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Jewish Population in the United States, 1994

X D A S E D ON LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNTS — the method for identifyingand enumerating Jewish population that serves as the basis of this report — theestimated size of the American Jewish community in 1994 was 5.9 million. This isabout 6 percent more than the 5.5 million "core" Jewish population estimated inthe Council of Jewish Federations' 1990 National Jewish Population Survey(NJPS).1

The difference, small though it is, between the national and aggregated localfigures is partly explained by the lag in data gathering and reporting on the locallevel. As more local communities conduct studies over the next few years, declinesand increases that have already occurred will be documented, and the updatedstatistics may show national and regional patterns more in line with NJPS findings.However, since there are definitional issues, as well as a lack of uniformity in localresearch, which often relies on outdated lists for population projections, the aggre-gate counts may never exactly match the NJPS national totals.

The demographic results of the NJPS suggested that the population was growingslightly due to an excess of Jewish births over Jewish deaths during the late 1980s.However, extrapolation from the age structure suggests that for the mid-1990s, zeropopulation growth in numbers is about to be realized with a balance between theannual numbers of births and deaths. At the same time, some growth in numbersis achieved through Jewish immigration into the United States. The most obviousexample is that of refugees from the former Soviet Union, for whom the annualquota is currently set at 40,000 Jews each year.

The NJPS used a scientifically selected sample to project a total number for theUnited States, but could not provide accurate information on the state and locallevels. Therefore, as in past years, in this article we have based local, state, andregional population figures on the usual estimating procedures.

While the Jewish federations are the chief reporting bodies, their service areasvary in size and may represent several towns, one county, or an aggregate of severalcounties. In some cases we have subdivided federation areas to reflect the morenatural geographic boundaries. Some estimates, from areas without federations,have been provided by local rabbis and other informed Jewish community leaders.In still other cases, the figures that have been updated are from past estimatesprovided by United Jewish Appeal field representatives. Finally, for smaller commu-nities where no recent estimates are available, figures are based on extrapolationfrom older data. The estimates are for the resident Jewish population, including

'See Barry A. Kosmin et al., Highlights of the CJF1990 National Jewish Population Survey(New York, Council of Jewish Federations, 1991).

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those in private households and in institutional settings. Non-Jewish family mem-bers have been excluded from the total.

The state and regional totals shown in Appendix tables 1 and 2 are derived bysumming the individual estimates shown in table 4 and then making three adjust-ments. First, communities of less than 100 are added. Second, duplicated countswithin states are eliminated. Third, communities whose population resides in twoor more states (e.g., Kansas City and Greater Washington, D.C.) are distributedaccordingly.

Because population estimating is not an exact science, the reader should be awarethat in cases where a figure differs from last year's, the increase or decrease did notcome about suddenly but occurred over a period of time and has just now beensubstantiated. Similarly, the results of a completed local demographic study oftenchange the previously reported Jewish population figure. This should be understoodas either an updated calculation of gradual demographic change or a correction ofa faulty older estimate.

In determining Jewish population, communities count both affiliated and nonaf-filiated residents who are "core" Jews as defined in NJPS.2 In most cases, countsare made by households, with that number multiplied by the average number ofself-defined Jewish persons per household. Similarly to NJPS, most communitiesalso include those born and raised as Jews but who at present consider themselvesas having no religion. As stated above, non-Jews living in Jewish households,primarily the non-Jewish spouses and non-Jewish children, are not included in the1994 estimates presented in the appendix below.

Local Population Changes

Three communities in Florida hold the distinction of reporting Jewish populationincreases greater than 10,000 this year. They are Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton-Delray Beach, and Pinellas County. Included with Fort Lauderdale is the northerntwo-thirds of Broward County. Boca Raton-Delray Beach includes the southernthird of Palm Beach County. The two principal communities in Pinellas County areClearwater and St. Petersburg. Each of these local Florida increases was docu-mented by the research of Dr. Ira Sheskin.

A recent demographic survey in Pinellas County, which utilized computer-gener-ated random digit-dialing (RDD) telephone calls, provided a new estimate of 24,200Jews. The previous estimate of 9,500 was not based on a scientific study but wassimply a "guesstimate" of the local Jewish federation. This new study also revealedthat the Jewish population was nearly 20,000 by the mid-1980s, and that it has sincecontinued to increase moderately.

The new Fort Lauderdale estimate is based on a method of estimating households

2Born Jews who report adherence to Judaism, Jews by choice, and born Jews without acurrent religion ("secular Jews").

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using distinctive Jewish names (DJNs). While this procedure is viewed by mostresearchers as less accurate than RDD (for one thing, it misses certain key segmentsof the Jewish community), in this case special care was taken to achieve greateraccuracy. The adjacent community of Hollywood-South Broward County com-pleted an RDD survey during 1994, and the information it provided on the propor-tion of DJNs to total Jewish population was applied to Fort Lauderdale. Theincrease in Fort Lauderdale should not be interpreted as a recent surge in the Jewishpopulation but rather as the result of somewhat improved methodology and somemoderate growth. The new estimate for Boca Raton-Delray Beach is based on aDJN estimate, using information from the rest of Palm Beach County, where anRDD survey was conducted several years ago.

Communities reporting increases of greater than 1,000 but less than 10,000 in-clude Santa Cruz, California; Sarasota, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Char-lotte, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Orange County, New York; andPortland, Oregon. The increase in Minneapolis emerged from a recently completeddemographic study that showed not only larger numbers than previously believedbut also some moderate growth. The increases in the other communities weresubstantiated through expanded federation or community lists. The Orange County,New York, increase was due entirely to growth in the Satmar Hassidic village ofKiryas Joel. Although this community's Jewish population had been included inOrange County's overall total since its establishment in the 1970s, it is being listedseparately in the report for the first time.

Along with the Gulf Coast's Pinellas County and the West Coast's Santa Cruz,eight other communities more than doubled their Jewish population estimates, allof them in the South or West. These include Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska; LakeHavasu City, Arizona; Santa Maria, California; Vail, Colorado; Fort Pierce, PortCharlotte-Punta Gorda, Florida; and Wilmington, North Carolina.

