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Abstract

This chapter provides estimates of the Jewish population for about 900 American Jewish communities as well as estimates for the country as a whole, states, regions and Metropolitan Statistical Areas. It documents a major shift of American Jewry over the past four decades from the Northeast to the West and the South, with little change in the Midwest. These changes are due to significant decreases in Jewish population in New York and Pennsylvania and significant increases in California, Florida, Georgia, and other southern and western states. Also, presented are major findings from a recent study in Richmond (VA), comparisons about Jewish communities on percentage Jewish and geographic concentration, and maps of Jews in Illinois and the Maryland/Delaware area.

The authors thank the following individuals and organizations:

1. The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and Former staff members at its predecessor organizations (United Jewish Communities and Council of Jewish Federations), Jim Schwartz, Jeffrey Scheckner, and Barry Kosmin, who authored the AJYB United States Jewish population chapters from 1986 to 2003. Many population estimates in this chapter are based on their efforts;

2. Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz, Research Director at The Jewish Federations of North America;

3. Sarah Markowitz, Fact Checker at the Mandell Berman Institute–North American Jewish Data Bank, for her excellent editing and proofreading;

4. Lorri Lafontaine, Program Assistant at the Berman Institute–North American Jewish Data Bank at the University of Connecticut, for her assistance;

5. Allen Hyde and Pamela Weathers, graduate assistants at the Berman Institute–North American Jewish Data Bank for their research assistance;

6. Chris Hanson and the University of Miami Department of Geography and Regional Studies Geographic Information Systems Laboratory for assistance with the maps;

7. Mandell L. (Bill) Berman for his strong support of this effort.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Lawrence Grossman, “The Book of Numbers,” Jewish Ideas Daily (March 19, 2012). (See Numbers 1:2–4; 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1).

  2. 2.

    Pocket Demographics. 2012. Berman Institute-North American Jewish Data Bank (Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut).

  3. 3.

    See Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (2006). “Jewish Population in the United States, 2006,” American Jewish Year Book, 2006, Volume 106 (David Singer and Lawrence Grossman, editors) (New York: American Jewish Committee) pp. 134–139, which discusses the discrepancy between our US total population estimate and that of the 2000–2001 National Jewish Population Survey, at www.jewishdatabank.org. Note that our estimate is in general agreement with the estimate of Elizabeth Tighe et al. (2011). Estimating the Jewish Population of the United States: 2000–2010, Brandeis University, Steinhardt Social Research Institute, at www.brandeis.edu/ssri

  4. 4.

    For a brief description of random digit dialing in local Jewish community studies, see Ira M. Sheskin (2001). How Jewish Communities Differ: Variations in the Findings of Local Jewish Demographic Studies (New York: City University of New York, North American Jewish Data Bank) p.6, at www.jewishdatabank.org

  5. 5.

    See Ira M. Sheskin (1998). “A Methodology for Examining the Changing Size and Spatial Distribution of a Jewish Population: A Miami Case Study,” Shofar, Special Issue: Studies in Jewish Geography (Neil G. Jacobs, Special Guest Editor) 17(1) pp. 97–116. The fact that about 8–12% of American Jews, despite rising intermarriage, continue to have one of 36 Distinctive Jewish Names (Berman, Caplan, Cohen, Epstein, Feldman, Freedman, Friedman, Goldberg, Goldman, Goldstein, Goodman, Greenberg, Gross, Grossman, Jacobs, Jaffe, Kahn, Kaplan, Katz, Kohn, Levin, Levine, Levinson, Levy, Lieberman, Rosen, Rosenberg, Rosenthal, Rubin, Schwartz, Shapiro, Siegel, Silverman, Stern, Weinstein, Weiss) facilitates making reasonable estimates of the Jewish population.

  6. 6.

    For an example, see footnote 4 in Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (2008). “Jewish Population in the United States, 2008,” American Jewish Year Book, 2008, Volume 108 (David Singer and Lawrence Grossman, editors) (New York: American Jewish Committee) pp. 151–222 at www.jewishdatabank.org

  7. 7.

    Note that while we have classified DJN and “different methodology” methods as Scientific, the level of accuracy of such methods is well below that of the RDD methodology. Most studies using a “different methodology” have made concerted efforts to enumerate the known Jewish population via merging membership lists and surveying known Jewish households. An estimate of the unaffiliated Jewish population is then added to the affiliated population.

  8. 8.

    The questionnaire and forms used for this effort are available at www.jewishdatabank.org

  9. 9.

    See Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (2007). “Jewish Population in the United States, 2007,” American Jewish Year Book, 2007, Volume 107 (David Singer and Lawrence Grossman, editors) (New York: American Jewish Committee) pp. 136–138 at www.jewishdatabank.org

  10. 10.

    Sergio DellaPergola (2010). “World Jewish Population, 2010. In Current Jewish Population Reports, Number 2–2010 (Storrs, CT: Berman Institute, North American Jewish Data Bank) at www.jewishdatabank.org

  11. 11.

    Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz et al. (2003). Strength, Challenge and Diversity in the American Jewish Population. (New York: United Jewish Communities) at www.jfna.org/NJPS

  12. 12.

    Note that Appendix A does not include the neighborhood level data included in this chapter in previous years because such data had not yet been released by the UJA-Federation of New York at the time this chapter was finalized. We expect to include such data next year.

  13. 13.

    See also Ira M. Sheskin (2008). “Four Questions about American Jewish Demography,” Jewish Political Studies Review (Jerusalem: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) 20 (1&2) pp. 23–42 at www.jcpa.org

  14. 14.

    This measure is known as the index of dissimilarity or the segregation index. See James E. Burt, Gerald M. Barber, David L. Rigby (2009). Elementary Statistics for Geographers, Third Edition (New York: Guilford Press) pp. 127–9.

  15. 15.

    The 2012 data exclude Jews in part-year households (snowbirds). The historical record does not indicate the portion of the population that was part year in 1970.

  16. 16.

    See Ira M. Sheskin (1998). “A Methodology for Examining the Changing Size and Spatial Distribution of a Jewish Population: A Miami Case Study,” Shofar, Special Issue: Studies in Jewish Geography (Neil G. Jacobs, Special Guest Editor) 17(1) pp. 97–116.

  17. 17.

    Ira M. Sheskin (2001). How Jewish Communities Differ: Variations in the Findings of Local Jewish Demographic Studies. (New York: City University of New York, North American Jewish Data Bank) at www.jewishdatabank.org

  18. 18.

    For a discussion of the difficulties of comparing local Jewish community studies and of the criteria employed to select communities for these tables, see Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (2007). "Jewish Population in the United States, 2007," American Jewish Year Book, 2007, Volume 107 (David Singer and Lawrence Grossman, editors) (New York: American Jewish Committee) pp. 136–138 at www.jewishdatabank.org and Ira M. Sheskin (2005). “Comparisons between Local Jewish Community Studies and the 2000–2001 National Jewish Population Survey,” Contemporary Jewry 25 pp.158–192.

  19. 19.

    Ira M. Sheskin (2012). Comparisons of Jewish Communities: A Compendium of Tables and Bar Charts (Storrs, CT: Berman Institute, North American Jewish Data Bank and The Jewish Federations of North America) at www.jewishdatabank.org

  20. 20.

    Note that the number of Jews in institutions, such as nursing homes, without their own telephone numbers is added to the number of Jews in households in communities for which this information is available.

  21. 21.

    By 2008, the percentage of Jewish households in Broward County had decreased to 15%. See Ira M. Sheskin (2009). Jewish Population of Broward County, 2008 (Davie, FL: Jewish Federation of Broward County) at www.jewishdatabank.org

  22. 22.

    Harriet Hartman and Ira M. Sheskin (forthcoming 2013). “Contributions of Community Context to Jewish Identity: A 22-Community Study,” Contemporary Jewry.

  23. 23.

    Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (2011). “Jewish Population in the United States, 2011,” in Current Jewish Population Reports, Number 4–2011 (Storrs, CT: Berman Institute, North American Jewish Data Bank, The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, and The Jewish Federations of North America) at www.jewishdatabank.org

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Appendix A: Communities with Jewish Population of 100 or More, 2012

Appendix A: Communities with Jewish Population of 100 or More, 2012

Date of informant confirmation or latest study

Geographic area

Number of Jews

Area totals

Part-year Jewish population

Alabama

2011

Birmingham (Jefferson County)

5,200

  

2011

Dothan

200

  

2008

Florence-Sheffield

100

  

1997–2001

Huntsville

750

  

1997–2001

Mobile (Baldwin & Mobile Counties)

1,100

  

2008

Montgomery

1,100

  

2008

Tuscaloosa

200

  

2008

Other places

175

  
 

Total Alabama

8,825

  

Alaska

2008

Anchorage (Anchorage Borough)

5,000

  

2008

Fairbanks (Fairbanks North Star Borough)

600

  

2008

Juneau

300

  

1997–2001

Kenai Peninsula

200

  

1997–2001

Other places

75

  
 

Total Alaska

6,175

  

Arizona

2002

Cochise County (2002) a

450

  

1997–2001

Flagstaff (Coconino County)

500

  

1997–2001

Lake Havasu City

200

  

2009

Northwest Valley (Glendale-Peoria-Sun City) (2002)

10,900

  

2009

Phoenix (2002)

23,600

  

2009

Northeast Valley (Scottsdale) (2002)

34,500

  

2009

Tri Cities Valley (Ahwatukee-Chandler-Gilbert-Mesa-Tempe) (2002)

13,900

  

2009

Greater Phoenix total (2002)

 

82,900

 

2008

Prescott

300

  

2002

Santa Cruz County (2002) a

100

  

2008

Sedona

300

 

50

2005

West-Northwest (2002)

3,450

  

2005

Northeast (2002)

7,850

  

2005

Central (2002)

7,150

  

2005

Southeast (2002)

2,500

  

2005

Green Valley (2002)

450

  

2005

Tucson (Pima County) Total (2002)

 

21,400

1,000

1997–2001

Yuma

150

  
 

Total Arizona

106,300

 

1,050

Arkansas

2008

Bentonville

100

  

2008

Fayetteville

175

  

2001

Hot Springs

150

  

2001

Little Rock

1,100

  

2008

Other places

200

  
 

Total Arkansas

1,725

  

California

1997–2001

Antelope Valley (Lancaster-Palmdale)

3,000

  

1997–2001

Bakersfield (Kern County)

1,600

  

1997–2001

Chico-Oroville-Paradise (Butte County)

750

  

1997–2001

Eureka (Humboldt County)

1,000

  

1997–2001

Fairfield

800

  

2011

Fresno (Fresno County) (2011) a

3,500

  

2008

Long Beach (Cerritos-Hawaiian Gardens-Lakewood-Signal Hill in Los Angeles County & Buena Park-Cypress-La Palma-Los Alamitos-Rossmoor-Seal Beach in Orange County)

23,750

  

2009

Airport Marina (1997)

22,140

  

2009

Beach Cities (1997)

17,270

  

2009

Beverly Hills (1997)

20,500

  

2009

Burbank-Glendale (1997)

19,840

  

2009

Central (1997)

11,600

  

2009

Central City (1997)

4,710

  

2009

Central Valley (1997)

27,740

  

2009

Cheviot-Beverlywood (1997)

29,310

  

2009

Culver City (1997)

9,110

  

2009

Eastern Belt (1997)

3,900

  

2009

Encino-Tarzana (1997)

50,290

  

2009

Fairfax (1997)

54,850

  

2009

High Desert (1997)

10,920

  

2009

Hollywood (1997)

10,390

  

2009

Malibu-Palisades (1997)

27,190

  

2009

North Valley (1997)

36,760

  

2009

Palos Verdes Peninsula (1997)

6,780

  

2009

San Pedro (1997)

5,310

  

2009

Santa Monica-Venice (1997)

23,140

  

2009

Simi-Conejo (1997)

38,470

  

2009

Southeast Valley (1997)

28,150

  

2009

West Valley (1997)

40,160

  

2009

Westwood (1997)

20,670

  

2009

Los Angeles (Los Angeles County and southern Ventura County) total (1997)

 

519,200

 

1997–2001

Mendocino County (Redwood Valley-Ukiah)

600

  

1997–2001

Merced County

190

  

1997–2001

Modesto (Stanislaus County)

500

  

2011

Monterey Peninsula (2011) a

4,500

  

1997–2001

Murrieta Hot Springs

550

  

2011

Napa County (2011) a

1,500

  

2009

Orange County (most of Orange County, excluding parts included in Long Beach)

80,000

  

2002

Palm Springs (1998)

4,400

  

2002

Cathedral City-Rancho Mirage (1998)

3,100

  

2002

Palm Desert-Sun City (1998)

2,500

  

2002

East Valley (Bermuda-Dunes-Indian Wells-Indio-La Quinta) (1998)

1,300

  

2002

North Valley (Desert Hot Springs-North Palm Springs-Thousand Palms) (1998)

700

  

2002

Palm Springs (Coachella Valley) total (1998)

 

12,000

5,000

1997–2001

Redding (Shasta County)

150

  

1997–2001

Riverside-Corona-Moreno Valley

2,000

  

1997–2001

Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, & Yolo Counties) (1993) d

21,300

  

1997–2001

Salinas

1,000

  

1997–2001

San Bernardino-Fontana area

3,000

  

2009

North County Coastal (2003)

24,000

  

2009

North County Inland (2003)

18,100

  

2009

Greater East San Diego (2003)

18,900

  

2009

La Jolla-Mid-Coastal (2003)

14,400

  

2009

Central San Diego (2003)

12,200

  

2009

South County (2003)

1,400

  

2009

San Diego (San Diego County) total (2003)

 

89,000

 

2006

Alameda County (Oakland) (1986)

60,000

  

2006

Contra Costa County (1986)

40,000

  

2006

East Bay subtotal (1986)

 

100,000

 

2007

Marin County (2004)

26,100

  

2007

North Peninsula (2004)

40,300

  

2007

San Francisco County (2004)

65,800

  

2007

Sonoma County (Petaluma-Santa Rosa) (2004)

23,100

  

2007

South Peninsula (Palo Alto) (2004)

72,500

  

2007

San Francisco subtotal (2004)

 

227,800

 

2006

San Jose (Silicon Valley) (1986)

63,000

  
 

San Francisco Bay Area total

 

390,800

 

1997–2001

San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys (Alta Loma-Chino-Claremont-Cucamonga-La Verne-Montclair-Ontario-Pomona San Dimas-Upland)

30,000

  

1997–2001

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo County)

2,000

  

2009

Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County)

7,000

  

2011

Santa Cruz-Aptos (Santa Cruz County) (2011) a

6,000

  

1997–2001

Santa Maria

500

  

1997–2001

South Lake Tahoe (El Dorado County)

150

  

1997–2001

Stockton

850

  

1997–2001

Tulare & Kings Counties (Visalia)

350

  

1997–2001

Vallejo area (Solano County)

900

  

1997–2001

Ventura County (excluding Simi-Conejo area of Los Angeles area)

15,000

  

1997–2001

Other places

200

  
 

Total California

1,223,640

 

5,000

Colorado

1997–2001

Aspen

750

  

2010

Colorado Springs (2010) a

2,500

  

2007

Denver (2007)

28,700

  

2007

South Metro (2007)

19,800

  

2007

Boulder (2007)

12,900

  

2007

North & West Metro (2007)

11,400

  

2007

Aurora (2007)

6,600

  

2007

North & East Metro (2007)

4,500

  

2007

Greater Denver (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, & Jefferson Counties) total (2007)

 

83,900

 

2010

Fort Collins-Greeley-Loveland

2,000

  

1997–2001

Grand Junction (Mesa County)

320

  

1997–2001

Pueblo-Lamar-Trinidad

425

  

1997–2001

Steamboat Springs

250

  

pre–1997

Telluride

125

  

2011

Vail-Breckenridge-Eagle (Eagle & Summit Counties) (2011) a

1,500

  

1997–2001

Other places

150

  
 

Total Colorado

91,920

  

Connecticut

1997–2001

Bridgeport (Easton-Fairfield-Monroe-Stratford-Trumbull)

13,000

  

pre–1997

Colchester-Lebanon

300

  

1997–2001

Danbury (Bethel-Brookfield-New Fairfield-New Milford-Newtown-Redding-Ridgefield-Sherman)

3,200

  

2008

Greenwich

7,000

  

2009

Core Area (Bloomfield-Hartford-West Hartford) (2000)

15,800

  

2009

Farmington Valley (Avon-Burlington-Canton-East Granby-Farmington-Granby-New Hartford-Simsbury) (2000)

6,400

  

