Demographic Profile of Muslims in Minnesota

Dr. Bruce CorrieAssociate Vice President

Terms

• Islam refers to a religion• Muslims are people who follow Islam• Middle east includes major groups

such as Arabs, Turks, Persians (and Jews)

• Middle East very diverse in many aspects

Population• Difficult to come with a good number• 20,221 (Arab American Institute

Foundation)• 16, 796 ( US Census of Religions 2010)• 21, 803 ACS estimate of Somalis in

Minnesota• Obviously an underestimate of actual

numbers.• Even though less than 1 percent of

Minnesota’s population – 16th in the nation

Arabic Speakers – Metro Area

http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/language/data/language_map.html

1 Dot = 10 People

Students 2013

Minnesota Schools 2013

LanguageStude

nts

Arabic 2053

Farsi 133

Somali 14876

Kurdish 205

Turkish 63

Population – Top MSAs– Mankato– Minneapolis-St. Paul– Rochester– Lacrosse– Fargo– Duluth– Grand Forks

Foreign Born Population MN Iraq 541 Israel 737 Jordan 562 Kuwait 252 Lebanon 686 Saudi Arabia 298 Syria 335 Yemen 306 Turkey 543 Armenia 51 Other Western Asia 557 Eritrea 1,255 Ethiopia/Oromo 13,195 Egypt 1,840 Morocco 876 Sudan 2,036 Afghanistan 271 Bangladesh 782 India 21,306 Iran 1,232 Kazakhstan 710 Pakistan 1,675 Uzbekistan 114 Other Eastern Africa/Somali

23,832

Muslim Population: National

• 0.8 percent of US population in 2010 according to the Pew Center. Projected to grow to 1.7 percent in 2030

• Most Arab Americans are Christian

• http://religions.pewforum.org/affiliations

Muslims: Race and Ethnicity 2011

National Picture (Ancestry)

http://www.aaiusa.org/pages/demographics/

Muslims: Education, 2011

Integration

Very American

Quite Satisfied with Life

Most Citizens and Immigrant

Church Attendance

Social Interaction

Pew Research Data, 2011

Muslim US

Entrepreneurs 20% 17%

Homeowners 33% 58%

Satisfied with Country today 56% 23%

Regularly Use Social Media 57% 44%

Regularly watch sports 48% 47%

Yes - conflict between Science and Religion 37% 59%

Agree with Evolution 45% 52%

Do you think of yourself as American first or Muslim 49% 46%

Very Concerned about rise in Islamic Extremism 31% 36%

Citizen 70% 47%

Voted 64% 76%

Satisfies withlife today 82% 75%

Prominent Arab-American politicians

80. Who are some prominent Arab-American politicians?

• U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine; • Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham; • Former secretary of Health and Human Services

Donna Shalala; • Former New Hampshire governor and White House

chief of staff John Sununu, • 2000 presidential candidate Ralph Nader.

http://news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcompetence/arab-americans/

Prominent Arab Americans• Shakira, pop star• Christa McAuliffe, the teacher/astronaut who died aboard

the space shuttle Challenger;• Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal; • Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Doug Flutie; • creators of radio’s American Top 40 Casey Kasem and Don

Bustany; • Mothers Against Drunk Driving founder Candy Lightner; • Jacques Nasser, president and chief executive officer of Ford

Motor Co., and • Helen Thomas, former dean of the White House press corps.http://news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcompetence/arab-americans/