Jewish Population in the United States by State
(1899 - Present)
State | Jewish Population (1899) | Jewish Population (2022) | Overall Population Change since 1899 | Overall Population Change since 1980 | Percentage of State Jewish |
Total | 1,043,800 | 7,387,992 | 6,344,192 | 1,467,097 | 2.2% |
Alabama | 6,000 | 10,325 | 4,325 | 1,490 | 0.2% |
Alaska | -- | 5,300 | 5,750 | 4,340 | 0.7% |
Arizona | 2,000 | 123,725 | 121,725 | 82,440 | 1.7% |
Arkansas | 4,000 | 2,250 | -1,750 | -1,145 | 0.1% |
California | 35,000 | 1,234,540 | 1,199,540 | 480,595 | 3.1% |
Colorado | 10,500 | 98,400 | 87,900 | 66,635 | 1.7% |
Connecticut | 6,000 | 118,350 | 112,350 | 16,315 | 3.3% |
Delaware | 3,000 | 15,100 | 12,100 | 5,100 | 1.5% |
Washington D.C. | 3,500 | 57,300 | 53,800 | 17,300 | 8.3% |
Florida* | 2,500 | 672,465 | 669,965 | 217,585 | 3.1% |
Georgia | 7,000 | 141,020 | 134,020 | 106,410 | 1.3% |
Hawaii | 7,100 | 7,100 | 1,475 | 0.5% | |
Idaho | 2,000 | 2,125 | 125 | 1,620 | 0.1% |
Illinois | 95,000 | 325,160 | 230,160 | 58,775 | 2.5% |
Indiana | 25,000 | 26,045 | 1,045 | 2,560 | 0.4% |
Iowa | 5,000 | 5,475 | 475 | -2,740 | 0.2% |
Kansas | 3,500 | 16,825 | 13,325 | 6,070 | 0.6% |
Kentucky | 12,000 | 17,500 | 5,500 | 5,915 | 0.4% |
Louisiana | 20,000 | 14,900 | -5,100 | -1,440 | 0.3% |
Maine | 5,000 | 12,550 | 7,550 | 5,750 | 0.9% |
Maryland | 35,000 | 240,100 | 205,100 | 54,185 | 3.9% |
Massachusetts | 20,000 | 301,880 | 281,880 | 52,425 | 4.3% |
Michigan | 9,000 | 87,905 | 78,905 | -2,295 | 0.9% |
Minnesota | 6,000 | 65,900 | 59,900 | 30,910 | 1.2% |
Mississippi | 5,000 | 1,525 | -3,475 | -1,675 | 0.1% |
Missouri | 35,000 | 67,800 | 32,800 | -3,990 | 1.1% |
Montana | 2,500 | 1,495 | -1,005 | 850 | 0.1% |
Nebraska | 2,000 | 9,350 | 7,350 | 1,445 | 0.5% |
Nevada | 2,500 | 79,800 | 77,300 | 62,600 | 2.6% |
New Hampshire | 1,000 | 10,120 | 9,120 | 5,640 | 0.7% |
New Jersey | 25,000 | 626,220 | 601,220 | 183,455 | 6.7% |
New Mexico | 2,000 | 12,625 | 10,625 | 5,470 | 0.6% |
New York | 400,000 | 1,785,727 | 1,385,727 | -354,963 | 8.8% |
North Carolina | 12,000 | 48,935 | 36,935 | 35,695 | 0.5% |
North Dakota | 1,750 | 400 | -1,350 | -685 | 0.1% |
Ohio | 50,000 | 151,640 | 101,640 | 6,970 | 1.3% |
Oklahoma | 4,425 | 4,425 | -1,640 | 0.1% | |
Oregon | 6,000 | 40,650 | 34,650 | 29,815 | 1.0% |
Pennsylvania | 95,000 | 434,165 | 339,165 | 14,435 | 3.3% |
Rhode Island | 3,500 | 18,750 | 15,250 | -3,250 | 1.7% |
South Carolina | 8,000 | 16,820 | 8,820 | 8,160 | 0.3% |
South Dakota | 1,750 | 250 | -1,500 | -345 | 0.0% |
Tennessee | 15,000 | 22,800 | 7,800 | 6,035 | 0.3% |
Texas | 15,000 | 175,655 | 160,655 | 103,110 | 0.6% |
Utah | 5,000 | 5,650 | 650 | 3,350 | 0.2% |
Vermont | 1,000 | 7,865 | 6,865 | 5,400 | 1.2% |
Virginia | 18,000 | 150,620 | 132,620 | 91,260 | 1.7% |
Washington | 2,800 | 75,350 | 72,550 | 56,965 | 1.0% |
West Virginia | 6,000 | 2,310 | -3,690 | -2,030 | 0.1% |
Wisconsin | 10,000 | 33,455 | 23,455 | 3,705 | 0.6% |
Wyoming | 1,000 | 1,350 | 350 | 1,040 | 0.2% |
Total | 7,387,992 | 1,467,097 | 2.2% |
Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2022,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2023, (Cham, SUI: Forthcoming Springer, 2023).