In addition to Kiryas Joel, several other communities are being listed for the firsttime — Kenai Peninsula, Alaska; Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Kalispell and Mis-soula, Montana; and Taos, New Mexico.

Except for suburban Somerset County, New Jersey, and Lafayette, Indiana, allof the remaining communities showing moderate growth are in the South, the West,or northern New England. These include Montgomery, Alabama; Flagstaff andYuma, Arizona; Murietta Hot Springs, California; Aspen, Colorado; Vero Beach,Florida; Athens, Georgia; Amherst and Northampton, Massachusetts; Rockland,Maine; Hanover-Lebanon, Keene, Manchester, and Nashua, New Hampshire;Santa Fe, New Mexico; Nashville and Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Newport News-Hampton, Virginia; St. Johnsbury, Vermont; and Spokane and Tacoma, Washing-ton.

The most significant decline in population size was in Miami-Dade County,Florida, with the greatest loss in Miami Beach. An RDD survey, carried out therefor the first time, yielded a new estimate of 145,000. The previous figure of 189,000was based on an updating of the 1982 estimate, which has been shown to be an


overestimate by about 15 percent. Thus, the decline of 44,000 reflects this correctionas well as actual demographic change in recent years. The primary features of thischange in Dade County are an aging population that is dying out, along with apreference by Jewish newcomers to Florida to locate further up the coast in Browardand Palm Beach counties. As evidenced in a recent demographic study referred toearlier in this article, a similar pattern of decline has begun to emerge in southernBroward County. The losses in the communities of Hollywood and Hallandale weresomewhat offset by growth in the southwestern portion of Broward County. Othercommunities reporting losses of greater than 1,000 include Savannah, Georgia;Springfield, Massachusetts; and Passaic County, New Jersey.

As in recent years, most of the remaining communities with losses, albeit moremoderate, were in the Northeast and Midwest. These include Decatur, Illinois;Evansville, Indiana; Fall River, Haverhill, and New Bedford, Massachusetts; Wa-terville, Maine; Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County and Elmira, New York; Daytonand Elyria, Ohio; and Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Communities in other regionsreporting moderate declines include Anchorage, Alaska; Daytona Beach and Pen-sacola, Florida; and Petersburg, Virginia. We should note that the change in An-chorage, as well as the other Alaskan communities mentioned earlier in this article,reflect the results of a recent demographic study of Alaskan Jewry.

Data on Metropolitan Areas

In addition to the detailed Jewish population figures by community, region, andstate, this year we have provided information for metropolitan areas, rank-orderedby Jewish population (table 3). Included in this table is the Jewish percentage of theparticular metropolitan area, its share of the U.S. Jewish population, and the cumu-lative share of total Jewish population for communities up to that ranking.

The 1987 American Jewish Year Book provided a similar listing of the top metro-politan areas, and while there have been numerous changes in local Jewish popula-tion estimates, the relative positions on table 3 remain nearly the same. Among thedifferences: five communities — Orlando, San Diego, Sacramento, Seattle-Tacoma,and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater — have each moved up four positions ormore, and two communities decreased their ranking by four places or more: Hart-ford-New Britain-Middletown (Connecticut) and Kansas City.

One obvious pattern established in table 3 is the continued concentration of Jewswithin a few specific areas. Approximately one-third of the nation's Jewish popula-tion live in the "tri-state" New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropoli-tan area, which encompasses parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Itshould be noted, however, that as recently as 45 years ago more than half of U.S.Jews were concentrated there.

Cumulatively, about half of all U.S. Jews reside in the top three metropolitanareas: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, Los Angeles-Anaheim-River-side, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale. To reach three-quarters of the U.S. Jewish popu-


lation, 11 communities have to be included; for 90 percent of the total, 36 communi-ties. This pattern reflects the fact that the Jewish population is generally concen-trated in large metropolitan areas. By contrast, for the U.S. total population, the 34largest metropolitan areas are needed to encompass half the population, and all 309of the nation's metropolitan areas include only about 80 percent of the nation'sinhabitants.

The Jewish proportion in particular locales is of interest. Only three areas aremore than 10 percent Jewish: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach. In only oneother area, Boston-Lawrence-Salem, are Jews more than 5 percent of the population;in five communities they exceed 4 percent of the total: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New Haven-Meriden, and Atlantic City.Only one other community, which is not listed, Sarasota, Florida, has a Jewishpopulation above 4 percent.

BARRY A. KOSMIN

JEFFREY SCHECKNER


APPENDIX

TABLE 1. JEWISH POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1994

EstimatedEstimated Jewish

Jewish Total PercentState Population Population* of Total

Alabama 9,000Alaska 3,000Arizona 72,000Arkansas 1,800California 922,000

Colorado 51,500Connecticut 97,500Delaware 9,500District of Columbia 25,500Florida 638,000

Georgia 74,500Hawaii 7,000Idaho 500Illinois 268,000Indiana 18,000

Iowa 6,000Kansas 14,000Kentucky 11,000Louisiana 16,500Maine 8,000

Maryland 212,000Massachusetts 268,000Michigan 107,000Minnesota 42,000Mississippi 1,400

Missouri 61,500Montana 800Nebraska 7,000Nevada 21,000New Hampshire 9,500

New Jersey 436,000New Mexico 9,000New York 1,645,000

4,187,000599,000

3,936,0002,424,000

31,211,000

3,566,0003,277,000

700,000578,000

13,679,000

6,917,0001,172,0001,099,000

11,697,0005,713,000

2,814,0002,531,0003,789,0004,295,0001,239,000

4,965,0006,012,0009,478,0004,517,0002,643,000

5,234,000839,000

1,607,0001,389,0001,125,000

7,879,0001,616,000

18,197,000

0.20.51.80.13.0

1.43.01.44.44.7

1.10.6

(z)2.30.3

0.20.60.30.40.6

4.34.51.10.90.1

1.20.10.41.50.8

5.50.59.0


EstimatedEstimated Jewish

Jewish Total PercentState Population Population* of Total

North Carolina 22,000 6,945,000 0-3North Dakota 600 635,000 0.1

Ohio 128,000 11,091,000 1.2Oklahoma 5,500 3,231,000 0.2Oregon 19,500 3,032,000 0.6Pennsylvania 331,000 12,048,000 2.7

