Vital Statistics: Metropolitan Areas With The Largest Jewish Population Worldwide
(2021)
Metropolitan areas with populations with Jewish parents (PJP) above 100,000
| Rank* | Metro Area | Country | Jewish Population | % of Metro | % of World Jewry |
| 1 | Israel | 3,891,800 | 94.8% | 19.5% | |
| 2 | United States | 2,109,300 | 10.8% | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Israel | 992,800 | 72.3% | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Israel | 710,600 | 73.1% | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim | United States | 622,480 | 4.7% | 3.1% |
| 6 | Miami - Fort Lauderdale - Pompano Beach | United States | 535,500 | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| 7 | Philadelphia - Camden - Wilmington | United States | 419,850 | 6.8% | 2.1% |
| 8 | Paris | France | 337,600 | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| 9 | Washington - Arlington - Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | United States | 297,290 | 4.7% | 1.5% |
| 10 | Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL-IN-WI | United States | 294,280 | 3.1% | 1.5% |
| 11 | Boston - Cambridge - Newton, MA-NH | United States | 257,460 | 5.2% | 1.3% |
| 12 | Beersheba | Israel | 247,600 | 60.4% | 1.2% |
| 13 | San Francisco - Oakland - Berkeley, CA | United States | 244,00 | 5.1% | 1.2% |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 230,400 | 2.4% | 1.2% | |
| 15 | Argentina | 230,300 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
*Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population.
Source: Sergio DellaPergola, “World Jewish Population, 2021,” in Arnold Dashefsky and Ira M. Sheskin (eds.), The American Jewish Year Book, 2021, (Cham: Springer Nature, 2021).
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