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People group profile · PG049412

The Hui of the United States

The Hui of the United States, numbering about 2,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community in the United States descended from the Hui, a Chinese-speaking Muslim people of China formed through the blending of Chinese and Muslim ancestries over centuries.

They are a diaspora people in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Hui

Fast facts

Country
United States
Population
2,300
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Chinese-Hui
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Northern America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hui are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Hui

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

Primary language

Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Mandarin Chinese

Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Hui

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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Hui in other countries

The same people (ROP3 103896) is reported in 6 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet Unreached
HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet Unreached
HuiTaiwan60,500Engaged yet Unreached
HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiMyanmar9,800Unengaged and Unreached

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