2009

East of the River (East Hartford-East Windsor-Enfield-Glastonbury-Manchester-South Windsor in Hartford County & Andover-Bolton-Coventry-Ellington-Hebron-Somers-Tolland-Vernon in Tolland County) (2000)

4,800

  

2009

South of Hartford (Berlin-Bristol-New Britain-Newington-Plainville-Rocky Hill-Southington-Wethersfield in Hartford County, Plymouth in Litchfield County, Cromwell-Durham-Haddam-Middlefield-Middletown in Middlesex County, & Meriden in New Haven County) (2000)

5,000

  

2009

Suffield-Windsor-Windsor Locks (2000)

800

  

2009

Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford total (2000)

 

32,800

 

2010

The East (Centerbrook-Chester-Clinton-Deep River-Ivoryton-Killingworth-Old Saybrook-Westbrook in Middlesex County & Branford-East Haven-Essex-Guilford-Madison-North Branford-Northford in New Haven County) (2010)

4,900

  

2010

The West (Ansonia-Derby-Milford-Seymour-West Haven in New Haven County & Shelton in Fairfield County) (2010)

3,200

  

2010

The Central Area (Bethany-New Haven-Orange-Woodbridge) (2010)

8,800

  

2010

Hamden (2010)

3,200

  

2010

The North (Cheshire-North Haven-Wallingford) (2010)

2,900

  

2010

The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven total (2010)

 

23,000

 

1997–2001

New London-Norwich (central & southern New London County & parts of Windham County)

3,800

  

2010

Southbury (Beacon Falls-Middlebury-Naugatuck-Oxford-Prospect-Waterbury-Wolcott in New Haven County) (2010) a

4,500

  

2010

Southern Litchfield County (Bethlehem-Litchfield-Morris-Roxbury-Thomaston-Washington-Watertown-Woodbury) (2010) a

3,500

  

2010

Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut total (2010) a

 

8,000

 

2009

Stamford (Darien-New Canaan)

12,000

  

2006

Storrs-Columbia & parts of Tolland County

500

  

1997–2001

Torrington

600

  

2000

Westport (2000)

5,000

  

2000

Weston (2000)

1,850

  

2000

Wilton (2000)

1,550

  

2000

Norwalk (2000)

3,050

  

2000

Westport-Weston-Wilton-Norwalk total (2000)

 

11,450

 

2006

Windham-Willimantic & parts of Windham County

400

  
 

Total Connecticut

116,050

  

Delaware

2009

Kent & Sussex Counties (Dover) (1995, 2006) b

3,200

  

2009

Newark area (1995, 2006) b

4,300

  

2009

Wilmington area (1995, 2006) b

7,600

  
 

Total Delaware

15,100

  

Washington, DC

    

2012

Total District of Columbia (2003)

28,000

  

2012

Lower Montgomery County (Maryland) (2003)

88,600

  

2012

Upper Montgomery County (Maryland) (2003)

24,400

  

2012

Prince George’s County (Maryland) (2003)

7,200

  

2012

Arlington-Alexandria-Falls Church (Virginia) (2003)

27,900

  

2012

South Fairfax-Prince William County (Virginia) (2003)

25,000

  

2012

West Fairfax-Loudoun County (Virginia) (2003)

14,500

  

2012

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington total (2003)

 

215,600

 

Florida

1997–2001

Brevard & Indian River Counties (Melbourne-Vero Beach)

5,000

  

pre–1997

Crystal River (Citrus County)

100

  

1997–2001

Fort Myers-Arcadia-Port Charlotte-Punta Gorda (Charlotte, De Soto, & Lee Counties)

8,000

  

1997–2001

Fort Pierce (northern St. Lucie County)

1,060

  

2008

Gainesville

2,500

  

2002

Jacksonville Core area (2002)

8,800

  

2002

The Beaches (Atlantic Beach-Jacksonville Beach-Neptune Beach-Ponte Vedra Beach) (2002)

1,900

  

2002

Other places in Clay, Duval, Nassau, & St. Johns Counties (including St. Augustine) (2002)

2,200

  

2002

Jacksonville total (2002)

 

12,900

100

1997–2001

Key West

650

  

pre–1997

Lakeland (Polk County)

1,000

  

2010

Naples (Collier County) (2010) a

8,000

 

2,000

1997–2001

Ocala (Marion County)

500

  

2010

North Orlando (Seminole County & southern Volusia County) (1993, 2010) b

11,900

 

300

2010

Central Orlando (Maitland-Orlando-Winter Park) (1993, 2010) b

10,600

 

100

2010

South Orlando (Orlando & northern Osceola County) (1993, 2010) b

8,100

 

100

2010

Orlando total (1993, 2010) b

 

30,600

500

1997–2001

Pensacola (Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties)

975

  

2010

North Pinellas (Clearwater) (1994, 2010) b

10,300

 

600

2010

Central Pinellas (Largo) (1994, 2010) b

4,700

 

200

2010

South Pinellas (St. Petersburg) (1994, 2010) b

10,000

 

800

2010

Pinellas County (St. Petersburg) subtotal (1994, 2010) b

 

25,000

1,600

2010

Pasco County (New Port Richey) (2010) a

8,400

  

2010

Jewish Federation of Pinellas & Pasco Counties total (2010)

 

33,400

1,600

2001

Sarasota (2001)

8,600

 

1,500

2001

Longboat Key (2001)

1,000

 

1,500

2001

Bradenton (Manatee County) (2001)

1,750

 

200

2001

Venice (2001)

850

 

100

2001

Sarasota total (2001)

 

12,200

3,300

2005

East Boca (2005)

8,900

 

2,400

2005

Central Boca (2005)

33,800

 

8,900

2005

West Boca (2005)

17,000

 

1,700

2005

Boca Raton subtotal (2005)

 

59,700

13,000

2005

Delray Beach (2005)

47,800

 

10,800

2005

South Palm Beach subtotal (2005)

 

107,500

23,800

2005

Boynton Beach (2005)

45,600

 

10,700

2005

Lake Worth (2005)

21,600

 

3,300

2005

Town of Palm Beach (2005)

2,000

 

2,000

2005

West Palm Beach (2005)

8,300

 

2,000

2005

Wellington-Royal Palm Beach (2005)

9,900

 

1,400

2005

North Palm Beach-Palm Beach Gardens-Jupiter (2005)

13,950

 

3,500

2005

West Palm Beach subtotal (2005)

 

101,350

22,900

2005

Palm Beach County total (2005)

 

208,850

46,700

2004

North Dade Core East (Aventura-Golden Beach-parts of North Miami Beach) (2004)

34,000

 

4,100

2004

North Dade Core West (parts of North Miami Beach-Ojus) (2004)

13,100

 

300

2004

Other North Dade (north of Flagler Street) (2004)

3,800

 

100

2004

North Dade subtotal (2004)

 

50,900

4,500

2004

West Kendall (2004)

13,750

 

200

2004

East Kendall (parts of Coral Gables-Pinecrest-South Miami) (2004)

15,650

 

100

2004

Northeast South Dade (Key Biscayne-parts of City of Miami) (2004)

8,300

 

500

2004

South Dade subtotal (2004)

 

37,700

800

2004

North Beach (Bal Harbour-Bay Harbor Islands-Indian Creek Village-Surfside) (2004)

3,700

 

250

2004

Middle Beach (parts of City of Miami Beach) (2004)

10,300

 

1,110

2004

South Beach (parts of City of Miami Beach) (2004)

3,700

 

340

2004

The Beaches subtotal (2004)

 

17,700

1,700

2004

Miami-Dade County total (2004)

 

106,300

7,000

2008

Southeast (Hollywood-Hallandale) (1997, 2008) b

25,100

 

2,500

2008

Southwest (Pembroke Pines-Cooper City-Davie-Weston) (1997, 2008) b

37,500

 

1,600

2008

West Central (Plantation-North Lauderdale-Tamarac-Lauderdale Lakes-Sunrise) (1997, 2008) b

48,200

 

3,800

2008

Northwest (Coral Springs-Parkland) (1997, 2008) b

23,600

 

0

2008

North Central (Margate-Coconut Creek-Wynmoor-Palm Aire-Century Village) (1997, 2008) b

23,900

 

5,225

2008

East (Fort Lauderdale) (1997, 2008) b

12,400

 

2,450

2008

Broward County total (1997, 2008) b

 

170,700

15,575

 