Rhode Island 16,000 1,000,000 1.6South Carolina 9,000 3,643,000 0.2South Dakota 400 715,000 0.1Tennessee 18,000 5,099,000 0.3

Texas 109,000 18,031,000 0.6Utah 3,500 1,860,000 0.2Vermont 5,500 576,000 0.9Virginia 68,500 6,491,000 1.1

Washington 34,000 5,255,000 0.6West Virginia 2,500 1,820,000 0.1Wisconsin 35,000 5,038,000 0.7Wyoming 500. 470,000 0.1

U.S. TOTAL **5,88O,OOO 257,908,000 2.3

N.B. Details may not add to totals because of rounding.•Resident population, April 1, 1993. (Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, CurrentPopulation Reports, series P-25, no. 1044.)••Exclusive of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands which previously reported Jewishpopulations of 1,500 and 350, respectively.(z) Figure is less than 0.1 and rounds to 0.

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T A B L E 2. DISTRIBUTION OF U.S. JEWISH POPULATION BY REGIONS, 1994

Total Percent Jewish PercentRegion Population Distribution Population Distribution

Northeast ~ 51,355,000 1^9 2,816,000 4T9New England 13,230,000 5.1 404,000 6.9Middle Atlantic 38,125,000 14.8 2,412,000 41.0

Midwest 61,070,000 23.7 688,000 11.7East North Central 43,017,000 16.7 556,000 9.4West North Central.. 18,054,000 7.0 132,000 2.2

South 89,438,000 34.7 1,233,000 21.0South Atlantic 45,738,000 17.7 1,061,000 18.0East South Central. . . 15,717,000 6.1 40,000 0.7West South Central . . 27,983,000 10.8 133,000 2.3

West 56,044,000 21.7 1,143,000 19.4Mountain 14,776,000 5.7 158,000 2.7Pacific 41,269,000 16.0 985,000 16.8

TOTALS 257,908,000 100.0 5,880,000 100.0

N.B. Details may not add to totals because of rounding.


T A B L E 3. RANK-ORDERED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS, BY JEWISH

POPULATION, 1994

Metro Area

1. New York-Northern NJ-Long Island*

2. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside*

3. Miami-Ft.Lauderdale*

4. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton*

5. Chicago-Gary-Lake County*

6. Boston-Lawrence-Salem*

7. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose*

8. Washington, DC-MD-VA

9. W. Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach

10. Baltimore11. Detroit-

Ann Arbor*12. Cleveland-

Akron-Lorain*13. San Diego14. Atlanta15. St. Louis16. Phoenix17. Denver-

Boulder*

EstimatedJewish

Population

1,937,000

590,000

382,000

280,000

263,000

235,000

216,000

166,000

151,000

105,00099,000

71,000

70,00067,50054,00050,00046,000

Jewish %of Total

Population

10.6

3.9

11.5

4.7

3.2

5.6

3.4

4.1

16.8

4.32.1

2.5

2.72.22.12.22.4

% Share of U.S.Jewish

Population

32.9

10.0

6.5

4.8

4.5

4.0

3.7

2.8

2.6

1.81.7

1.2

1.21.20.90.90.8

Cumulative %Share of Jewish

Population

32.9

43.0

49.5

54.2

58.7

62.7

66.4

69.2

71.8

73.675.2

76.4

77.678.879.780.581.3


TABLE 3.—(Continued)

Metro Area

18. Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley*

19. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria*

20. Minneapolis-St. Paul

21. Dallas-Fort Worth*

22. Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater

23. Seattle-Tacoma*24. Milwaukee-

Racine*25. Hartford-

New Britain-Middletown*

26. New Haven-Meriden

27. Cincinnati-Hamilton*

28. Rochester29. Sacramento30. Norfolk-

Virginia Beach-Newport News

31. Las Vegas32. Tucson33. Albany-

Schenectady-Troy

34. Kansas City35. Orlando36. Providence-

Pawtucket-Fall River*

EstimatedJewish

Population

46,000

43,000

40,500

40,000

40,000

30,50028,500

27,000

25,000

24,000

22,50021,50021,000

20,00020,00019,500

19,00019,00017,500

Jewish %of Total

Population

1.9

1.1

1.6

1.1

1.9

1.11.8

2.5

4.7

1.3

2.11.41.4

2.42.92.2

1.21.61.5

% Share of U.S.Jewish

Population

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.50.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.40.40.4

0.30.30.3

0.30.30.3

Cumulative %Share of Jewish

Population

82.1

82.8

83.5

84.2

84.9

85.485.9

86.3

86.8

87.2

87.687.988.3

88.689.089.3

89.689.990.2


TABLE 3.—(Continued)

Estimated Jewish % % Share of U.S. Cumulative %Jewish of Total Jewish Share of Jewish

Metro Area Population Population Population Population

37. Buffalo-NiagaraFalls*

38. Atlantic City39. Columbus, OH40. Portland-

Salem, OR

17,000

16,00015,50014,500

1.4

4.91.10.8

0.3

0.30.30.2

90.5

90.891.191.3

N.B. Details may not add to totals because of roundingSources: General population estimates, U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992. Designations for themetropolitan areas are in accordance with the 1990 U.S. Census boundary definitions. Areasmarked * = CMSA (Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area); otherwise unit is PMSA(Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area). Jewish figures are for 1994.Note: Only one metropolitan area not on this list is greater than 4 percent Jewish—Sarasota,FL, 4.3 percent.

