Jewish Population in the United States by State
(1899 - Present)
| State | Jewish Population (1899) | Jewish Population (2020) | % Population Change (2019-2020) | Overall Population Change since 1899 | Overall Population Change since 1980 | Percentage of State Jewish |
| Total | 1,043,800 | 7,153,065 | 2.6% | 6,109,265 | 1,232,170 | 2.2% |
| Alabama | 6,000 | 10,325 | 0.0% | 4,325 | 1,490 | 0.2% |
| Alaska | -- | 5,750 | 0.0% | 5,750 | 4,790 | 0.8% |
| Arizona | 2,000 | 108,075 | 1.3% | 106,075 | 66,790 | 1.5% |
| Arkansas | 4,000 | 2,225 | 0.0% | -1,775 | -1,170 | 0.1% |
| California | 35,000 | 1,187,990 | 0.4% | 1,152,990 | 434,045 | 3.0% |
| Colorado | 10,500 | 98,400 | -4.1% | 87,900 | 66,635 | 1.8% |
| Connecticut | 6,000 | 118,350 | 0.0% | 112,350 | 16,315 | 3.3% |
| Delaware | 3,000 | 15,100 | 0.0% | 12,100 | 5,100 | 1.6% |
| Washington D.C. | 3,500 | 57,300 | 0.0% | 53,800 | 17,300 | 8.2% |
| Florida* | 2,500 | 657,095 | 2.1% | 654,595 | 202,215 | 3.0% |
| Georgia | 7,000 | 128,720 | 0.0% | 121,720 | 94,110 | 1.2% |
| Hawaii | 7,100 | 0.0% | 7,100 | 1,475 | 0.5% | |
| Idaho | 2,000 | 2,125 | 0.0% | 125 | 1,620 | 0.1% |
| Illinois | 95,000 | 297,735 | 0.0% | 202,735 | 31,350 | 2.3% |
| Indiana | 25,000 | 25,145 | -0.4% | 145 | 1,660 | 0.4% |
| Iowa | 5,000 | 5,475 | 3.8% | 475 | -2,740 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | 3,500 | 17,425 | 0.0% | 13,925 | 6,670 | 0.6% |
| Kentucky | 12,000 | 12,500 | 11.6% | 500 | 915 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | 20,000 | 14,900 | 0.0% | -5,100 | -1,440 | 0.3% |
| Maine | 5,000 | 12,550 | 0.0% | 7,550 | 5,750 | 0.9% |
| Maryland | 35,000 | 238,600 | 0.8% | 203,600 | 52,685 | 3.9% |
| Massachusetts | 20,000 | 293,080 | 0.0% | 273,080 | 43,625 | 4.2% |
| Michigan | 9,000 | 87,905 | 0.0% | 78,905 | -2,295 | 0.9% |
| Minnesota | 6,000 | 65,900 | 44.5%** | 59,900 | 30,910 | 0.8% |
| Mississippi | 5,000 | 1,525 | 0.0% | -3,475 | -1,675 | 0.1% |
| Missouri | 35,000 | 64,275 | 0.0% | 29,275 | -7,515 | 1.0% |
| Montana | 2,500 | 1,495 | 7.2% | -1,005 | 850 | 0.1% |
| Nebraska | 2,000 | 9,350 | 0.0% | 7,350 | 1,445 | 0.5% |
| Nevada | 2,500 | 76,300 | 0.0% | 73,800 | 59,100 | 2.5% |
| New Hampshire | 1,000 | 10,120 | 0.0% | 9,120 | 5,640 | 0.7% |
| New Jersey | 25,000 | 546,950 | 0.3% | 521,950 | 104,185 | 6.1% |
| New Mexico | 2,000 | 12,625 | 0.0% | 10,625 | 5,470 | 0.6% |
| New York | 400,000 | 1,772,470 | 0.1% | 1,372,470 | -368,220 | 9.1% |
| North Carolina | 12,000 | 45,935 | 0.0% | 33,935 | 32,695 | 0.4% |
| North Dakota | 1,750 | 400 | 0.0% | -1,350 | -685 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | 50,000 | 151,615 | 2.6% | 101,615 | 6,945 | 1.3% |
| Oklahoma | 4,425 | 0.0% | 4,425 | -1,640 | 0.1% | |
| Oregon | 6,000 | 40,650 | 0.0% | 34,650 | 29,815 | 1.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 95,000 | 434,165 | 45.8% | 339,165 | 14,435 | 2.3% |
| Rhode Island | 3,500 | 18,750 | 0.0% | 15,250 | -3,250 | 1.8% |
| South Carolina | 8,000 | 16,820 | 0.0% | 8,820 | 8,160 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | 1,750 | 250 | 0.0% | -1,500 | -345 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 15,000 | 22,800 | 0.0% | 7,800 | 6,035 | 0.3% |
| Texas | 15,000 | 176,000 | -0.3% | 161,000 | 103,455 | 0.6% |
| Utah | 5,000 | 5,650 | 0.0% | 650 | 3,350 | 0.2% |
| Vermont | 1,000 | 7,865 | 10.2% | 6,865 | 5,400 | 1.1% |
| Virginia | 18,000 | 150,595 | 0.0% | 132,595 | 91,235 | 1.8% |
| Washington | 2,800 | 75,350 | 2.6% | 72,550 | 56,965 | 1.0% |
| West Virginia | 6,000 | 2,310 | 0.0% | -3,690 | -2,030 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | 10,000 | 33,455 | 1.2% | 23,455 | 3,705 | 0.6% |
| Wyoming | 1,000 | 1,150 | 0.0% | 150 | 840 | 0.2% |
| Total | 1,043,800 | 7,153,065 | 2.6% | 6,109,265 | 1,232,170 | 2.2% |
*Excludes 65,000 Jews who live in Florida for 3-7 months of the year and are counted in their primary state of residence.
**New figures became available in 2020.
Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2019,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2020, (Cham, SUI: Forthcoming Springer, 2021).
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