Southeast Florida (Broward, Miami-Dade, & Palm Beach Counties) total

 

485,850

69,275

2012

Spring Hill (2012)

350

  

2004

Stuart (Martin County) (1999, 2004) b

2,900

  

2004

Southern St. Lucie County (Port St. Lucie) (1999, 2004) b

2,900

  

2004

Stuart-Port St. Lucie total (1999, 2004) b

 

5,800

900

2010

Tallahassee (2010) a

2,800

  

2010

Tampa (Hillsborough County) (2010) a

23,000

  

2007

Volusia (Daytona Beach) & Flagler Counties (excluding portions included in North Orlando)

4,000

  

pre–1997

Winter Haven

300

  
 

Total Florida

638,985

 

77,675

Georgia

2009

Albany

200

  

2012

Athens

750

  

2012

Intown (2006)

28,900

  

2012

North Metro Atlanta (2006)

28,300

  

2012

East Cobb Expanded (2006)

18,400

  

2012

Sandy Springs-Dunwoody (2006)

15,700

  

2012

Gwinnett-East Perimeter (2006)

14,000

  

2012

North & West Perimeter (2006)

9,000

  

2012

South (2006)

5,500

  

2012

Atlanta total (2006)

 

119,800

 

2009

Augusta (Burke, Columbia, & Richmond Counties)

1,300

  

2009

Brunswick

120

  

2012

Columbus

600

  

2009

Dahlonega

150

  

2012

Macon

600

  

2009

Rome

100

  

2008

Savannah (Chatham County)

3,500

  

2009

Valdosta

100

  

2009

Other places

250

  
 

Total Georgia

127,470

  

Hawaii

1997–2001

Hawaii (Hilo)

280

  

2011

Kaua’i

300

  

2008

Maui

1,500

 

1,000

2010

Oahu (Honolulu) (2010) a

5,200

  
 

Total Hawaii

7,280

 

1,000

Idaho

1997–2001

Boise (Ada & Boise Counties)

800

  

2009

Idaho Falls

125

  

2009

Ketchum

350

  

1997–2001

Moscow-Lewiston

100

  

2009

Pocatello

150

  
 

Total Idaho

1,525

  

Illinois

1997–2001

Bloomington-Normal

500

  

2009

Champaign-Urbana (Champaign County)

1,400

  

2010

City North (The Loop to Rogers Park, including north lakefront) (2010)

70,150

  

2010

Rest of Chicago (parts of City of Chicago not included in City North) (2010)

19,100

  

2010

Near North Suburbs (suburbs contiguous to City of Chicago from Evanston to Park Ridge) (2010)

64,600

  

2010

North/Far North (Wilmette to Wisconsin, west to include Northbrook, Glenview, Deerfield, etc.) (2010)

56,300

  

2010

Northwest Suburbs (includes parts of Lake County & all of McHenry & Northwest Cook Counties) (2010)

51,950

  

2010

Western Suburbs (Oak Park-River Forest in Cook County & all of DuPage & Kane Counties) (2010)

23,300

  

2010

Southern Suburbs (South & Southwest Cook County beyond the City to Indiana & Will County) (2010)

6,400

  

2010

Chicago (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, & Will Counties) total (2010)

 

291,800

 

1997–2001

DeKalb

180

  

1997–2001

Kankakee

100

  

2009

Peoria

800

  

2005

Quad Cities-Illinois portion (Moline-Rock Island) (1990) d

300

  

2005

Quad Cities-Iowa portion (Davenport & surrounding Scott County) (1990) d

450

  

2005

Quad Cities total (1990) d

 

750

 

1997–2001

Quincy

100

  

1997–2001

Rockford-Freeport (Boone, Stephenson, & Winnebago Counties)

1,100

  

2009

Southern Illinois (Alton-Belleville-Benton-Carbondale-Centralia-Collinsville-East St. Louis)

500

  

2009

Springfield-Decatur (Macon, Morgan, & Sangamon Counties)

930

  

1997–2001

Other places

225

  

2009

Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky (Alton-Belleville-Benton-Carbondale-Centralia-Collinsville-East St. Louis in Southern Illinois, Cape Girardeau-Farmington-Sikeston in Southeast Missouri, & Paducah in Western Kentucky) total

 

700

 
 

Total Illinois

297,935

  

Indiana

1997–2001

Bloomington

1,000

  

1997–2001

Evansville

400

  

1997–2001

Fort Wayne

900

  

1997–2001

Gary-Northwest Indiana (Lake & Porter Counties)

2,000

  

2006

Indianapolis

10,000

  

1997–2001

Lafayette

550

  

1997–2001

Michigan City (La Porte County)

300

  

1997–2001

Muncie

120

  

1997–2001

South Bend-Elkhart (Elkhart & St. Joseph Counties)

1,850

  

1997–2001

Terre Haute (Vigo County)

100

  

1997–2001

Other places

250

  
 

Total Indiana

17,470

  

Iowa

1997–2001

Cedar Rapids

420

  

1997–2001

Council Bluffs

150

  

1997–2001

Des Moines-Ames (1956) d

2,800

  

1997–2001

Iowa City (Johnson County)

1,300

  

2009

Postville

250

  

2005

Quad Cities-Illinois portion (Moline-Rock Island) (1990) d

300

  

2005

Quad Cities-Iowa portion (Davenport & surrounding Scott County) (1990) d

450

  

2005

Quad Cities total (1990) d

 

750

 

1997–2001

Sioux City (Plymouth & Woodbury Counties)

400

  

1997–2001

Waterloo (Black Hawk County)

170

  

1997–2001

Other places

300

  
 

Total Iowa

6,240

  

Kansas

2012

Kansas City area-Kansas portion (Johnson & Wyandotte Counties) (1985) d

16,000

  

2012

Kansas City area-Missouri portion (1985) d

4,000

  

2012

Kansas City total (1985) d

 

20,000

 

1997–2001

Lawrence

200

  

pre–1997

Manhattan

425

  

1997–2001

Topeka (Shawnee County)

400

  

2005

Wichita (Sedgwick County & Salina-Dodge City-Great Bend-Liberal-Russell-Hays)

750

  
 

Total Kansas

17,775

  

Kentucky

2008

Covington-Newport area (2008)

300

  

2009

Lexington (Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Pulaski, Scott, & Woodford Counties)

2,500

  

2006

Louisville (Jefferson County) (2006) d

8,300

  

2009

Paducah

150

  

1997–2001

Other places

50

  

2009

Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky (Alton-Belleville-Benton-Carbondale-Centralia-Collinsville-East St. Louis in Southern Illinois, Cape Girardeau-Farmington-Sikeston in Southeast Missouri, & Paducah in Western Kentucky) total

 

700

 
 

Total Kentucky

11,300

  

Louisiana

2009

Alexandria (Allen, Grant, Rapides, Vernon, & Winn Parishes)

175

  

1997–2001

Baton Rouge (Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, & West Baton Rouge Parishes)

1,600

  

2008

Lafayette

200

  

2008

Lake Charles area

200

  

2009

New Orleans (Jefferson & Orleans Parishes) (1984) a

7,800

  

2007

Monroe-Ruston area

150

  

2007

Shreveport-Bossier area

450

  

2007

North Louisiana (Bossier & Caddo Parishes) total

 

600

 

2008

Other places

100

  
 

Total Louisiana

10,675

  

Maine

2007

Androscoggin County (Lewiston-Auburn) (2007) a

600

  

pre–1997

Augusta

140

  

1997–2001

Bangor

3,000

  

2007

Oxford County (2007) a

750

  

pre–1997

Rockland area

300

  

2007

Sagadahoc County (2007) a

400

  

2007

Portland area (2007)

4,425

  

2007

Other Cumberland County (2007)

2,350

  

2007

York County (2007)

1,575

  

2007

Southern Maine total (2007)

 

8,350

 

pre–1997

Waterville

225

  

1997–2001

Other places

125

  
 

Total Maine

13,890

  

Maryland

2010

Annapolis area (2010) a

3,500

  

2010

Pikesville (2010)

31,100

  

2010

Park Heights-Cheswolde (2010)

13,000

  

2010

Owings Mills (2010)

12,100

  

2010

Reisterstown (2010)

7,000

  

2010

Mount Washington (2010)

6,600

  

2010

Towson-Lutherville-Timonium-Interstate 83 (2010)

5,600

  

2010

Downtown (2010)

4,500

  

