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The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations recently announced its formation<\/a>, uniting 10 major American Muslim groups and aiming to \u201cserve as a representative voice\u201d for the population of about 2.75 million \u2014 a community that Pew Research surveys have found to be diverse in many ways, whether by racial or ethnic identity or political ideology.<\/p>\n\n

At a March 12 news conference in Washington<\/a>, secretary general Oussama Jammal said the new group\u2019s first project will be to gather information about the community before the 2016 election by conducting what he called a census, with the goal to \u201cbuild up Muslims\u2019 citizenship rights\u201d and \u201ccreate a database that will be used to enhance political participation in upcoming elections,\u201d Jammal said.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s unclear exactly what approach the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations\u2019 census will take, or what it will seek to measure. But Pew Research has conducted a pair of our own surveys of Muslim Americans, most recently in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

That study found that Muslims in the United States account for just under 1% of the population, according to 2011 data. The share of Muslims in the country is expected to grow in the coming decades<\/a>. By 2020, we\u2019ve projected that there will be more than 4 million Muslim Americans (1.2% of the population), and by 2030, more than 6 million (1.7%).<\/p>\n\n

The relatively small group is diverse in several ways. For example, no single racial or ethnic identity applies to more than 30%<\/a> of the Muslim American population. And as of 2011, a majority of Muslim American adults (63%) were born outside the United States \u2014 coming from at least 77 different countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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It\u2019s no surprise, then, that political opinions vary among U.S. Muslims<\/a>. About a quarter (27%) say they are liberal, while another quarter (25%) identify as conservative; 38% say they are politically moderate. At the same time, a majority (70%) of Muslim Americans identify with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic, and a similar share (68%) say they prefer a bigger government that provides more services over a smaller government with fewer services.<\/p>\n\n

One of the stated goals of the new council is to increase political participation. Our survey finds that 81% of Muslim Americans are U.S. citizens; among this group, 66% say they are certain they are registered to vote<\/a> (or 53% of U.S. Muslims overall). The comparable figure among the general public (including both citizens and non-citizens) is 79%.<\/p>\n\n

The survey also found that about half of U.S. Muslims (52%) say that Muslims are singled out<\/a> by government anti-terrorism policies for increased surveillance and monitoring. Among those saying this, most (38% of Muslim Americans overall) also say that it bothers them at least somewhat.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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