Vital Statistics: Metropolitan Areas With The Largest Jewish Population Worldwide
(2019)
|
Rank
|
Metro Area
|
Country
|
Jewish Population
|
% of Metro
|
% of World Jewry
|
|
1
|
Israel
|
3,569,500
|
91.1%
|
24.3%
|
|
|
2
|
United States
|
2,107,800
|
10.6%
|
14.3%
|
|
|
3
|
Israel
|
932,900
|
72.6%
|
6.3%
|
|
| 4 |
Israel
|
625,600 |
66.8%
|
4.3%
|
|
|
5
|
Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim
|
United States
|
617,500
|
4.6%
|
4.2%
|
|
6
|
Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach
|
United States
|
535,500
|
8.6%
|
3.6%
|
| 7 |
Washington - Arlington - Alexandria
|
United States
|
297,300
|
4.8%
|
2.0%
|
| 8 |
Chicago - Naperville - Elgin
|
United States
|
294,300
|
3.1%
|
2.0%
|
|
9
|
Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington
|
United States
|
283,400
|
4.6%
|
1.9%
|
| 10 |
France
|
275,000
|
2.3%
|
1.9%
|
|
|
11
|
Boston - Cambridge - Newton
|
United States
|
257,500
|
3.6%
|
1.8%
|
|
12
|
San Francisco - Oakland - Berkeley
|
United States
|
244,00
|
5.2%
|
1.7%
|
|
13
|
Israel
|
221,300
|
57.5%
|
1.5%
|
|
|
14
|
United Kingdom
|
195,000
|
1.0%
|
1.3%
|
|
|
15
|
Canada
|
190,000
|
3.1%
|
1.3%
|
Source: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2019,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2019, Volume 119. Dordrecht: Springer.
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