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TABLE 4. COMMUNITIES WITH JEWISH POPULATIONS OF 100 OR MORE, 1994(ESTIMATED)

JewishState and City Population

ALABAMA

•Birmingham . . . . 5,200Decatur (incl. in

Florence total)Dothan 150Florence 150Huntsville 750

••Mobile 1,100••Montgomery . . . 1,300Sheffield (incl. in

Florence total)Tuscaloosa 300Tuscumbia (incl. in

Florence total)

ALASKA

•Anchorage 1,600•Fairbanks 540Juneau 285Kenai Peninsula . . . 200Ketchikan (incl. in

Juneau total)

ARIZONA

Cochise County. . . . 260•Flagstaff 350Lake Havasu City. . 200

•Phoenix 50,000Prescott 250Sierra Vista (incl. in

Cochise County)•Tucson 20,000Yuma 125

ARKANSAS

Fayetteville 150


Hot Springs 130••Little Rock . . . . 1,350

CALIFORNIA

•••Antelope Valley . 700Bakersfield-Kern

County 1,400Berkeley (incl. in

Contra Costa County,under S.F. BayArea)

Carmel (incl. in Mon-terey Peninsula)

•Chico 500Corona (incl. in

Riverside total)•••El Centro 125•Eureka 500Fairfleld 800Fontana (incl. in

San Bernardinototal)

•Fresno 2,500Lancaster (incl. in

Antelope Valley)Long Beach (also

incl. in Los Angelestotal)N 13,500

Los Angeles MetroArea 490,000

•Merced County. . . . 190•Modesto 500Monterey Peninsula

2,300Moreno Valley (incl. in

Riverside total)

State and CityJewish

Population

Murietta Hot Springs550

•Napa County 950Oakland (incl. in

Alameda County,under S.F. Bay Area)

Ontario (incl. inPomona Valley)

Orange County. 75,000Palmdale (incl. in

Antelope Valley)Palm Springs1" . . 9,850Palo Alto (incl. in

South Peninsula,under S.F. Bay Area)

Pasadena (incl. inL.A. Metro Areatotal)

Petaluma (incl. inSonoma County,under S.F. Bay Area)

Pomona ValleyN. 6,750•Redding area 150Redwood Valley . . . 200Riverside 2,000SacramentoN... 21,300Salinas 750San Bernardino area

3,000•San Diego 70,000San Francisco Bay

AreaN 210,000Alameda County

32,500Contra Costa County

22,000

NSee Notes below. •Includes entire county. ••Includes all of 2 counties. •••Figure notupdated.

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Marin County. 18,500N. Peninsula. . 24,500San Francisco. 49,500San Jose 33,000Sonoma County 9,000S. Peninsula . . 21,000

*San Jose (listed underS.F. Bay Area)

•San Luis Obispo . 1,450*Santa Barbara . . . 4,500•Santa Cruz 4,000Santa Maria 700Santa Monica (also

incl. in Los Angelestotal) 8,000

Santa Rosa (incl. inSonoma County,under S.F. Bay Area)

Sonoma County (listedunder S.F. Bay Area)

South Lake Tahoe . 150•Stockton 1,200•••Sun City 200Tulare & Kings

counties 300Ukiah (incl. in Redwood

Valley total)Vallejc area 900

•Ventura County . 9,000

COLORADO

Aspen 450Breckenridge (incl. in

Vail total)Boulder (incl. in

Denver total)Colorado Springs

1,500DenverN 46,000Eagle (incl. in Vail total)Evergreen (incl. in Den-

ver total)•Ft. Collins 1,000•Grand Junction 250


Greeley (incl. inFt. Collins total)

Loveland (incl. inFt. Collins total)

Pueblo 250Steamboat Springs . 160

•••Telluride 100••Vail 500

CONNECTICUT

Bridgeport1"1. . . . 10,250Bristol (incl. in

Hartford total)Cheshire (incl. in

Meriden total)Colchester 300DanburyN 3,500

•••Danielson 100Darien (incl. in

Stamford total)Greenwich 3,900HartfordN 26,000Hebron (incl. in

Colchester total)Lebanon (incl. in

Colchester total)Lower Middlesex

CountyN 1,650Manchester (incl. in

Hartford total)MeridenN 3,000Middletown 1,300New Britain (incl. in

Hartford total)New HavenN . . . 24,000New LondonN. . . 4,000New Milford area. . 600Newtown (incl. in

Danbury total)NorwalkN 9,500Norwich (incl. in

New Londontotal) 1,750


Rockville (incl. inHartford total)

Shelton (incl. inValley area)

Southington (incl. inMeriden total)

Stamford/New Canaan9,600

Storrs (incl. inWillimantic total)

Torrington area. . . . 580Valley areaN 550Wallingford (incl. in

Meriden total) 500WaterburyN 3,000Westport (incl. in

Norwalk total)Willimantic area . . . 700

DELAWARE

DoverN 650Wilmington (incl.

rest of state) . . . 9,500

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Greater Washington165,000

FLORIDA

Arcadia (incl. inPort Charlotte-PuntaGorda total)

Boca Raton-DelrayBeach (listed underSoutheast Fla.)

Brevard County . 4,500•••Crystal River . . . . 100••Daytona Beach .2,100Ft. Lauderdale (listed

under Southeast Fla.)Ft. Myers-Lee

County 5,000Ft. Pierce 1,060Gainesville 1,600


Jewish Jewish JewishState and City Population State and City Population State and City Population

Hollywood-S. BrowardCounty (listed underSoutheast Fla.)

••Jacksonville.... 7,300Key West 500

•Lakeland 800•Miami-Dade County

(listed underSoutheast Fla.)

Naples-Collier County3,500

Ocala-Marion County500

OrlandoN 18,850Palm Beach County

(listed underSoutheast Fla.)

***Pasco County . 1,000••Pensacola 650Pinellas County. 24,200

••Port Charlotte-PuntaGorda 900

•St. Petersburg-Clearwater (incl.in Pinellas County)

••Sarasota 13,000Southeast Florida

533,000Boca Raton-Delray

Beach 83,500Ft. LauderdaleN

174,000Hollywood-S. Broward

CountyN . . . 63,000Miami-Dade County

145,000Palm Beach County

(excl. Boca Raton-Delray Beach)

67,800***Stuart-Port St. Lucie

(portion also incl.in Ft. Pierce total)

3,000

Tallahassee 1,640•Tampa 15,000Venice (incl. in

Sarasota total)•Vero Beach 540Winter Haven (incl.

in Lakeland total)

