Jewish Population in the United States,
Nationally
(1654 - Present)
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| 1654 |
25 |
1910 |
1,508,000-2,349,754 |
| 1700 |
200-300 |
1920 |
3,300,000-3,604,580 |
| 1776 |
1,000-2,500 |
1927 |
4,228,029 |
| 1790 |
1,243-3,000 |
1937 |
4,641,000-4,831,180 |
| 1800 |
2,000-2,500 |
1940 |
4,770,000-4,975,000 |
| 1820 |
2,650-5,000 |
1950 |
4,500,000-5,000,000 |
| 1826 |
6,000 |
1960 |
5,367,000-5,531,500 |
| 1830 |
4,000-6,000 |
1970 |
5,370,000-6,000,000 |
| 1840 |
15,000 |
1980 |
5,500,000-5,920,890 |
| 1848 |
50,000 |
1992 |
5,828,000 |
| 1850 |
50,000-100,000 |
2009 |
6,544,000 |
| 1860 |
150,000-200,000 |
2011 |
6,588,065 |
| 1870 |
200,000 |
2012 |
6,721,680 |
| 1880 |
230,000-280,000 |
2013 |
6,721,965 |
| 1890 |
400,000-475,000 |
2014 |
6,769,000 |
| 1900 |
937,800-1,058,135 |
2015 |
7,160,000 |
* Jewish population here is defined as the Enlarged Jewish Population which includes:
(A) Core Population - Jews born to Jewish parents or converted to Judaism;
(B) Other Persons of Jewish Parentage;
(C) Respective non-Jewish households members
Totals may not be exact due to rounding.
° For methodological reasons, the exact numbers are probably inflated slightly as some individuals may be double-counted.
^ Figure is less than 0.1 and rounds to 0.
Sources: Ira M. Sheskin and Arnold Dashefsky (Editors), “Jewish Population in the United States, 2012.” American Jewish Year Book (2012) (Dordrecht: Springer) p. 143-211;
American
Jewish Historical Society, American Jewish
Desk Reference, (The Philip Leff Group,
Inc., 1999), p. 35;
American Jewish Year Book 2006 (NY: American
Jewish Committee, 2006);
North American
Jewish Databank (2010);
North
American Jewish Databank (2011);
The American Jewish Population Project. |