2010

Guilford-Roland Park (2010)

4,100

  

2010

Randallstown-Liberty Road (2010)

2,900

  

2010

Other Baltimore County (2010)

3,700

  

2010

Carroll County (2010)

2,800

  

2010

Baltimore total (2010)

 

93,400

 

1997–2001

Cumberland

275

  

1997–2001

Easton (Talbot County)

100

  

1997–2001

Frederick (Frederick County)

1,200

  

1997–2001

Hagerstown (Washington County)

325

  

1997–2001

Harford County

1,200

  

2010

Howard County (Columbia) (2010)

17,200

  

2012

Lower Montgomery County (2003)

88,600

  

2012

Upper Montgomery County (2003)

24,400

  

2012

Prince George’s County (2003)

7,200

  

2012

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington total in Maryland (2003)

 

120,200

 

1997–2001

Ocean City

200

  

2012

Prince Frederick (Calvert County)

100

  

1997–2001

Salisbury

400

  

2012

South Gate

100

  
 

Total Maryland

238,200

  

Massachusetts

2002

Attleboro area (2002) a

800

  

2008

Northern Berkshires (North Adams) (2008) d

600

 

80

2008

Central Berkshires (Pittsfield) (2008) d

1,600

 

415

2008

Southern Berkshires (Lenox) (2008) d

2,100

 

2,255

2008

Berkshires total (2008) d

 

4,300

2,750

2008

Brighton-Brookline-Newton & contiguous areas (2005)

61,500

  

2008

Central Boston-Cambridge & contiguous areas (2005)

43,400

  

2008

Greater Framingham (2005)

18,700

  

2008

Northwestern Suburbs (2005)

24,600

  

2008

Greater Sharon (2005)

21,000

  

2008

Other Towns (2005)

41,300

  

2008

Boston total (2005)

 

210,500

 

1997–2001

Cape Cod (Barnstable County)

3,250

  

1997–2001

Fall River area

1,100

  

2008

Martha’s Vineyard (Dukes County)

375

 

200

2005

Andover-Boxford-Dracut-Lawrence-Methuen-North Andover-Tewksbury

3,000

  

2005

Haverhill

900

  

2005

Lowell area

2,100

  

2005

Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation total

 

6,000

 

2008

Nantucket

500

 

100

2008

New Bedford (Dartmouth-Fairhaven-Mattapoisett)

3,000

  

1997–2001

Newburyport

280

  

1995

North Shore (1995)

18,600

  

1997–2001

Plymouth area

1,000

  

2012

Springfield (Hampden County) (1967) d

6,600

  

2012

Franklin County (Greenfield)

1,100

  

2012

Hampshire County (Amherst-Northampton)

6,500

  

2012

Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts total

 

14,200

 

1997–2001

Taunton area

1,000

  

1997–2001

Worcester (central Worcester County) (1986)

11,000

  

1997–2001

South Worcester County (Southbridge-Webster)

500

  

1997–2001

North Worcester County (Fitchburg-Gardner-Leominster)

1,500

  

1997–2001

Worcester County total

 

13,000

 

1997–2001

Other places

75

  
 

Total Massachusetts

277,980

 

3,050

Michigan

2010

Ann Arbor (Washtenaw County) (2010) a

7,000

  

2007

Bay City

150

  

2007

Benton Harbor-St. Joseph

150

  

2010

West Bloomfield (2005, 2010) e

17,700

  

2010

Bloomfield Hills-Birmingham-Franklin (2005, 2010) e

6,000

  

2010

Farmington (2005, 2010) e

11,700

  

2010

Oak Park-Huntington Woods (2005, 2010) e

11,700

  

2010

Southfield (2005, 2010) e

6,500

  

2010

East Oakland County (2005, 2010) e

1,800

  

2010

North Oakland County (2005, 2010) e

3,600

  

2010

West Oakland County (2005, 2010) e

2,200

  

2010

Wayne County (2005, 2010) e

5,300

  

2010

Macomb County (2005, 2010) e

500

  

2010

Detroit total (2005, 2010) e

 

67,000

 

2009

Flint (1956) d

1,300

  

2007

Grand Rapids (Kent County)

2,000

  

2007

Jackson

200

  

1997–2001

Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County)

1,500

  

2007

Lansing area

2,100

  

2007

Midland

120

  

2007

Muskegon (Muskegon County)

210

  

2007

Saginaw (Saginaw County)

115

  

2007

Traverse City

150

  

2007

Other places

275

  
 

Total Michigan

82,270

  

Minnesota

1997–2001

Duluth (Carlton & St. Louis Counties)

485

  

1997–2001

Rochester

550

  

2009

City of Minneapolis (2004)

5,200

  

2009

Inner Ring (2004)

16,100

  

2009

Outer Ring (2004)

8,000

  

2009

Minneapolis (Hennepin County) subtotal (2004)

 

29,300

 

2010

City of St. Paul (2004, 2010) b

4,000

  

2010

Southern Suburbs (2004, 2010) b

5,300

  

2010

Northern Suburbs (2004, 2010) b

600

  

2010

St. Paul subtotal (2004, 2010) b

 

9,900

 
 

Twin Cities total

 

39,200

 

2004

Twin Cities Surrounding Counties (Anoka, Carver, Goodhue, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, & Wright Counties) (2004) a

5,300

  

1997–2001

Other places

100

  
 

Total Minnesota

45,635

  

Mississippi

1997–2001

Biloxi-Gulfport

250

  

2008

Greenville

120

  

2008

Hattiesburg (Forrest & Lamar Counties)

130

  

2008

Jackson (Hinds, Madison, & Rankin Counties)

650

  

2011

Other places

400

  
 

Total Mississippi

1,550

  

Missouri

1997–2001

Columbia

400

  

2009

Jefferson City

100

  

2009

Joplin

100

  

2012

Kansas City area-Kansas portion (Johnson & Wyandotte Counties) (1985) d

16,000

  

2012

Kansas City area-Missouri portion (1985) d

4,000

  

2012

Kansas City total (1985) d

 

20,000

 

2009

St. Joseph (Buchanan County)

200

  

2009

St. Louis City (1995)

2,400

  

2009

Chesterfield-Ballwin (1995)

9,900

  

2009

North of Olive (1995)

12,000

  

2009

Ladue-Creve Coeur (1995)

10,000

  

2009

Clayton-University Cities (1995)

7,300

  

2009

Other Parts of St. Louis & St. Charles Counties (1995)

12,400

  

2009

St. Louis total (1995)

 

54,000

 

2009

Springfield

300

  

1997–2001

Other places

75

  

2009

Jewish Federation of Southern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Western Kentucky (Alton-Belleville-Benton-Carbondale-Centralia-Collinsville-East St. Louis in Southern Illinois, Cape Girardeau-Farmington-Sikeston in Southeast Missouri, & Paducah in Western Kentucky) total

 

700

 
 

Total Missouri

59,175

  

Montana

1997–2001

Billings (Yellowstone County)

300

  

2009

Bozeman

500

  

2011

Butte-Helena

150

  

1997–2001

Kalispell (Flathead County)

150

  

1997–2001

Missoula

200

  

1997–2001

Other places

50

  
 

Total Montana

1,350

  

Nebraska

1997–2001

Lincoln-Grand Island-Hastings

700

  

2010

Omaha (2010) a

5,400

  
 

Total Nebraska

6,100

  

Nevada

2009

Northwest (2005)

24,500

  

2009

Southwest (2005)

16,000

  

2009

Central (2005)

6,000

  

2009

Southeast (2005)

18,000

  

2009

Northeast (2005)

7,800

  

2009

Las Vegas total (2005)

 

72,300

 

2011

Reno-Carson City (Carson City & Washoe Counties) (2011) a

4,000

  
 

Total Nevada

76,300

  

New Hampshire

1997–2001

Concord

500

  

1997–2001

Franklin-Laconia-Meredith-Plymouth

270

  

pre–1997

Hanover-Lebanon

600

  

2001

Keene

300

  

1997–2001

Littleton area

200

  

1997–2001

Manchester area (1983) d

4,000

  

1997–2001

Nashua area

2,000

  

2008

North Conway-Mount Washington Valley

100

 

70

1997–2001

Portsmouth-Exeter (Rockingham County)

1,250

  

1997–2001

Salem

150

  

2007

Strafford (Dover-Rochester) (2007) a

700

  

1997–2001

Other places

50

  
 

