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As of the 2025 election cycle, multiple U.S. cities are led by mayors who are identified in reporting as Muslim — most prominently Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Abdullah Hammoud in Dearborn, Mic...
A recent surge in Muslim electoral success has produced several firsts — notably Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 victory in New York City and a cluster of Muslim mayoral wins in Michigan and elsewhere beginning...
Dearborn and Hamtramck are repeatedly identified across recent reporting as Michigan’s cities with the , with Dearborn notable for a large Arab-American Muslim presence and Hamtramck for becoming a Mu...
New York metropolitan area is the largest U.S. metro Muslim population by total size—sources put roughly 1.5 million Muslims in the New York metro and New York State at ~724,475 people (largest state ...
Estimates for Muslim populations differ by source and definition: several reputable compilations place the greater New York metropolitan Muslim population around 1.5 million (commonly cited figure) wh...
Estimates from multiple secondary sources point to the New York metropolitan area as by far the largest Muslim population center in the United States in 2025, followed by several other major metros in...
As of the 2025 election reporting, CAIR and multiple news outlets count a record surge of Muslim officeholders: about 42 Muslim Americans won public office nationwide in 2025, including several mayors...
Michigan’s Muslim population is commonly reported in 2025 at roughly 240,000–270,000 people, which various outlets translate into about 2.4%–2.75% of the state population . Coverage and estimates poin...
Dearborn is the largest Muslim population center in Michigan by absolute numbers as of 2025, hosting the state’s biggest concentration of Arab and Muslim residents and major Islamic institutions, whil...
Michigan is consistently listed among the U.S. states with the largest Muslim communities both in raw numbers and as a share of population: several compilations place Michigan in the top tier, with es...
Michigan’s growing Muslim communities have reshaped local politics through increased electoral participation, the election of Muslim officials, and heightened cultural and policy debates; reporting be...
Michigan’s Muslim population is notable but not among the very largest in the United States: recent analyses place the state at roughly , ranking sixth by raw numbers behind New York, California, Illi...
No credible evidence shows Muslim mayors in the are imposing as the law of their cities; U.S. municipal power, state constitutions, and federal courts limit any attempt to replace or supersede secular...
Dearborn is widely reported to have the largest proportion of Muslims (and people of Middle Eastern or North African — MENA — ancestry) among U.S. cities, with recent census-derived reporting putting ...
Michigan’s Muslim population is reported differently across recent sources: , translating to roughly depending on methodology and year. The most rigorous survey-based estimate (PRRI’s 2022 data) place...
Hamtramck, Michigan is the only U.S. city for which contemporary reporting and municipal histories consistently record a Muslim-majority city council — first reached in 2015 and commonly described as ...
Dearborn’s large Arab and Muslim population has translated into real political power: Arab and Muslim candidates have won mayoralties and council majorities in the region , and in 2024 a majority of D...
Michigan’s Muslim population in 2025 is variously reported between about 240,000 and 270,000 people, or roughly 2.4–2.75% of the state’s residents according to state-focused outlets; national rankings...
Michigan’s Muslim population is widely reported in recent local and national coverage at roughly , concentrated in cities such as Dearborn and Hamtramck; available sources document institutional growt...
Michigan’s Muslim immigrant population mainly traces to , with notable pockets from and smaller groups such as contributing to local diversity. Reporting and community records point to concentrated se...