Jewish Population in the United States by State
(1899 - Present)
State | Jewish Population (1899) | Jewish Population (2023) | Overall Population Change since 1899 | Overall Population Change since 1980 | Percentage of State Jewish |
Total | 1,043,800 | 7,460,600 | 6,416,800 | 1,539,705 | 2.2% |
Alabama | 6,000 | 10,325 | 4,325 | 1,490 | 0.2% |
Alaska | -- | 5,300 | 5,300 | 4,340 | 0.7% |
Arizona | 2,000 | 123,750 | 121,750 | 82,465 | 1.7% |
Arkansas | 4,000 | 2,250 | -1,750 | -1,145 | 0.1% |
California | 35,000 | 1,239,890 | 1,204,890 | 485,945 | 3.2% |
Colorado | 10,500 | 98,400 | 87,900 | 66,635 | 1.7% |
Connecticut | 6,000 | 118,350 | 112,350 | 16,315 | 3.3% |
Delaware | 3,000 | 16,800 | 13,800 | 6,800 | 1.6% |
Washington D.C. | 3,500 | 57,300 | 53,800 | 17,300 | 8.5% |
Florida* | 2,500 | 672,435 | 669,965 | 217,555 | 3.0% |
Georgia | 7,000 | 141,020 | 134,020 | 106,410 | 1.3% |
Hawaii | -- | 7,100 | 7,100 | 1,475 | 0.5% |
Idaho | 2,000 | 2,125 | 125 | 1,620 | 0.1% |
Illinois | 95,000 | 325,260 | 230,260 | 58,875 | 2.6% |
Indiana | 25,000 | 26,045 | 1,045 | 2,560 | 0.4% |
Iowa | 5,000 | 5,475 | 475 | -2,740 | 0.2% |
Kansas | 3,500 | 17,200 | 13,700 | 6,445 | 0.6% |
Kentucky | 12,000 | 17,600 | 5,600 | 6,015 | 0.4% |
Louisiana | 20,000 | 14,900 | -5,100 | -1,440 | 0.3% |
Maine | 5,000 | 12,550 | 7,550 | 5,750 | 0.9% |
Maryland | 35,000 | 240,100 | 205,100 | 54,185 | 3.9% |
Massachusetts | 20,000 | 301,880 | 281,880 | 52,425 | 4.3% |
Michigan | 9,000 | 119,905 | 110,905 | 29,705 | 1.2% |
Minnesota | 6,000 | 65,900 | 59,900 | 30,910 | 1.2% |
Mississippi | 5,000 | 1,525 | -3,475 | -1,675 | 0.1% |
Missouri | 35,000 | 68,975 | 33,975 | -2,815 | 1.1% |
Montana | 2,500 | 1,495 | -1,005 | 850 | 0.1% |
Nebraska | 2,000 | 9,350 | 7,350 | 1,445 | 0.5% |
Nevada | 2,500 | 79,800 | 77,300 | 62,600 | 2.5% |
New Hampshire | 1,000 | 10,120 | 9,120 | 5,640 | 0.7% |
New Jersey | 25,000 | 628,150 | 603,150 | 185,385 | 6.8% |
New Mexico | 2,000 | 12,625 | 10,625 | 5,470 | 0.6% |
New York | 400,000 | 1,795,095 | 1,395,095 | -345,595 | 9.1% |
North Carolina | 12,000 | 48,935 | 36,935 | 35,695 | 0.5% |
North Dakota | 1,750 | 400 | -1,350 | -685 | 0.1% |
Ohio | 50,000 | 150,335 | 100,335 | 5,665 | 1.3% |
Oklahoma | -- | 4,425 | 4,425 | -1,640 | 0.1% |
Oregon | 6,000 | 59,800 | 53,800 | 48,695 | 1.4% |
Pennsylvania | 95,000 | 433,660 | 338,660 | 13,930 | 3.3% |
Rhode Island | 3,500 | 18,750 | 15,250 | -3,250 | 1.7% |
South Carolina | 8,000 | 16,820 | 8,820 | 8,160 | 0.3% |
South Dakota | 1,750 | 250 | -1,500 | -345 | 0.0% |
Tennessee | 15,000 | 22,800 | 7,800 | 6,035 | 0.3% |
Texas | 15,000 | 175,580 | 160,580 | 103,035 | 0.6% |
Utah | 5,000 | 5,650 | 650 | 3,350 | 0.2% |
Vermont | 1,000 | 7,865 | 6,865 | 5,400 | 1.2% |
Virginia | 18,000 | 150,620 | 132,620 | 91,260 | 1.7% |
Washington | 2,800 | 78,600 | 75,800 | 60,215 | 1.0% |
West Virginia | 6,000 | 2,310 | -3,690 | -2,030 | 0.1% |
Wisconsin | 10,000 | 33,455 | 23,455 | 3,705 | 0.6% |
Wyoming | 1,000 | 1,350 | 350 | 1,040 | 0.2% |
Total | 1,043,800 | 7,460,600 | 6,416,800 | 1,539,705 | 2.2% |
Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky, “United States Jewish Population, 2023,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin, Eds., American Jewish Year Book, 2023, (Cham, SUI: Forthcoming Springer, 2024).