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 - CT - PA	21,859,598	2,181,400	9.98%
2	Los Angeles - Long Beach, CA	18,316,743	743,000	4.06%
3	Washington - Baltimore, Arlington - Alexandria, DC - MD - VA - WV - PA	10,069,592	428,260	4.25%
4	Chicago - Naperville, IL - IN - WI	9,794,558	327,525	3.34%
5	San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland , CA	9,001,024	354,725	3.94%
6	Dallas - Fort Worth - TX - OK	8,654,750	88,065	1.02%
7	Boston - Worcester - Providence, MA- RI - NH - CT	8,345,067	293,300	3.51%
8	Houston - Pasadena, TX	7,706,626	57,630	0.75%
9	Philadelphia - Reading - Camden, PA - NJ - DE - MD	7,390,919	328,700	4.45%
10	Atlanta - Athens, Clarke County - Sandy Springs, GA - AL	7,221,137	137,355	1.90%
11	Miami - Port St. Lucie - Fort Lauderdale, FL	7,011,936	503,100	7.17%
12	Detroit - Warren - Ann Arbor, MI	5,361,927	103,750	1.93%
13	Phoenix - Mesa, AZ	5,124,113	99,350	1.94%
14	Seattle - Tacoma, WA	4,993,725	74,650	1.49%
15	Orlando - Lakeland-Deltona, FL	4,509,624	80,150	1.78%
16	Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN - WI	4,104,786	66,160	1.61%
17	Cleveland - Akron - Canton, OH	3,732,803	94,510	2.53%
18	Denver - Aurora - Greeley, CO	3,691,404	95,175	2.58%
19	Charlotte - Concord, NC - SC	3,387,115	33,350	0.98%
20	Portland - Vancouver - Salem, OR-WA	3,286,669	61,350	1.87%
21	St. Louis, St. Charles - Farmington, MO - IL	2,900,730	65,800	2.27%
22	Salt Lake City - Provo - Orem, UT - ID	2,805,734	12,320	0.44%
23	San Antonio - New Braunfels - Kerrville, TX	2,785,647	18,310	0.66%
24	Pittsburgh - Weirton - Steubenville, PA - OH - WV	2,727,866	49,930	1.83%
25	Sacramento - Roseville, CA	2,706,315	27,050	1.00%
Total		167,490,408	6,324,915	3.78%
Total U.S. Population		334,914,895	7,698,840	2.30%
% of Total U.S. Population		50.0%	82.2%

*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).