GEORGIA

Albany 190Athens 400Atlanta Metro Area

67,500AugustaN 1,400Brunswick 100

••Columbus 1,000••Dalton 180* * *Fitzgerald-Cordele

125Macon 900

•Savannah 2,800••Valdosta 100

HAWAII

Hilo 280Honolulu (includes

all of Oahu) . . . 6,400Kauai 100Maui 210

IDAHO••Boise 220Lewiston (incl. in

Moscow total)Moscow 100

ILLINOIS

Aurora area 500Bloomington-Normal

230Carbondale (incl. in

S. 111. total)•Champaign-Urbana

1,300

Chicago Metro AreaN

261,000••Danville 100•Decatur 140•••DeKalb 200East St. Louis (incl.

in S. 111.)ElginN 600Freeport (incl. in

Rockford total)•Joliet 500Kankakee 100

•Peoria 840Quad Cit iesN . . . . 1,250

••Quincy 105Rock Island (incl. in

Quad Cities)RockfordN 1,000Southern Illinois'".. 730

•Springfield 1,060Waukegan 400

INDIANABloomington . . . . 1,000Elkhart (incl. in

South Bend total)Evansville 400

**Ft. Wayne 950••Gary-Northwest

Indiana 2,220**Indianapolis. . . 10,000••Lafayette 700•Michigan City 280Muncie 160South Bend N . . . . 2,000

•Terre Haute 250

IOWA

Ames (also incl. inDes Moines total). 200

Cedar Rapids 420Council Bluffs (also

incl. in Omaha,Nebr total) 150



Population

Davenport (incl. inQuad Cities, 111.)

*Des Moines 2,800•Iowa City 1,200**Sioux City 560•Waterloo 170

KANSAS

Kansas City (incl. inKansas City, Mo.)

***Lawrence 175Manhattan 150

•Topeka 500WichitaN 1,300

KENTUCKY

Covington/Newport(incl. in Cincinnati,Ohio total)

LexingtonN 1,850•Louisville 8,700Paducah (incl. in S. 111.)

LOUISIANA

Alexandria 150Baton RougeN . . .1,200Lafayette (incl. in

S. Central La.)Lake Charles area. . 200Monroe 525

••New Orleans . . 13,000•Shreveport 905•••South Central La.N

250

MAINE

Augusta 200Bangor 1,000Biddeford-Saco (incl.

in S. Maine)Brunswick-Bath (incl.

in S. Maine)Lewiston-Auburn . . 500Portland 3,900


Rockland area 180Southern Maine (incl.

Portland)N 5,500•Waterville 200

MARYLAND

•••Annapolis area 2,000••Baltimore 94,500Cumberland 265

•Frederick 900•Hagerstown 325•Harford County . 1,200•••Howard County

7,200Montgomery & Prince

Georges counties104,500

Ocean City 100•••Salisbury 400Silver Spring (incl. in

Montgomery County)Upper Eastern ShoreN

130

MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst area . . . 1,300AndoverN 3,000Athol area (also incl.

in Worcester Countytotal) 300

Attleboro area 200Beverly (incl. in

Lynn total)Boston Metro RegionN

228,000BrocktonN 8,000Brookline (also incl. in

Boston total). . 26,000Cape Cod-Barnstable

County 3,000Clinton (incl. in

Worcester County)Fall River area . . 1,100Falmouth (incl. in

Cape Cod)


Fitchburg (also incl.in Worcester Countytotal) 300

Framingham (incl. inBoston total)

Gardner (incl. inAthol total)

Gloucester (also incl.in Lynn to ta l ) . . . . 450

Great Barrington (incl.in Pittsfield total)

•Greenfield 1,100Haverhill 800Holyoke 600

•Hyannis (incl. inCape Cod)

Lawrence (incl. inAndover total)

Leominster (alsoincl. in WorcesterCounty total) 300

Lowell area 2,000Lynn-North Shore

areaN 20,000•Martha's Vineyard . 260New BedfordN . . 2,700Newburyport 280Newton (also incl. in

Boston total).. 34,000North Adams (incl. in

N. Berkshire County)North Berkshire

County 400Northampton 850Peabody (incl. in

Lynn total)Pittsfield-Berkshire

County 3,300Plymouth area 500Provincetown (incl. in

Cape Cod)Salem (incl. in

Lynn total)



Southbridge (alsoincl. in WorcesterCounty total) . . . . 105

SpringfieldN 10,000Taunton area. . . . 1,300Webster (also

incl. in WorcesterCounty total) . . . . 125

Worcester areaN 10,100•Worcester County

13,700

MICHIGAN

*Ann Arbor 5,000Bay City 200Benton Harbor area

450** Detroit Metro Area

94,000•Flint 1,710•Grand Rapids . . . 1,600••Jackson 200•Kalamazoo 1,100Lansing area . . . . 2,100

•••Marquette County150

Midland 120Mt. Clemens (incl. in

Detroit total)Mt. PleasantN 100

•Muskegon 220•Saginaw 170

MINNESOTA

••Duluth 485•Minneapolis. . . . 31,500Rochester 550

••St. Paul 9,200Winona (incl. in

LaCrosse, Wis. total)

MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi-Gulfport . . . . 140••Greenville 160


••Hattiesburg 130••Jackson 550

MISSOURI

Columbia 400Hannibal (incl. in

Quincy, 111. total)Kansas City Metro

Area 19,100•St. Joseph 265••St. Louis 53,500Springfield 300

MONTANA

•Billings 240Butte 100Helena (incl. in

Butte total)•Kalispell 150Missoula 200

NEBRASKA

Grand Island-Hastings(incl. in Lincoln total)

Lincoln 800OmahaN 6,500

NEVADA

Carson City (incl. inReno total)

•Las Vegas 20,000••Reno 1,400Sparks (incl. in

Reno total)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Bethlehem 100Claremont a r e a . . . . 140Concord 450Dover area 600Exeter (incl. in

Portsmouth total)Franconia (incl. in

Bethlehem total)


Hanover-Lebanon.. 500•Keene 300••Laconia 270Littleton (incl. in

Bethlehem total)Manchester area . 4,000Nashua area . . . . 1,890Portsmouth area . . . 950Rochester (incl. in

Dover total)Salem (also incl.

in Andover, Mass.total) 150

NEW JERSEY

Asbury Park (incl. inMonmouth County)

••Atlantic City (incl.Atlantic & Cape Maycounties) 15,800

Bayonne (listed underHudson County)

