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Judaism:
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Year |
Jewish Population |
Year |
Jewish Population |
Year |
Jewish Population |
| 1654 | 25 |
1850 | 50,000-100,000 |
1940 | 4,770,000-4,975,000 |
| 1700 | 200-300 |
1860 | 150,000-200,000 |
1950 | 4,500,000-5,000,000 |
| 1776 | 1,000-2,500 |
1870 | 200,000 |
1960 | 5,367,000-5,531,500 |
| 1790 | 1,243-3,000 |
1880 | 230,000-280,000 |
1970 | 5,370,000-6,000,000 |
| 1800 | 2,000-2,500 |
1890 | 400,000-475,000 |
1980 | 5,500,000-5,920,890 |
| 1820 | 2,650-5,000 |
1900 | 937,800-1,058,135 |
1992 | 5,828,000 |
| 1826 | 6,000 |
1910 | 1,508,000-2,349,754 |
2009 | 6,544,000 |
| 1830 | 4,000-6,000 |
1920 | 3,300,000-3,604,580 |
2011 | 6,588,065 |
| 1840 | 15,000 |
1927 | 4,228,029 |
2012 | 6,721,680 |
| 1848 | 50,000 |
1937 | 4,641,000-4,831,180 |
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* 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 January 2012 was 5,425,000.
Sources:
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (Editors) . “Jewish Population in the United States, 2012.” American Jewish Year Book (2012) (Dordrecht: Springer) p. 143-211.
American
Jewish Historical Society, American Jewish
Desk Reference, (The Philip Leff Group,
Inc., 1999), p. 35.
American JewYear Book 2006 (NY: American
Jewish Committee, 2006).
North American
Jewish Databank (2010); North
American Jewish Databank (2011).
