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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
New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
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).