Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the United States
(2024)
|
Rank*
|
Area
|
Population
|
% Jewish
|
|
|
Total
|
Jewish
|
|||
|
1
|
19,498,249
|
1,980,200
|
10.16%
|
|
|
2
|
12,799,100
|
647,500
|
5.06%
|
|
|
3
|
9,262,825
|
325,250
|
3.51%
|
|
|
4
|
8,100,037
|
87,525
|
1.08%
|
|
|
5
|
7,510,253
|
62,745
|
0.84%
|
|
|
6
|
6,307,261
|
135,670
|
2.15%
|
|
|
7
|
6,304,975
|
303,500
|
4.81%
|
|
|
8
|
6,246,160
|
311,400
|
4.99%
|
|
|
9
|
6,183,199
|
488,900
|
7.91%
|
|
|
10
|
5,070,110
|
99,000
|
1.95%
|
|
|
11
|
4,919,179
|
265,200
|
5.39%
|
|
|
12
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
|
4,688,053
|
47,100
|
1.00%
|
|
13
|
4,566,961
|
247,500
|
5.42%
|
|
|
14
|
4,342,304
|
80,350
|
1.85%
|
|
|
15
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
|
4,044,837
|
66,900
|
1.65%
|
|
16
|
3,712,020
|
66,335
|
1.79%
|
|
|
17
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
|
3,342,963
|
59,800
|
1.79%
|
|
18
|
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
|
3,269,973
|
100,700
|
3.08%
|
|
19
|
3,005,131
|
69,775
|
2.32%
|
|
|
20
|
2,834,316
|
122,950
|
4.34%
|
|
|
21
|
2,817,933
|
53,650
|
1.90%
|
|
|
22
|
2,805,115
|
32,300
|
1.15%
|
|
|
23
|
2,796,999
|
50,240
|
1.80%
|
|
|
24
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
|
2,703,999
|
17,860
|
0.66%
|
|
25
|
2,508,050
|
56,700
|
2.26%
|
|
|
Total
|
139,640,002
|
5,779,050
|
4.14%
|
|
| Total U.S. Population | 334,914,895 | 7,692,105 | 2.30% | |
|
% of Total U.S. Population
|
41.69%
|
75.13%
|
|
|
*Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population.
The Data are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) as defined by the US Census Bureau.
Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky. “United States Jewish Population, 2024,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2024, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2024).
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