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Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the United States

(2020)

Rank*
Area
Population
% Jewish
Total
Jewish
1
New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY - NJ  - PA
19,768,458
2,167,927
11.0%
2
12,997,353
703,450
5.4%
3
Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL - IN - WI
9,509,934
321,980
3.4%
4
Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX
7,759,615
75,005
1.0%
5
Houston - Sugarland - The Woodlands, TX
7,206,841
51,640
0.7%
6 Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV 6,356,434 297,290 4.7%
7 Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington, PA - NJ - DE - MD  6,228,488 423,150 6.8%
8
Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Roswell, GA
6,144,050
132,100
2.2%
9
 Miami - Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach, FL
6,091,747
481,000
7.9%
10 Phoenix - Mesa - Chandler, AZ 4,946,145 98,750 2.0%
11
Boston - Cambridge - Newton, MA
4,899,932
257,460
5.3%
12
Riverside - San Bernadino - Ontario, CA
4,653,105
18,675
0.4%
13
San Francisco - Oakland - Berkeley, CA
4,623,264
244,000
5.3%
14
Detroit - Warren - Livonia, MI
4,365,205
71,750
1.6%
15
Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue, WA
4,011,553
62,350
1.6%
16
Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI
3,690,512
64,800
1.8%
17
San Diego - Chula Vista - Carlsbad, CA
3,286,069
100,000
3.0%
18
Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL
3,219,514
49,850
1.5%
19
Denver - Aurora - Lakewood, CO
2,972,566
90,800
3.1%
20 Baltimore - Columbia - Towson, MD 2,838,32 119,300 4.2%
21
2,809,299
61,300
2.2%
Total
128,378,524
5,892,577
4.6%
Total U.S. Population 331,449,281 7,387,992 2.2%
% of Total U.S. Population
 
38.7%
79.8%
 

*Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population.

The Data are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) as defined by the US Census Bureau.


Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky. “United States Jewish Population, 2022,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2022, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2023).