Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department's Refugee Processing Center has found that a total of 28,957 Muslim refugees have entered the lands of the United States in fiscal year 2016. This makes the Muslims around 46% in the refugees' population and the country taking in the highest number of Muslims since the year 2002.
The fiscal year began in October 1, 2015, since which the U.S. has accepted a total of 63,000 immigrants.
Slightly lower at 44%, Christians are the second on the list, with around 27,556 Christian refugees entering the country this fiscal year.
The highest contributing countries to the Muslim refugees were Syria and Somalia adding 8,511 and 7,234 respectively, followed by Iraq (6,071), Burma (Myanmar) (2,554), and Afghanistan (1,948).
This year, around 6,552 refugees, around 10%, are of different faith. More than 2,500 belong to Buddhist traditions while 1,500 immigrants are Hindus. Around 338 refugees claimed to be atheist or having no religion.
Looking at the past 15 year totals, the U.S. has accepted 389,712 Christian (46%) and 269,395 Muslim (32%) immigrants.
According to a 2013 Center report, around 6 out of 10 immigrants were Christians whereas, Muslim immigrants accounted for 1 out of 10.
The refugee count is around 63,000, 22,000 less than the 85,000 ceiling set by the Obama administration during the beginning of the fiscal year.