Bergen County (alsoincl. in NortheasternN.J. total) . . . . 83,700

Bridgeton 200Bridgewater (incl. in

Somerset County)Camden (incl. in

Cherry Hill total)Cherry Hill-Southern

N.J.N 49,000Edison (incl. in

Middlesex County)Elizabeth (incl. in

Union County)Englewood (incl. in

Bergen County)Essex CountyN (also

incl. in NortheasternN.J. to ta l ) . . . . 76,200East Essex.. . . 10,800Livingston. . . . 12,600North Essex .. 15,600



South Essex. . . 20,300West Orange-Orange

16,900***Flemington 900Freehold (incl. in

Monmouth County)Gloucester (incl. in

Cherry Hill-SouthernN.J. total)

Hoboken (listed underHudson County)

Hudson County (alsoincl. in NortheasternN.J. total) . . . . 12,340Bayonne 1,740Hoboken 1,100Jersey City 6,000North Hudson

CountyN 3,500Jersey City (listed under

Hudson County)Lakewood (incl. in

Ocean County)Livingston (incl. in

Essex County)Middlesex CountyN

(also incl. inNortheastern N.J.

total) 51,000Monmouth County

(also incl. inNortheastern N.J.

total) 33,600Morris County (also

incl. inNortheastern

N.J. total) . . 33,500Morristown (incl. in

Morris County)Mt. Holly (incl. in


Newark (incl. inEssex County)


New Brunswick (incl.in Middlesex County)

Northeastern N.J.N

358,000Ocean County (also

incl. in NortheasternN.J. total) 9,500

Passaic County (alsoincl. in NortheasternN.J. total) 15,000

Passaic-Clifton (alsoincl. in PassaicCounty total) . . 8,000

Paterson (incl. inPassaic County)

Perth Amboy (incl. inMiddlesex County)

Phillipsburg (incl. inEaston, Pa. total)

Plainfield (incl. inUnion County)

Princeton area. . . 3,000Somerset County (also

incl. in NortheasternN.J. total) 11,000

Somerville (incl. inSomerset County)

Sussex County (alsoincl. in NortheasternN.J. total) 4,100

Toms River (incl. inOcean County)

TrentonN 6,000Union County (also

incl. in NortheasternN.J. t o t a l ) . . . . 30,000

VinelandN 2,100Warren County 400Wayne (incl. in

Passaic County)Wildwood 425Willingboro (incl. in



NEW MEXICO

•Albuquerque . . . . 6,000Las Cruces 525Los Alamos 250Santa Fe 1,500Taos 300

NEW YORK

•Albany 12,000Amenia (incl. in

Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County)

Amsterdam 170•Auburn 115Beacon (incl. in

Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County)

•Binghamton (incl. allBroome County)

2,600Brewster (incl. in

Putnam County)•Buffalo 17,000Canandaigua (incl.

in Geneva total)Catskill 200Corning (incl. in

Elmira total)•Cortland 150•••Dunkirk 100Ellenville 1,600ElmiraN 950Fleischmanns 120Fredonia (incl. in

Dunkirk total)Geneva area 310Glens FallsN 800

•Gloversville 380•Herkimer 180

Highland Falls (incl.in Orange County)

•Hudson 500•Ithaca area 1,700



Population State and CityJewish

Population State and CityJewish

Population

Jamestown 100KingstonN 4,600Kiryas Joel (also

incl. in Orange Countytotal) 10,000

Lake George (incl. inGlens Falls total)

Liberty (also incl. inSullivan Countytotal) 2,100

Middletown (incl. inOrange County)

Monroe (incl. inOrange County)

Monticello (also incl.in Sullivan Countytotal) 2,400

Newark (incl. inGeneva total)

Newburgh (incl. inOrange County)

New Paltz (incl. inKingston total)

New York Metro AreaN

1,450,000Bronx 83,700Brooklyn.. . . 379,000Manhattan. . . 314,500Queens 238,000Staten Island. . 33,700Nassau County

207,000Suffolk County

100,000Westchester County

94,000Niagara Falls 200Olean 120

**Oneonta 250Orange County

15,000Pawling 105Plattsburg 260

***Port Jervis (alsoincl. in OrangeCounty total) . . . . 560

Potsdam 200*Poughkeepsie-Dutchess

County 3,600Putnam County. . 1,000

"Rochester 22,500Rockland County

83,100Rome 150Saratoga Springs . . . 600Seneca Falls (incl. in

Geneva total)**Schenectady 5,200South Fallsburg (also

incl. in Sullivan Countytotal) 1,100

Sullivan County . 7,425Syracuse1" 9,000Troy area 800UticaN 1,900Walden (incl. in

Orange County)Watertown 120Woodstock (incl. in

Kingston total)

NORTH CAROLINA

AshevilleN 1,300••Chapel Hill-Durham

3,100CharlotteN 6,000Elizabethtown (incl. in

Wilmington total)•Fayetteville 320Gastonia 190Goldsboro 120

•Greensboro 2,500Greenville 240

•Hendersonville . . . . 200••Hickory 110High Point (incl. in

Greensboro total)

Jacksonville (incl. inWilmington total)

Raleigh-Wake County5,750

Whiteville (incl. inWilmington total)

Wilmington area. 1,200Winston-Salem . . . . 485

NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo 500Grand Forks 130

OHIO

••Akron 5,500Athens 100Bowling Green (also

incl. in Toledo total)120

Butler County 900••Canton 1,575Cincinnati . . . . 23,000

••Cleveland1" . . . 65,000•Columbus 15,600••Dayton 5,500Elyria 175Fremont (incl. in

Sandusky total)Hamilton (incl. in

Butler County)•Lima 210Lorain 600Mansfield 180Marietta (incl. in

Parkersburg, W.Va.total)

Marion 125Middletown (incl. in

Butler County)New Philadelphia

(incl. in Canton total)Norwalk (incl. in

Sandusky total)Oberlin (incl. in

Elyria total)



Oxford (incl. inButler County)

••Sandusky 130Springfield 200

•Steubenville 150ToledoN 5,500Warren (also incl. in

Youngstown total)400

Wooster 135YoungstownN . . . 4,000

•Zanesville 100

OKLAHOMA

Norman (also incl.in Oklahoma Citytotal) 350

"Oklahoma City2,500

*Tulsa 2,750

OREGON

Ashland (incl. inMedford total)

