Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the United States
(2020)
Rank*
|
Area
|
Population
|
% Jewish
|
|
Total
|
Jewish
|
|||
1
|
19,768,458
|
2,167,927
|
11.0%
|
|
2
|
12,997,353
|
703,450
|
5.4%
|
|
3
|
9,509,934
|
321,980
|
3.4%
|
|
4
|
7,759,615
|
75,005
|
1.0%
|
|
5
|
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
|
6,144,050
|
132,100
|
2.2%
|
|
9
|
6,091,747
|
481,000
|
7.9%
|
|
10 | Phoenix - Mesa - Chandler, AZ | 4,946,145 | 98,750 | 2.0% |
11
|
4,899,932
|
257,460
|
5.3%
|
|
12
|
Riverside - San Bernadino - Ontario, CA
|
4,653,105
|
18,675
|
0.4%
|
13
|
4,623,264
|
244,000
|
5.3%
|
|
14
|
4,365,205
|
71,750
|
1.6%
|
|
15
|
Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue, WA
|
4,011,553
|
62,350
|
1.6%
|
16
|
3,690,512
|
64,800
|
1.8%
|
|
17
|
3,286,069
|
100,000
|
3.0%
|
|
18
|
3,219,514
|
49,850
|
1.5%
|
|
19
|
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).