FACT CHECK · CURRENT EVENTS
Claim: How many Muslims live in America? (no Census count)
TRUETHE ANSWER
There is no official government count: the Census does not ask religion. Pew estimated about 3.45 million Muslims in the US in 2017, roughly 1.1% of the population.
SOURCE
Pew Research Center, 3 Jan 2018 (2017 US Muslim population estimate)
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