Total Jewish Population in the United States
(1654 - Present)
|
Year
|
Jewish Population
|
Year
|
Jewish Population
|
Year | Jewish Population |
|
1654
|
25
|
1937
|
4,641,000-4,831,180
|
2022 | 7,387,992 |
|
1700
|
200-300
|
1940
|
4,770,000-4,975,000
|
2023 | 7,460,600 |
|
1776
|
1,000-2,500
|
1950
|
4,500,000-5,000,000
|
2024 | 7,698,840 |
|
1790
|
1,243-3,000
|
1960
|
5,367,000-5,531,500
|
||
|
1800
|
2,000-2,500
|
1970
|
5,370,000-6,000,000
|
||
|
1820
|
2,650-5,000
|
1980
|
5,500,000-5,920,890
|
||
|
1826
|
6,000
|
1992
|
5,828,000
|
||
|
1830
|
4,000-6,000
|
2009
|
6,544,000
|
||
|
1840
|
15,000
|
2011
|
6,588,065
|
||
|
1848
|
50,000
|
2012
|
6,721,680
|
||
|
1850
|
50,000-100,000
|
2013
|
6,721,965
|
||
|
1860
|
150,000-200,000
|
2014
|
6,769,000
|
||
|
1870
|
200,000
|
2015
|
7,160,000
|
||
|
1880
|
230,000-280,000
|
2016
|
6,856,304
|
||
|
1890
|
400,000-475,000
|
2017
|
6,850,865
|
||
|
1900
|
937,800-1,058,135
|
2018
|
6,925,475
|
||
|
1910
|
1,508,000-2,349,754
|
2019 | 6,968,600 | ||
|
1920
|
3,300,000-3,604,580
|
2020 | 7,153,065 | ||
|
1927
|
4,228,029
|
2021 | 7,300,000 |
* Jewish population here is defined as the Enlarged Jewish Population which includes:
(A) Core Population - Jews born to Jewish parents or converted to Judaism;
(B) Other Persons of Jewish Parentage;
(C) Respective non-Jewish households members
Totals may not be exact due to rounding.
° For methodological reasons, the exact numbers are probably inflated slightly as some individuals may be double-counted.
^ Figure is less than 0.1 and rounds to 0.
Sources: Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, Eds., “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 Jewish Year Book 2006 (NY: American Jewish Committee, 2006);
North American Jewish Databank (2010);
North American Jewish Databank (2011);
The American Jewish Population Project;
Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2018,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2018, (Dordrecht: Springer, 2019), pp. 251-347.
Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2020,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2020, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2021).
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2021, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2022).
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2022,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2022, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2023).
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2023,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2023, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2024).
Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2024,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2024, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2024).
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