Total New Hampshire

10,120

 

70

New Jersey

2004

The Island (Atlantic City) (2004)

5,450

 

6,700

2004

The Mainland (2004)

6,250

 

600

2004

Atlantic County subtotal (2004)

 

11,700

7,300

2004

Cape May County-Wildwood (2004)

500

 

900

2004

Jewish Federation of Atlantic & Cape May Counties total (2004)

 

12,200

8,200

2009

Pascack-Northern Valley (2001)

11,900

  

2009

North Palisades (2001)

16,100

  

2009

Central Bergen (2001)

17,200

  

2009

West Bergen (2001)

14,300

  

2009

South Bergen (2001)

10,000

  

2009

Other Bergen

23,000

  

2009

Bergen County total

 

92,500

 

1997–2001

Bridgeton

110

  

2009

Cherry Hill (1991)

22,100

  

2009

Haddonfield-Haddon Heights-Pennsauken-Voorhees in Camden County & Marlton-Moorestown-Mt. Laurel in Burlington County (1991)

12,900

  

2009

Other Burlington & Gloucester Counties (1991)

14,200

  

2009

Cherry Hill-Southern N.J. (Burlington, Camden, & Gloucester Counties) total (1991)

 

49,200

 

2008

South Essex (1998, 2008) b

12,000

  

2008

Livingston (1998, 2008) b

10,200

  

2008

North Essex (1998, 2008) b

13,700

  

2008

West Orange-Orange (1998, 2008) b

9,100

  

2008

East Essex (1998, 2008) b

3,800

  

2008

Essex County (Newark) subtotal (1998, 2008) b

 

48,800

 

2008

West Morris (1998, 2008) b

13,300

  

2008

North Morris (1998, 2008) b

13,000

  

2008

South Morris (1998, 2008) b

3,400

  

2008

Morris County subtotal (1998, 2008) b

 

29,700

 

2008

Northern Union County (Springfield-Berkeley Heights-New Providence-Summit) (1998, 2008) b

8,200

  

2008

Sussex County (1998, 2008) b

4,300

  

2008

Union County (Elizabeth) & adjacent areas of Somerset County (excluding Northern Union County)

22,600

  

2008

Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ (Essex, Morris, parts of Somerset, Sussex, & Union Counties) total

 

113,600

 

1997–2001

Bayonne

1,600

  

2006

Hoboken

1,800

  

1997–2001

Jersey City

6,000

  

2009

North Hudson County (2001)

2,000

  
 

Hudson County total

 

11,400

 

2009

Hunterdon County (Flemington)

2,000

  

2008

North Middlesex (Edison-Piscataway-Woodbridge) (2008)

3,600

  

2008

Highland Park-South Edison (2008)

5,700

  

2008

Central Middlesex (New Brunswick-East Brunswick) (2008)

24,800

  

2008

South Middlesex (Monroe Township) (2008)

17,900

  

2008

Middlesex County total (2008)

 

52,000

 

2006

Western Monmouth (Marlboro-Freehold-Manalapan-Howell) (1997)

37,800

  

2006

Eastern Monmouth (Deal-Asbury Park-Long Branch) (1997)

17,300

  

2006

Northern Monmouth (Highlands-Middletown-Hazlet-Union Beach) (1997)

8,900

  

2006

Monmouth County total (1997)

 

64,000

6,000

2009

Lakewood

54,500

  

2009

Other Ocean County

7,000

  

2009

Ocean County total

 

61,500

 

2009

Northern Passaic County

8,000

  

2009

Southern Passaic County (Clifton-Passaic)

12,000

  

2009

Passaic County total

 

20,000

 

1997–2001

Princeton area

3,000

  

2008

Somerset (City of) (2008) a

3,500

  

2008

Other Somerset County (excluding parts included with Union County)

10,500

  

1997–2001

Trenton (most of Mercer County) (1975) d

6,000

  

1997–2001

Vineland (including most of Cumberland County & parts of Salem County)

1,890

  

2007

Warren County (2007) a

900

  

1997–2001

Other places

150

  

2009

Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey (Bergen, north Hudson, & northern Passaic Counties) total

 

102,500

 
 

Total New Jersey

504,450

 

14,200

New Mexico

2011

Albuquerque (Bernalillo County) (2011) a

7,500

  

1997–2001

Las Cruces

600

  

2009

Los Alamos

250

  

2011

Santa Fe-Las Vegas

4,000

  

pre–1997

Taos

300

  

1997–2001

Other places

75

  
 

Total New Mexico

12,725

  

New York

1997–2001

Albany (Albany County)

12,000

  

1997–2001

Amsterdam

100

  

1997–2001

Auburn (Cayuga County)

115

  

1997–2001

Binghamton (Broome County)

2,400

  

2009

Buffalo (Erie County) (1995)

13,000

  

1997–2001

Canandaigua-Geneva-Newark-Seneca Falls

300

  

1997–2001

Catskill

200

  

1997–2001

Cortland (Cortland County)

150

  

2009

Dutchess County (Amenia-Beacon-Fishkill-Freedom Plains-Hyde Park-Poughkeepsie-Red Hook-Rhinebeck)

10,000

  

1997–2001

Ellenville

1,600

  

2009

Elmira-Corning (Chemung, Schuyler, southeastern Steuben, & Tioga Counties)

700

  

1997–2001

Fleischmanns

100

  

1997–2001

Glens Falls-Lake George (southern Essex, northern Saratoga, Warren, & Washington Counties)

800

  

1997–2001

Gloversville (Fulton County)

300

  

1997–2001

Herkimer (Herkimer County)

130

  

1997–2001

Hudson (Columbia County)

500

  

1997–2001

Ithaca (Tompkins County)

2,000

  

1997–2001

Jamestown

100

  

1997–2001

Kingston-New Paltz-Woodstock (eastern Ulster County)

4,300

  

2011

Bronx (2011)

54,000

  

2011

Brooklyn (2011)

560,000

  

2011

Manhattan (2011)

240,000

  

2011

Queens (2011)

198,000

  

2011

Staten Island (2011)

34,000

  

2011

New York City subtotal (2011)

 

1,086,000

 

2011

Nassau County (2011)

230,000

  

2011

Suffolk County (2011)

86,000

  

2011

Westchester County (2011)

136,000

  

2011

New York City Suburban Counties subtotal (2011)

 

452,000

 

2011

UJA Federation of New York (New York City & Nassau, Suffolk, & Westchester Counties) total (2011)

 

1,538,000

 

1997–2001

Niagara Falls

150

  

2009

Olean

100

  

1997–2001

Oneonta (Delaware & Otsego Counties)

300

  

2009

Kiryas Joel (2009) c

20,500

  

1997–2001

Other Orange County (Middletown-Monroe-Newburgh-Port Jervis)

12,000

  
 

Orange County total

 

32,500

 

1997–2001

Plattsburgh

250

  

1997–2001

Potsdam

200

  

2010

Putnam County (2010) d

3,900

  

2009

Brighton (1999)

10,700

  

2009

Pittsford (1999)

3,100

  

2009

Other places in Monroe County & Victor in Ontario County (1999)

7,200

  

2009

Rochester total (1999)

 

21,000

 

2009

Kaser Village (2009) c

6,100

  

2009

Monsey (2009) c

10,000

  

2009

New Square (2009) c

5,500

  

1997–2001

Other Rockland County

69,500

  
 

Rockland County total

 

91,100

 

1997–2001

Rome

100

  

1997–2001

Saratoga Springs

600

  

1997–2001

Schenectady

5,200

  

pre–1997

Sullivan County (Liberty-Monticello)

7,425

  

1997–2001

Syracuse (western Madison County, Onondaga County, & most of Oswego County)

9,000

  

1997–2001

Troy area

800

  

2007

Utica (southeastern Oneida County)

1,100

  

1997–2001

Watertown

100

  

1997–2001

Other places

400

  
 

Total New York

1,761,020

  

North Carolina

2011

Buncombe County (Asheville) (2011) d

2,530

 

415

2011

Hendersonville County (Henderson) (2011) d

510

 

100

2011

Transylvania County (Brevard) (2011) d

80

 

130

2011

Macon County (2011) d

60

 

30

2011

Other Western North Carolina (2011) d

220

 

160

2011

Jewish Federation of Western North Carolina total (2011) d

 

3,400

835

2009

Boone

60

 

225

2006

Charlotte (Mecklenburg County) (1997)

8,500

  

