Jewish Population in the United States by State
(1899 - Present)
| State | Jewish Population (1899) | Jewish Population (2024) | Overall Population Change since 1899 | Overall Population Change since 1980 | Percentage of State Jewish |
| Total | 1,043,800 | 7,692,105 | 6,648,305 | 1,771,210 | 2.30% |
| Alabama | 6,000 | 18,080 | 12,080 | 9,245 | 0.35% |
| Alaska | -- | 6,530 | 6,530 | 5,570 | 0.89% |
| Arizona | 2,000 | 132,360 | 130,360 | 91,075 | 1.78% |
| Arkansas | 4,000 | 5,120 | 1,120 | 1,725 | 0.17% |
| California | 35,000 | 1,259,325 | 1,224,325 | 505,380 | 3.23% |
| Colorado | 10,500 | 117,910 | 107,410 | 86,145 | 2.01% |
| Connecticut | 6,000 | 141,500 | 135,500 | 39,465 | 3.91% |
| Delaware | 3,000 | 17,400 | 14,400 | 7,400 | 1.69% |
| Washington D.C. | 3,500 | 57,300 | 53,800 | 17,300 | 8.44% |
| Florida* | 2,500 | 761,795 | 759,295 | 306,915 | 3.37% |
| Georgia | 7,000 | 148,625 | 141,625 | 114,015 | 1.35% |
| Hawaii | -- | 9,900 | 9,900 | 4,275 | 0.69% |
| Idaho | 2,000 | 5,920 | 3,920 | 5,415 | 0.30% |
| Illinois | 95,000 | 334,220 | 239,220 | 67,835 | 2.66% |
| Indiana | 25,000 | 31,280 | 6,280 | 7,795 | 0.46% |
| Iowa | 5,000 | 6,385 | 1,385 | -1,830 | 0.20% |
| Kansas | 3,500 | 17,610 | 14,110 | 6,855 | 0.60% |
| Kentucky | 12,000 | 18,300 | 6,300 | 6,715 | 0.40% |
| Louisiana | 20,000 | 19,915 | -85 | 3,575 | 0.44% |
| Maine | 5,000 | 18,360 | 13,360 | 11,560 | 1.32% |
| Maryland | 35,000 | 250,860 | 215,860 | 64,945 | 4.06% |
| Massachusetts | 20,000 | 318,450 | 298,450 | 68,995 | 4.55% |
| Michigan | 9,000 | 129,225 | 120,225 | 39,025 | 1.29% |
| Minnesota | 6,000 | 68,855 | 62,855 | 33,865 | 1.20% |
| Mississippi | 5,000 | 2,910 | -2,090 | -290 | 0.10% |
| Missouri | 35,000 | 56,395 | 21,395 | -15,395 | 0.91% |
| Montana | 2,500 | 3,170 | 670 | 2,525 | 0.28% |
| Nebraska | 2,000 | 10,245 | 8,245 | 2,340 | 0.52% |
| Nevada | 2,500 | 85,330 | 82,830 | 68,130 | 2.67% |
| New Hampshire | 1,000 | 20,900 | 19,900 | 16,420 | 1.49% |
| New Jersey | 25,000 | 581,200 | 556,200 | 138,435 | 6.26% |
| New Mexico | 2,000 | 19,855 | 17,855 | 12,700 | 0.94% |
| New York | 400,000 | 1,672,025 | 1,272,025 | -468,665 | 8.54% |
| North Carolina | 12,000 | 99,830 | 87,830 | 86,590 | 0.92% |
| North Dakota | 1,750 | 920 | -830 | -165 | 0.12% |
| Ohio | 50,000 | 177,295 | 127,295 | 32,625 | 1.50% |
| Oklahoma | -- | 8,920 | 8,920 | 2,855 | 0.22% |
| Oregon | 6,000 | 70,105 | 64,105 | 59,270 | 1.66% |
| Pennsylvania | 95,000 | 347,860 | 252,860 | -71,870 | 2.68% |
| Rhode Island | 3,500 | 18,950 | 15,450 | -3,050 | 1.73% |
| South Carolina | 8,000 | 36,245 | 28,245 | 27,585 | 0.67% |
| South Dakota | 1,750 | 765 | -985 | 170 | 0.08% |
| Tennessee | 15,000 | 29,820 | 14,820 | 13,055 | 0.42% |
| Texas | 15,000 | 220,840 | 205,840 | 148,295 | 0.72% |
| Utah | 5,000 | 13,030 | 8,030 | 10,730 | 0.38% |
| Vermont | 1,000 | 12,700 | 11,700 | 10,235 | 1.96% |
| Virginia | 18,000 | 165,365 | 147,365 | 106,005 | 1.90% |
| Washington | 2,800 | 88,530 | 85,730 | 70,145 | 1.13% |
| West Virginia | 6,000 | 2,950 | -3,050 | -1,390 | 0.17% |
| Wisconsin | 10,000 | 48,515 | 38,515 | 18,765 | 0.82% |
| Wyoming | 1,000 | 2,210 | 1,210 | 1,900 | 0.38% |
| Total | 1,043,800 | 7,692,105 | 6,648,305 | 1,771,210 | 2.30% |
Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2024,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2024, (Cham, SUI: Forthcoming Springer, 2024).
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