Terrorists in the United States since 9/11 as of October 2023, by year and gender

As of October, there were seven people charged with jihadi terrorism in the United States in 2023, all of whom were male. In 2022, there were a total of 13 people charged with jihadi terrorism in the United States: 12 of whom were male. Since 9/11, more than 500 people have been charged with terrorism in the United States, with 2015 seeing the largest spike in people charged with terrorism.

Extremism in the United States

Despite fears that extremism is on the rise in the United States, right-wing extremism is far more prevalent than jihadi terrorism. From 2011 to 2022, 23.1 percent of extremist-related killings were caused by someone affiliated with Islamist extremism while 61.5 percent of extremist-related killings were carried out by someone affiliated with right-wing extremism. Overall, there have been relatively few terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 1970.

Islamist extremism in the U.S.

2016 saw a spike in the number of Islamist extremist killings in the United States, with 49 fatalities in that year. However, there was a significant number of attacks in the following year that resulted in no injuries and no fatalities.