Corvallis 700Eugene 3,000Grants Pass (incl. in

Medford total)"Medford 1,000Portland 14,000

**Salem 530

PENNSYLVANIA

Allentown (incl. inLehigh Valley total)

•Altoona 400AmbridgeN 250Beaver Falls (incl. in

Upper Beaver County)Bethlehem (incl. in

Lehigh Valley total)Bucks County (lower

portion)N 14,500•Butler 165


**Chambersburg 125Chester (incl. in

Phila. total)***Chester County (also

incl. in Phila. total)4,000

Coatesville (incl. inChester County)

Easton (incl. in LehighValley total)

•Erie 850Farrell (incl. in

Sharon total)Greensburg (also incl.

in Pittsburghtotal) 425

**Harrisburg 7,000Hazleton area 300Honesdale (incl. in

Wayne County)Jeannette (incl. in

Greensburg total)** Johnstown 400Lancaster area. . . 3,000

•Lebanon 350Lehigh Valley . . . 8,500Lewisburg (incl. in

Sunbury total)Lock Haven (incl. in

Williamsport total)McKeesport (incl. in

Pittsburgh total)***New Castle 200Norristown (incl. in

Philadelphia total)**Oil City 100Oxford-Kennett Square

(incl. inChester County)

Philadelphia areaN

250,000Phoenixville (incl. in

Chester County)Pike County 300


PittsburghN . . . . 45,000Pottstown 650Pottsville 225

•Reading 2,800•Scranton 3,200Shamokin (incl. in

Sunbury total)Sharon (also incl.

in Youngstown, Ohiototal) 260

•••State College. . . . 550Stroudsburg 400SunburyN 200Tamaqua (incl. in

Hazleton total)Uniontown area . . . 250Upper Beaver County

180••Washington (also

incl. in Pittsburghtotal) 175

•••Wayne County . . 500Waynesburg (incl. in

Washington total)West Chester (also

incl. in ChesterCounty) 300

Wilkes-BarreN. . . 3,200••Williamsport 350York 1,500

RHODE ISLAND

Cranston (incl. inProvidence total)

Kingston (incl. inWashington County)

Newport-Middletown700

Providence area14,200

Washington County1,200

Westerly (incl. inWashington County)



SOUTH CAROLINA

•Charleston 3,500••Columbia 2,500Florence area 220Georgetown (ir.cl. in

Myrtle Beach total)Greenville 1,200Kingstree (incl. in

Sumter total)••Myrtle Beach . . . . 425Rock Hill (incl. in

Charlotte, N.C. total)•Spartanburg 330SumterN 160

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls 160

TENNESSEE

Bristol (incl. inJohnson City total)

Chattanooga . . . . 1,350•••Johnson C i ty . . . . 210Kingsport (incl. in

Johnson City total)Knoxville 1,650Memphis 8,500Nashville 5,750Oak Ridge 250

TEXAS

AmarilloN 150•Austin 5,000Bay City (incl. in

Wharton total)•••Baytown 300Beaumont 500

•Brownsville 450•••College Station-Bryan

400•Corpus Christi . . 1,400••Dallas 35,000El Paso 4,900

•Ft. Worth 5,000Galveston 800

Jewish JewishState and City Population State and City Population

Harlingen (incl. inBrownsville total)

••HoustonN 42,000Kilgore (incl. in

Longview total)Laredo 130Longview 150

•Lubbock 480Lufkin (incl. in

Longview total)Marshall (incl. in

Longview total)•McAllenN 500Midland-Odessa . . . 150Port Arthur 100

•San Antonio . . . 10,000South Padre Island (incl.

in Brownsville total)Tyler 400WacoN 300

••Wharton 100Wichita Falls 260

UTAH

Ogden 150•Salt Lake City.. . 3,300

VERMONT

Bennington area . . . 300•Brattleboro 350••Burlington 3,000Manchester area . . . 250Montpelier-Barre . . 550Newport (incl. in

St. Johnsbury total)Rutland 550

••St. Johnsbury . . . . 140

VIRGINIA

Alexandria (incl.Falls Church,Arlington, & Fairfaxcounties) 35,100

Arlington (incl. inAlexandria total)

•••Blacksburg 300Charlottesville... 1,000Chesapeake (incl. in

Portsmouth total)Colonial Heights (incl.

in Petersburg total)FredericksburgN . . . 500Hampton (incl. in

Newport News total)Harrisonburg (incl. in

Staunton total)Lexington (incl. in

Staunton total)Lynchburg area. . . . 275

••Martinsville 100Newport News-

HamptonN . . . . 2,300Norfolk-Virginia Beach

19,000Petersburg a rea . . . . 400Portsmouth-Suffolk

(also incl. in Norfolktotal) 1,900

Radford (incl. inBlacksburg total)

RichmondN 8,000Roanoke 1,050StauntonN 370Williamsburg (incl. in

Newport News total)Winchester1" 200

WASHINGTON

Bellingham 400Ellensburg (incl. in

Yakima total)Longview-Kelso (incl.

in Portland, Oreg.total)

•Olympia 450•••Port Angeles.. . . 100Pullman (incl. in

Moscow, Idaho total)•SeattleN 29,300Spokane 1,300

J E W I S H P O P U L A T I O N IN THE U N I T E D STATES / 201


•Tacoma 1,250Tri CitiesN 300Vancouver (incl. in

Portland, Oreg. total)••Yakima 110

WEST VIRGINIA

Bluefield-Princeton . 200•Charleston 1,000Clarksburg 110Fairmont (incl. in

Clarksburg total)HuntingtonN 300Morgantown 160


Parkersburg 130••Wheeling 275

WISCONSIN

Appleton area 400Beloit 150Fond du Lac (incl. in

Oshkosh total)Green Bay 320Janesville (incl. in

Beloit total)•Kenosha 180

La Crosse 120•Madison 4,500


MilwaukeeN

28,000Oshkosh area 170

•Racine 375Sheboygan 140Waukesha (incl. in

Milwaukee total)WausauN 240

WYOMING

Casper 100Cheyenne 230Laramie (incl. in

Cheyenne total)

Notes

CALIFORNIA

Long Beach—includes in Los Angeles County: Long Beach, Signal Hill, Cerritos, Lake-wood, Rosmoor, and Hawaiian Gardens. Also includes in Orange County: Los Alamitos,Cypress, Seal Beach, and Huntington Harbor.

