American Muslims are a diverse community consisting of converts, immigrants, and people from various socioeconomic backgrounds who are unified by their Islamic faith. While Muslims arrived in North America as early as the 18th century, today there are approximately 5.5 million Muslims living in the United States, making Islam one of the largest and most varied religious groups in the country.

2.  It is difficult to generalize about American Muslims. They
are converts, immigrants, factory workers, and doctors.
This varied community is unified by a common faith,
underpinned by a nationwide network of a large
number of mosques. Muslims arrived early in North
America. By the eighteenth century, there were many
Muslims in North America. Great numbers of Americans
have entered the fold of Islam. They are from different
classes: the rich, the poor, the educated, and the
illiterate. Today, there are about five and a half million
Muslims in the United States.
(Reference: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1996, Famighetti, p. 644.)