2007

Durham-Chapel Hill (Durham & Orange Counties)

6,000

  

2012

Fayetteville (Cumberland County)

300

  

2009

Gastonia (Cleveland, Gaston, & Lincoln Counties)

250

  

2009

Greensboro-High Point (Guilford County)

3,000

  

2009

Greenville

240

  

2011

Hickory

250

  

2009

High Point

150

  

2009

Mooresville

150

  

2009

New Bern

150

  

2009

Pinehurst

250

  

1997–2001

Raleigh (Wake County)

6,000

  

2011

Southeastern North Carolina (Elizabethtown-Whiteville-Wilmington)

1,200

  

2011

Statesville

150

  

2011

Winston-Salem (2011) a

1,400

  

2009

Other places

225

  
 

Total North Carolina

31,675

 

1,060

North Dakota

2008

Fargo

150

  

2011

Grand Forks

150

  

1997–2001

Other places

100

  
 

Total North Dakota

400

  

Ohio

2006

Akron-Kent (parts of Portage & Summit Counties) (1999) d

3,500

  

pre–1997

Athens

100

  

2006

Canton-New Philadelphia (Stark & Tuscarawas Counties) (1955) d

1,000

  

2008

Downtown Cincinnati (2008)

700

  

2008

Hyde Park-Mount Lookout-Oakley (2008)

3,100

  

2008

Amberley Village-Golf Manor-Roselawn (2008)

5,100

  

2008

Blue Ash-Kenwood-Montgomery (2008)

9,000

  

2008

Loveland-Mason-Middletown (2008)

5,500

  

2008

Wyoming-Finneytown-Reading (2008)

2,000

  

2008

Other places in Cincinnati (2008)

1,300

  

2008

Covington-Newport area (Kentucky) (2008)

300

  

2008

Cincinnati total (2008)

 

27,000

 

2011

The Heights (2011)

22,200

  

2011

East Side Suburbs (2011)

5,300

  

2011

Beachwood (2011)

10,700

  

2011

Solon & Southeast Suburbs (2011)

15,300

  

2011

Northern Heights (2011)

10,400

  

2011

West Side/Central Area (2011)

11,900

  

2011

Northeast (2011)

5,000

  

2011

Cleveland (Cuyahoga & parts of Geauga, Lake, Portage, & Summit Counties) total (2011)

 

80,800

 

2012

Perimeter North (2001)

5,700

  

2012

Bexley area (2001)

7,000

  

2012

East-Southeast (2001)

3,700

  

2012

North-Other areas (2001)

6,600

  

2012

Columbus total (2001)

 

23,000

 

2009

Dayton (Greene & Montgomery Counties) (1986) d

4,000

  

1997–2001

Elyria-Oberlin

155

  

1997–2001

Hamilton-Middletown-Oxford

900

  

1997–2001

Lima (Allen County)

180

  

pre–1997

Lorain

600

  

1997–2001

Mansfield

150

  

1997–2001

Marion

125

  

1997–2001

Sandusky-Freemont-Norwalk (Huron & Sandusky Counties)

105

  

1997–2001

Springfield

200

  

1997–2001

Steubenville (Jefferson County)

115

  

2011

Toledo-Bowling Green (Fulton, Lucas, & Wood Counties) (1994) d

3,900

  

1997–2001

Wooster

175

  

2002

Youngstown-Warren (Mahoning & Trumbull Counties) (2002) d

2,500

  

1997–2001

Zanesville (Muskingum County)

100

  

1997–2001

Other places

375

  
 

Total Ohio

148,680

  

Oklahoma

2010

Oklahoma City-Norman (Cleveland & Oklahoma Counties) (2010) a

2,500

  

2006

Tulsa

2,100

  

2003

Other places

50

  
 

Total Oklahoma

4,650

  

Oregon

2010

Bend (2010) a

1,000

  

1997–2001

Corvallis

500

  

1997–2001

Eugene

3,250

  

1997–2001

Medford-Ashland-Grants Pass (Jackson & Josephine Counties)

1,000

  

2011

Portland (Clackamas, Multnomah, & Washington Counties) (2011) d

33,800

  

2011

Clark County (Vancouver, Washington) (2011) d

2,600

  

2011

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland total (2011) d

 

36,400

 

1997–2001

Salem (Marion & Polk Counties)

1,000

  

1997–2001

Other places

100

  
 

Total Oregon

40,650

  

Pennsylvania

2007

Altoona (Blair County)

550

  

1997–2001

Beaver Falls (northern Beaver County)

180

  

1997–2001

Butler (Butler County)

250

  

2007

Carbon County (2007) a

600

  

1997–2001

Chambersburg

150

  

2009

Erie (Erie County)

500

  

1994

East Shore (1994)

5,300

  

1994

West Shore (1994)

1,800

  

1994

Harrisburg total (1994)

 

7,100

 

1997–2001

Hazelton-Tamaqua

300

  

1997–2001

Johnstown (Cambria & Somerset Counties)

275

  

1997–2001

Lancaster area

3,000

  

1997–2001

Lebanon (Lebanon County)

350

  

2007

Allentown (2007)

5,950

  

2007

Bethlehem (2007)

1,050

  

2007

Easton (2007)

1,050

  

2007

Lehigh Valley total (2007)

 

8,050

 

2007

Monroe County (2007) a

2,300

  

1997–2001

New Castle

200

  

2009

Bucks County (2009)

41,400

  

2009

Chester County (Oxford-Kennett Square-Phoenixville-West Chester) (2009)

20,900

  

2009

Delaware County (Chester-Coatesville) (2009)

21,000

  

2009

Montgomery County (Norristown) (2009)

64,500

  

2009

Philadelphia (2009)

66,800

  

2009

Greater Philadelphia total (2009)

 

214,600

 

2008

Pike County

300

  

2009

Squirrel Hill (2002)

13,900

  

2009

Squirrel Hill Adjacent Neighborhoods (2002)

5,700

  

2009

South Hills (2002)

6,400

  

2009

East Suburbs (2002)

5,500

  

2009

Fox Chapel-North Hills (2002)

5,000

  

2009

Western Suburbs (2002)

1,600

  

2009

East End (2002)

1,700

  

2009

Mon Valley (2002)

800

  

2009

Other places in Greater Pittsburgh (2002)

1,600

  

2009

Pittsburgh (Allegheny & parts of Beaver, Washington, & Westmoreland Counties) total (2002)

 

42,200

 

1997–2001

Pottstown

650

  

1997–2001

Pottsville

120

  

1997–2001

Reading (Berks County)

2,200

  

2008

Scranton (Lackawanna County)

3,100

  

1997–2001

Sharon-Farrell

300

  

2009

State College-Bellefonte-Philipsburg

900

  

1997–2001

Sunbury-Lewisburg-Milton-Selinsgrove-Shamokin

200

  

1997–2001

Uniontown area

150

  

2008

Wayne County (Honesdale)

500

  

2005

Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County, excluding Hazelton-Tamaqua) (2005) d

3,000

  

1997–2001

Williamsport-Lock Haven (Clinton & Lycoming Counties)

225

  

2009

York (1999)

1,800

  

1997–2001

Other places

875

  
 

Total Pennsylvania

294,925

  

Rhode Island

2007

Providence-Pawtucket (2002)

7,500

  

2007

West Bay (2002)

6,350

  

2007

East Bay (2002)

1,100

  

2007

South County (Washington County) (2002)

1,800

  

2007

Northern Rhode Island (2002)

1,000

  

2007

Newport County (2002)

1,000

  
 

Total Rhode Island

18,750

  

South Carolina

2009

Aiken

100

  

2009

Anderson

100

  

2009

Beaufort

100

  

2011

Charleston

6,000

  

2009

Columbia (Lexington & Richland Counties)

2,750

  

2009

Florence area

220

  

2009

Georgetown

100

  

2010

Greenville (2010) a

2,000

  

2012

Myrtle Beach (Horry County)

1,500

  

1997–2001

Spartanburg (Spartanburg County)

500

  

2009

Sumter (Clarendon & Sumter Counties)

100

  

2009

Other places

100

  
 

Total South Carolina

13,570

  

South Dakota

2009

Rapid City

100

  

1997–2001

Sioux Falls

195

  

1997–2001

Other places

50

  
 

Total South Dakota

345

  

Tennessee

2011

Bristol-Johnson City-Kingsport

150

  

2011

Chattanooga (2011) a

1,400

  

