Vital Statistics: Metropolitan Areas With The Largest Jewish Population Worldwide
(2020)
Metropolitan areas with populations with Jewish parents (PJP) above 100,000
|
Rank*
|
Metro Area
|
Country
|
Jewish Population
|
% of Metro
|
% of World Jewry
|
|
1
|
Israel
|
3,845,300
|
94.9%
|
21.3%
|
|
|
2
|
United States
|
2,109,300
|
11.0%
|
11.7%
|
|
|
3
|
Israel
|
973,300
|
72.3%
|
5.4%
|
|
| 4 |
Israel
|
630,000 |
73.2%
|
3.5%
|
|
|
5
|
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim
|
United States
|
622,480
|
4.7%
|
3.5%
|
|
6
|
Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach
|
United States
|
535,500
|
8.3%
|
3.0%
|
| 7 | Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington | United States | 419,850 | 6.9% | 2.3% |
| 8 | Paris | France | 337,600 | 2.8% | 1.9% |
| 9 |
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
|
United States
|
297,290
|
4.7%
|
1.6%
|
| 10 |
Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL-IN-WI
|
United States
|
294,280
|
3.1%
|
1.6%
|
|
11
|
Boston - Cambridge - Newton, MA-NH
|
United States
|
257,460
|
3.6%
|
1.4%
|
| 12 | Beersheba | Israel | 245,000 | 61.1% | 1.4% |
|
13
|
San Francisco - Oakland - Berkeley, CA
|
United States
|
244,00
|
5.2%
|
1.4%
|
|
14
|
United Kingdom
|
230,400
|
2.4%
|
1.3%
|
|
|
15
|
Argentina
|
230,300
|
1.4%
|
1.3%
|
*Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population.
Source: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2020,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2020, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2021).
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