Jewish Population of the United States, by State *

(Updated December 2011)


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State

Estimated Jewish Population

Total Population

Jewish Percentage

8,850
4,779,736
0.2%
6,150
710,231
0.9%
106,400
6,392,017
1.7%
1,725
2,915,918
0.1%
1,219,740
37,253,956
3.3%
91,070
5,029,196
1.8%
116,050
3,574,097
3.2%
15,100
897,934
1.7%
28,000
601,723
4.7%
638,635
18,801,310
3.4%
127,670
9,687,653
1.3%
7,280
1,360,301
0.5%
1,525
1,567,582
0.1%
297,935
12,830,632
2.3%
17,470
6,483,802
0.3%
6,240
3,046,355
0.2%
17,775
2,853,118
0.6%
11,300
4,339,367
0.3%
10,675
4,533,372
0.2%
13,890
1,328,361
1.0%
238,000
5,773,552
4.1%
277,980
6,547,629
4.2%
82,270
9,883,640
0.8%
45,635
5,303,925
0.9%
1,575
2,967,297
0.1%
59,175
5,988,927
1.0%
1,350
989,415
0.1%
6,100
1,826,341
0.3%
74,400
2,700,551
2.8%
10,120
1,316,470
0.8%
504,450
8,791,894
5.7%
12,175
2,059,179
0.6%
1,635,020
19,378,102
8.4%
30,675
9,535,483
0.3%
400
672,591
0.1%
148,380
11,536,504
1.3%
4,700
3,751,351
0.1%
40,650
3,831,074
1.1%
294,925
12,702,379
2.3%
18,750
1,052,567
1.8%
12,545
4,625,364
0.3%
395
814,180
0.0% ^
19,600
6,346,105
0.3%
139,565
25,145,561
0.6%
5,650
2,763,885
0.2%
5,385
625,741
0.9%
97,290
8,001,024
1.2%
45,885
6,724,540
0.7%
2,335
1,852,994
0.1%
28,255
5,686,986
0.5%
950
563,626
0.2%

Total

6,588,065

308,745,538

2.1%

Totals may not be exact due to rounding.

* Jewish population here is defined as the Enlarged Jewish Population.
The enlarged population includes:

(A) Core Population - Those Jews who were either born to Jewish parents or converted to Judaism.
(B) Other Persons of Jewish Parentage - Jewish fathers or grandfathers; non-Jews with Jewish backgrounds
(C) Respective non-Jewish households members

The Core Jewish Population of the United States in 2010 was 5,275,000.

° Exclusive of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which reported 2002 Jewish populations of 1,500 and 350, respectively.

^ Figure is less than 0.1 and rounds to 0.


Sources: Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “Jewish Population in the United States, 2011.”

For more information, see the Jewish Databank.

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