2010

Knoxville (2010) a

2,000

  

2006

Memphis (2006) d

8,000

  

2009

Nashville (2002) d

7,800

  

2010

Oak Ridge (2010) a

150

  

2008

Other places

75

  
 

Total Tennessee

19,575

  

Texas

2012

Amarillo (Carson, Childress, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hall, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter, & Randall Counties)

200

  

2011

Austin (Travis County)

18,000

  

2011

Beaumont

300

  

2011

Brownsville

200

  

2011

Bryan-College Station

400

  

2011

Columbus-Hallettsville-La Grange-Schulenburg (Colorado, Fayette, & Lavaca Counties)

100

  

2011

Corpus Christi (Nueces County)

1,800

  

2011

Near North Dallas (1988)

13,650

  

2011

Far North Dallas-Richardson (1988)

11,000

  

2011

East & Northeast Dallas-West Garland (1988)

6,350

  

2011

Plano-Carrollton (1988)

7,650

  

2011

Other places in Dallas (1988)

11,350

  

2011

Dallas (Dallas, southern Collin, & southeastern Denton Counties) total (1988)

 

50,000

 

2012

El Paso

5,000

  

2009

Fort Worth (Tarrant County)

5,000

  

2011

Galveston

600

  

2011

Harlingen-Mercedes

150

  

2009

Braeswood (1986)

16,000

  

2009

Bellaire-Southwest (1986)

5,100

  

2009

West Memorial (1986)

5,000

  

2009

Memorial Villages (1986)

2,500

  

2009

Rice-West University (1986)

3,300

  

2009

University Park-South Main (1986)

450

  

2009

Near Northwest (1986)

2,700

  

2009

Northwest-Cypress Creek (1986)

3,000

  

2009

Addicks-West Houston (1986)

2,100

  

2009

Clear Lake (1986)

1,350

  

2009

Other places in Harris County (1986)

3,500

  

2009

Houston (Fort Bend, Harris, & Montgomery Counties & parts of Brazoria & Galveston Counties) total (1986)

 

45,000

 

2011

Kilgore-Longview

100

  

2011

Laredo

150

  

2012

Lubbock (Lubbock County)

230

  

2011

McAllen (Hidalgo & Starr Counties)

300

  

2012

Midland-Odessa

200

  

2011

Port Arthur

100

  

2007

Inside Loop 410 (2007)

2,000

  

2007

Between the Loops (2007)

5,600

  

2007

Outside Loop 1604 (2007)

1,600

  

2007

San Antonio total (2007)

 

9,200

 

2007

San Antonio Surrounding Counties (Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, & Wilson Counties) (2007) a

1,000

  

2012

Tyler

350

  

2011

Waco (Bell, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, & McLennan Counties)

500

  

2012

Wichita Falls

150

  

2011

Other places

475

  
 

Total Texas

139,505

  

Utah

1997–2001

Ogden

150

  

2009

Park City

600

 

400

2010

Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County) (2010) a

4,800

  

1997–2001

Other places

100

  
 

Total Utah

5,650

 

400

Vermont

1997–2001

Bennington area

500

  

2008

Brattleboro

350

  

1997–2001

Burlington

2,500

  

1997–2001

Manchester area

325

  

2008

Middlebury

200

  

2008

Montpelier-Barre

550

  

2008

Rutland

300

  

1997–2001

St. Johnsbury-Newport (Caledonia & Orleans Counties)

140

  

1997–2001

Stowe

150

  

pre–1997

Woodstock

270

  
 

Total Vermont

5,285

  

Virginia

1997–2001

Blacksburg-Radford

175

  

1997–2001

Charlottesville

1,500

  

1997–2001

Danville area

100

  

2012

Fauquier County

100

  

2009

Fredericksburg (parts of King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, & Stafford Counties)

500

  

1997–2001

Lynchburg area

275

  

1997–2001

Martinsville

100

  

1997–2001

Newport News-Hampton-Williamsburg-Poquoson-James City County-York County

2,400

  

2008

Norfolk (2001)

3,550

  

2008

Virginia Beach (2001)

6,000

  

2008

Chesapeake-Portsmouth-Suffolk (2001)

1,400

  

2008

United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (Norfolk-Virginia Beach) total (2001)

 

10,950

 

2012

Arlington-Alexandria-Falls Church (2003)

27,900

  

2012

South Fairfax-Prince William County (2003)

25,000

  

2012

West Fairfax-Loudoun County (2003)

14,500

  

2012

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington total in Northern Virginia (2003)

 

67,400

 

2009

Petersburg-Colonial Heights-Hopewell

200

  

2011

Central (1994, 2011) b

1,300

  

2011

West End (1994, 2011) b

1,200

  

2011

Far West End (1994, 2011) b

4,100

  

2011

Northeast (1994, 2011) b

1,200

  

2011

Southside (1994, 2011) b

2,200

  

2011

Richmond (City of Richmond & Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, & Powhatan Counties) total (1994, 2011) b

 

10,000

 

1997–2001

Roanoke

900

  

1997–2001

Staunton-Lexington (Augusta, Bath, Highland, Page, Rockingham, & Shenandoah Counties)

370

  

1997–2001

Winchester (Clarke, Frederick, & Warren Counties)

270

  
 

Total Virginia

95,240

  

Washington

1997–2001

Bellingham

525

  

2011

Clark County (Vancouver) (2011) d

2,600

  

1997–2001

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland

300

  

2011

Longview-Kelso

100

  

1997–2001

Olympia (Thurston County)

560

  

pre–1997

Port Angeles

100

  

2009

Port Townsend

200

  

2009

Eastside (2000)

11,200

  

2009

Seattle-Ship Canal South (2000)

10,400

  

2009

North End-North Suburbs (2000)

12,600

  

2009

Other places in Seattle (2000)

3,000

  

2009

Seattle (Kings County & parts of Kitsap & Snohomish Counties) total (2000)

 

37,200

 

1997–2001

Spokane

1,500

  

2009

Tacoma (Pierce County)

2,500

  

1997–2001

Yakima-Ellensburg (Kittitas & Yakima Counties)

150

  

1997–2001

Other places

150

  
 

Total Washington

45,885

  

West Virginia

2011

Bluefield-Princeton

100

  

2007

Charleston (Kanawha County)

975

  

1997–2001

Clarksburg

110

  

1997–2001

Huntington

250

  

1997–2001

Morgantown

200

  

pre–1997

Parkersburg

110

  

1997–2001

Wheeling

290

  

1997–2001

Other places

300

  
 

Total West Virginia

2,335

  

Wisconsin

1997–2001

Appleton area

100

  

1997–2001

Beloit-Janesville

120

  

1997–2001

Green Bay

500

  

1997–2001

Kenosha (Kenosha County)

300

  

1997–2001

La Crosse

100

  

2012

Madison (Dane County)

5,000

  

2006

City of Milwaukee (1996)

3,100

  

2006

North Shore (1996)

11,000

  

2006

Mequon (1996)

2,300

  

2006

Metropolitan Ring (1996)

4,700

  

2006

Milwaukee (Milwaukee, southern Ozaukee, & eastern Waukesha Counties) total (1996)

 

21,100

 

1997–2001

Oshkosh-Fond du Lac

170

  

1997–2001

Racine (Racine County)

200

  

1997–2001

Sheboygan

140

  

1997–2001

Wausau-Antigo-Marshfield-Stevens Point

300

  

1997–2001

Other places

225

  
 

Total Wisconsin

28,255

  

Wyoming

1997–2001

Casper

150

  

2012

Cheyenne

500

  

2008

Jackson Hole

300

  

2008

Laramie

200

  
 

Total Wyoming

1,150

  
  1. Part-year population is shown only for communities where such information is available
  2. Estimates for bolded communities are based on a scientific study or the US Census in the year shown in parentheses
  3. Bolded communities with no footnote used an RDD based estimate
  4. aDJN based estimate
  5. bDJN based update of previous RDD study (first date is RDD study, second date is DJN based update)
  6. cUS Census based estimate
  7. dScientific study used method other than RDD or DJN
  8. e2005 is an RDD study, 2010 is a scientific study using a method other than RDD or DJN

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Sheskin, I.M., Dashefsky, A. (2013). Jewish Population in the United States, 2012. In: Dashefsky, A., Sheskin, I. (eds) American Jewish Year Book 2012. American Jewish Year Book, vol 109-112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_5

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