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New York
9.1%
DC
8.2%
New Jersey
6.1%
Massachusetts
4.3%
Maryland
3.9%
Connecticut
3.3%
California
3%
Florida
3%
Nevada
2.5%
Illinois
2.3%
Pennsylvania
2.3%
Colorado
1.8%
Rhode Island
1.8%
Virginia
1.8%
Delaware
1.6%
Arizona
1.5%
Ohio
1.3%
Georgia
1.2%
Missouri
1.1%
Vermont
1.1%
Oregon
1%
Washington
1%
Maine
0.9%
Michigan
0.9%
Alaska
0.8%
Minnesota
0.8%
New Hampshire
0.7%
Kansas
0.6%
New Mexico
0.6%
Texas
0.6%
Wisconsin
0.6%
Hawaii
0.5%
Nebraska
0.5%
Indiana
0.4%
North Carolina
0.4%
Kentucky
0.3%
Louisiana
0.3%
South Carolina
0.3%
Tennessee
0.3%
Alabama
0.2%
Iowa
0.2%
Utah
0.2%
Wyoming
0.2%
Arkansas
0.1%
Mississippi
0.1%
Montana
0.1%
North Dakota
0.1%
Oklahoma
0.1%
West Virginia
0.1%

Jewish Population by State 2023

Jewish Population by State 2023

Jewish people – or Jews – are an ethnoreligious group that shares a common ethnicity and religion. Jews are descendants of the Israelites and the Hebrews and practice Judaism. Around the world, there are as many as 17.5 million Jews. When taking into consideration those with partial Jewish ancestry, that number rises to an estimated 20.5 million. In the United States, it is estimated that there are between 5.7 million and 10 million Jewish people. This group is known as Jewish Americans. Most Jewish Americans – as many as 95% -- are Ashkenazi Jews that were descended from the Jews of Eastern and Central Europe. The majority of these people were born in the United States.

According to the Jewish Virtual Library, Jews make up just over 2.2% of the population in the U.S. as of 2020. The highest percentage is found in New York, where over 1.77 million American Jews reside – or 9.1% of the state’s total population.

In Washington, D.C., there is also a high percentage of Jewish American residents. About 8.2% of the total population is Jewish American. This is over 57,000 people. New Jersey also has a high population of Jewish Americans. Almost 547,000 are part of this ethnoreligious group, making up 6.1% of the state’s total population. Massachusetts is home to over 293,000 Jews, which is 4.2% of the total population. Maryland is home to over 236,000 Jewish Americans – which is 3.9% of the population. Pennsylvania saw the largest increase in its Jewish population from 2019 to 2020 when it grew from 298,240 to 434,165. This is a 45.8% increase.

In terms of the number of Jewish people living in each state, the following ten states come out on top: New York (1.77 million), California (1.19 million), Florida (657,095), New Jersey (546,950), Pennsylvania (434,165), Illinois (297,735), Massachusetts (293,080), Maryland (238,600), Texas (176,000), and Ohio (151,615).

Jewish Population by State 2023

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State
Jewish Population
Jewish %
2023 Population
New York1,785,7279.1%19,496,810
District of Columbia57,3008.2%674,815
New Jersey626,2206.1%9,255,437
Massachusetts301,8804.3%6,974,258
Maryland240,1003.9%6,154,710
Connecticut118,3503.3%3,629,055
California1,234,5403%38,915,693
Florida672,4653%22,661,577
Nevada79,8002.5%3,209,142
Illinois325,1602.3%12,477,595
Pennsylvania434,1652.3%12,931,957
Colorado98,4001.8%5,868,555
Rhode Island18,7501.8%1,090,483
Virginia150,6201.8%8,709,873
Delaware15,1001.6%1,031,985
Arizona123,7251.5%7,453,517
Ohio151,6401.3%11,747,774
Georgia141,0201.2%11,037,723
Missouri67,8001.1%6,186,091
Vermont7,8651.1%647,156
Oregon40,6501%4,223,973
Washington75,3501%7,830,827
Maine12,5500.9%1,393,442
Michigan87,9050.9%10,030,722
Alaska5,3000.8%732,984
Minnesota65,9000.8%5,722,897
New Hampshire10,1200.7%1,402,957
Kansas16,8250.6%2,936,378
New Mexico12,6250.6%2,110,011
Texas175,6550.6%30,500,280
Wisconsin33,4550.6%5,904,977
Hawaii7,1000.5%1,433,238
Nebraska9,3500.5%1,972,292
Indiana26,0450.4%6,852,542
North Carolina48,9350.4%10,832,061
Kentucky17,5000.3%4,518,031
Louisiana14,9000.3%4,553,384
South Carolina16,8200.3%5,372,002
Tennessee22,8000.3%7,134,327
Alabama10,3250.2%5,098,746
Iowa5,4750.2%3,203,345
Utah5,6500.2%3,422,487
Wyoming1,3500.2%583,279
Arkansas2,2500.1%3,063,152
Mississippi1,5250.1%2,930,528
Montana1,4950.1%1,139,507
North Dakota4000.1%780,588
Oklahoma4,4250.1%4,048,375
West Virginia2,3100.1%1,764,786
South Dakota250 923,484
United States7,385,8672.12%
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Jewish Population by State 2023

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