Jews in America: U.S. Religious Landscape Study 2023-4

PEW’s U.S. Religious Landscape Study 2023-4 is a sprawling portrait of religion in the United States, surveys more than 35,000 Americans in all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices along with their social and political views and demographic characteristics. The survey found that Jews are the largest religious group in the country behind the various denominations of Christianity. In 2007 Jews made up 1.7% of the population of the United States, and in 2023-4 Jews accounted for 2% of the population. See other significant findings from the PEW U.S. Religious Landscape Study 2014 below.

• More American Jews have two or more university degrees than just one (39%-26%).
• 90% of American Jewish adults are White, 1% are Black, 6% are Hispanic, less than 1% are Asian. In 2007 95% of American Jewish adults were white.
• 67% of American Jews are married or living with their partner, while 20% are single. 
• Jews born to American born parents make up 68% of the Jewish population, and 13% of American Jews are immigrants.
• American Jews are almost twice as likely as the average American household to have an income that exceeds $100,000 (54%-30%).

Source: “Jewish people,” Pew Research, (2025).