Enumerating the number of  Sikhs in America has been one of the more vexing issues for the Sikh American community. Because the US Census survey does not ask questions around religious affiliation, we have seen a wide range in estimates, as summarized by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: For example, the 2012 Statistical Abstract of the United States cites an estimate of about 78,000 Sikh adults in 2008, based on the American Religious Identification Survey. The World […]

Categories: Civil Rights, Reports/Studies • Tags: Pew Forum, Pew Research Center, Sikh American census, US Census