Americans. don't know who they are!?

Earlier this year, [b]YouGov[/b] asked Americans to estimate what percentage of American adults fall under a certain identity group. On average, respondents assumed that
[b]30% of Americans are Jewish,[/b]

[b]27% are Muslim[/b]

[b]21% are transgender[/b] and

[b][i]20% earn more than a million dollars a year.[/i] [/b]

In reality, each of those groups account for
[big] [b]less than 2% of the population[/b].[/big]
[i]YouGov is an international research data and analytics group.[/i]

here is the link

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/03/15/americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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ViciDraco · 36-40, M

The Jewish number is difficult because I've both known several and they are really well represented in the media i consume.

People have overestimated the Muslim population because of narratives that get sold about them trying to institute Sharia law in the US. It's easy to fearmonger of you build the groups you oppose into larger numbers, which is also true for trans. Gotta make them seem big and scary so you can think they are coming for your kids.

1 in 5 Americans may live like they make a million a year, but that debt is going to bite them some day. I don't think 20% of households do better than 100k a year, let alone that many millionaires.