Largest Jewish Populated Metropolitan Areas in the United States

Rank*	Area	Population		% Jewish
Rank*	Area	Total	Jewish	% Jewish
1	New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY - NJ - PA	19,557,311	2,188,100	11.2%
2	Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA	12,872,322	674,700	5.2%
3	Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL - IN - WI	9,274,140	322,080	3.5%
4	Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX	7,943,685	75,005	0.9%
5	Houston - Pasadena - The Woodlands, TX	7,368,466	51,602	0.7%
6	Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV	6,265,183	297,290	4.7%
7	Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington, PA - NJ - DE - MD	6,241,164	419,150	6.7%
8	Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Roswell, GA	6,237,435	132,100	2.1%
9	Miami - Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach, FL	6,139,340	535,500	8.7%
10	Phoenix - Mesa - Chandler, AZ	5,015,678	98,750	2.0%
11	Boston - Cambridge - Newton, MA-NH	4,900,550	257,460	5.3%
12	Riverside - San Bernadino - Ontario, CA	4,667,558	28,625	0.6%
13	San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont, CA	4,579,599	247,500	5.4%
14	Detroit - Warren - Dearborn, MI	4,345,761	71,750	1.7%
15	Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue, WA	4,034,248	62,350	1.5%
16	Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI	3,693,729	64,800	1.8%
17	Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL	3,290,730	51,350	1.6%
18	San Diego - Chula Vista - Carlsbad, CA	3,276,208	100,700	3.1%
19	Denver - Aurora - Centennial, CO	2,985,871	90,800	3.0%
20	Baltimore - Columbia - Towson, MD	2,835,672	119,300	4.2%
21	St. Louis, MO - IL	2,801,319	61,300	2.2%
Total		128,325,969	5,884,262	4.6%
Total U.S. Population		333,287,557	7,460,600	2.2%
% of Total U.S. Population		38.5%	78.9%

*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, 2023,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2024, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2024).