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 - PA	19,216,182	2,109,300	11.0%
2	Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA	13,214,799	622,480	4.7%
3	Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL - IN - WI	9,458,539	294,280	3.1%
4	Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX	7,573,136	75,005	1.0%
5	Houston - Sugarland - The Woodlands, TX	7,066,141	51,640	0.7%
6	Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC - VA - MD - WV	6,280,487	297,290	4.7%
7	Miami - Fort Lauderdale - West Palm Beach, FL	6,466,488	535,500	8.3%
8	Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington, PA - NJ - DE - MD	6,102,434	419,850	6.9%
9	Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Roswell, GA	6,020,364	119,800	2.0%
10	Phoenix - Mesa - Chandler, AZ	4,948,203	82,900	1.7%
11	Boston - Cambridge - Newton, MA	4,873,019	257,460	5.3%
12	San Francisco - Oakland - Berkeley, CA	4,731,803	244,000	5.2%
13	Riverside - San Bernadino - Ontario, CA	4,650,631	23,625	0.5%
14	Detroit - Warren - Livonia, MI	4,319,629	71,750	1.7%
15	Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue, WA	3,979,845	62,350	1.6%
16	Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI	3,640,043	64,800	1.8%
17	San Diego - Chula Vista - Carlsbad, CA	3,338,330	100,000	3.0%
18	Tampa - St. Petersburg - Clearwater, FL	3,194,831	51,350	1.6%
19	Denver - Aurora - Lakewood, CO	2,967,239	90,800	3.1%
20	St. Louis, MO - IL	2,803,228	61,300	2.2%
21	Baltimore - Columbia - Towson, MD	2,800,053	117,800	4.2%
Total		127,645,424	5,688,280	4.5%
Total U.S. Population		327,167,434	7,153,495	2.2%
% of Total U.S. Population		39.0%	79.5%

*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, 2020,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2020, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2021).