America's Muslim Capitals

Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.3

Total mosques (rank): 3

Number of halal restaurants: 89

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 2.1

Total mosques (rank): 7

Number of halal restaurants: 134

Evan Vucci / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.2

Total mosques (rank): 2

Number of halal restaurants: 5

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.3

Total mosques (rank): 9

Number of halal restaurants: 62

Matt Rourke / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.6

Total mosques (rank): 12

Number of halal restaurants: 325

Reuters

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.8

Total mosques (rank): 9

Number of halal restaurants: 22

Tami Chappell / Reuters

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.9

Total mosques (rank): 5

Number of halal restaurants: 1

Seth Perlman / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.1

Total mosques (rank): 24

Number of halal restaurants: 176

Michael Paulsen / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.2

Total mosques (rank): 15

Number of halal restaurants: 50

Michael Paulsen / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1.3

Total mosques (rank): 27

Number of halal restaurants: 61

Tannen Maury / Landov

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.8

Total mosques (rank): 15

Number of halal restaurants: 11

Newscom

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.7

Total mosques (rank): 3

Number of halal restaurants: 0

Newscom

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1

Total mosques (rank): 17

Number of halal restaurants: 5

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.7

Total mosques (rank): 19

Number of halal restaurants: 60

Lisa Poole / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.8

Total mosques (rank): 27

Number of halal restaurants: 6

Newscom

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 1%

Total mosques (rank): 27

Number of halal restaurants: 83

Nick Ut / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 9

Number of halal restaurants: 11

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.6

Total mosques (rank): 6

Number of halal restaurants: 3

Ethan Miller / Getty Images

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 1

Number of halal restaurants: 0

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.6

Total mosques (rank): 12

Number of halal restaurants: 2

iStock

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.7

Total mosques (rank): 17

Number of halal restaurants: 10

Mark Humphrey / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.9%

Total mosques (rank): 21

Number of halal restaurants: 13

LM Otero / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.6

Total mosques (rank): 8

Number of halal restaurants: 0

iStock

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.6

Total mosques (rank): 19

Number of halal restaurants: 7

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.7

Total mosques (rank): 14

Number of halal restaurants: 0

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.6

Total mosques (rank): 21

Number of halal restaurants: 8

Tom Gannam / AP Photo

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 32

Number of halal restaurants: 6

iStock

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 21

Number of halal restaurants: 1

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 25

Number of halal restaurants: 2

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Estimated Muslim population (percentage): 0.5

Total mosques (rank): 25

Number of halal restaurants: 1

America's Muslim Capitals

While the Ground Zero mosque generates nationwide debate, America has become a country of thousands of mosques, cultural institutions and halal restaurants. VIEW OUR RANKING of America’s 30 Muslim centers.