U.S. Religious Census; Council on American Islamic Relations.