Oklahoma Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) claims that a new report on U.S. mosques that shows a 31% increase in the number of Muslim houses of worship nationwide since 2010. The report claims:

• In 2020, the US Mosque Survey counted 2,769 mosques, which is a 31% increase from the 2010 count of 2106 mosques.
• Weekly prayers averaged 410 attendees in 2020, as compared to 353 in 2010, which equals a 16% increase.
• In 2020, African American mosques comprised 13% of all mosques, but in 2010 African American mosques accounted for 23% of all mosques—a 43% decrease; in 2020, African American Muslims comprised 16% of all attendees in mosques, but in 2010 that figure was 23%—a 33% decrease.
• The number of converts to Islam in mosques declined dramatically, from 15.3 converts per mosque in 2010. The average number of converts in 2020 is 11.3.
• In the past decade (2010-2019), 35% of mosques encountered significant resistance from their neighborhood or city when they tried to obtain permission to move, expand, or build. In comparison, from 1980-2009 the average percentage of mosques that met resistance was 25%.
• The average mosque budget in 2020 was $276,500 and the median budget $80,000. This is a substantial increase from 2010’s average budget of $167,600 and the median budget of $70,000.

CAIR Oklahoma is a chapter of CAIR.