Palm Springs—includes Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Palm Desert,and Rancho Mirage.

Pomona Valley—includes Alta Loma, Chino, Claremont, Cucamonga, La Verne, Mont-

clair, Ontario, Pomona, San Dimas, and Upland. Portion also included in Los Angeles

total.Sacramento—includes Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, and Sacramento counties.San Francisco Bay area—North Peninsula includes northern San Mateo County. South

Peninsula includes southern San Mateo County and towns of Palo Alto and Los Altosin Santa Clara County. San Jose includes remainder of Santa Clara County.

COLORADO

Denver—includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, and Jefferson counties.

CONNECTICUT

Bridgeport—includes Monroe, Easton, Trumbull, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Shelton, Stratford,

and part of Milford.

Danbury—includes Danbury, Bethel, New Fairfield, Brookfield, Sherman, Newtown, Red-

ding, Ridgefield, and part of Wilton; also includes some towns in neighboring Putnam

County, New York

Hartford—includes most of Hartford County and Vernon, Rockville, Ellington, and Tol-

land in Tolland County, and Meriden area of New Haven County.


Lower Middlesex County—includes Branford, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, OldSaybrook, Old Lyme, Durham, and Killingworth. Portion of this area also included inNew London and New Haven totals.

Meriden—includes Meriden, Southington, Cheshire, and Wallingford. Most included inHartford total and a portion also included in New Haven and Waterbury totals.

New Haven—includes New Haven, East Haven, Guilford, Branford, Madison, NorthHaven, Hamden, West Haven, Milford, Orange, Woodbridge, Bethany, Derby, Ansonia,and Cheshire.

New London—includes central and southern New London County. Also includes part ofLower Middlesex County and part of Windham County.

Norwalk—includes Norwalk, Weston, Westport, East Nonvalk, Darien, Wilton, part ofGeorgetown, and part of New Canaan.

Valley Area—includes Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Oxford, Seymour, and Beacon Falls. Por-tion also included in Bridgeport and New Haven totals.

Waterbury—includes Bethlehem, Cheshire, Litchfield, Morris, Middlebury, Southbury,Naugatuck, Prospect, Plymouth, Roxbury, Southbury, Southington, Thomaston, Tor-rington, Washington, Watertown, Waterbury, Oakville, Woodbury, and Wolcott.

DELAWARE

Dover—includes most of central and southern Delaware.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Greater Washington—includes Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland,Arlington County, Fairfax County, Falls Church, and Alexandria in Virginia.

FLORIDA

Ft. Lauderdale—includes Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Tamarac,Margate, and other towns in northern Broward County.

Hollywood—includes Hollywood, Hallandale, Cooper City, Dania, Davie, Pembroke, andother towns in southern Broward County.

Orlando—includes all of Orange and Seminole counties and part of Lake County.

GEORGIA

Augusta—includes Burke, Columbia, and Richmond counties and part of Aiken County,South Carolina.

ILLINOIS

Chicago—includes all of Cook and DuPage counties and a portion of Lake County.Elgin—includes northern Kane County, southern McHenry County, and western edge of

Cook County.

Quad Cities—includes Rock Island and Moline (Illinois), Davenport and Bettendorf (Iowa).Rockford—includes Winnebago, Boone, and Stephenson counties.


Southern Illinois—includes lower portion of Illinois below Carlinville, adjacent western

portion of Kentucky, and adjacent portion of southeastern Missouri.

INDIANA

South Bend—includes St. Joseph and Elkhart counties and part of Berrien County, Michi-gan.

KANSAS

Wichita—includes Sedgwick County and towns of Salina, Dodge City, Great Bend, Liberal,Russell, and Hays.

KENTUCKY

Lexington—includes Fayette, Bourbon, Scott, Clark, Woodford, Madison, Pulaski, andJessamine counties.

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge—includes E. Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston, St. Landry, Iberville,

Pointe Coupee, and W. Baton Rouge parishes.South Central—includes Abbeville, Lafayette, New Iberia, Crowley, Opelousas, Houma,

Morgan City, Thibodaux, and Franklin.

MAINE

Southern Maine—includes York, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc counties.

MARYLAND

Upper Eastern Shore—includes towns in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes, and

Talbot counties.

MASSACHUSETTS

Andover—includes Andover, N. Andover, Boxford, Lawrence, Methuen, Tewksbury, Dra-cut, and town of Salem, New Hampshire.

Boston Metropolitan region—includes all towns south and west of Boston within approxi-mately 30 miles, and all towns north of Boston within approximately 20 miles. All townsformerly part of Framingham area are now included in Boston total.

Brockton—includes Avon, Brockton, Easton, Bridgewater, Whitman, and West Bridgewa-ter. Also included in Boston total.

Lynn—includes Lynn, Saugus, Nahant, Swampscott, Lynnfield, Peabody, Salem, Marble-head, Beverly, Danvers, Middleton, Wenham, Topsfield, Hamilton, Manchester, Ipswich,Essex, Gloucester, and Rockport. Also included in Boston total.

New Bedford—includes New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and Mattapoisett.Springfield—includes Springfield, Longmeadow, E. Longmeadow, Hampden, Wilbraham,

Agawam, and W. Springfield.Worcester—includes Worcester, Northborough, Westborough, Shrewsbury, Boylston, W.


Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Leicester, Auburn, Millbury, and Grafton. Also included in

the Worcester County total.

MICHIGAN

Mt. Pleasant—includes towns in Isabella, Mecosta, Gladwin, and Gratiot counties.

NEBRASKA

Omaha—includes Douglas and Sarpy counties. Also includes Pottawatamie County, Iowa.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Laconia—includes Laconia, Plymouth, Meredith, Conway, and Franklin.

NEW JERSEY

Cherry Hill—includes Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties.Essex County—East Essex includes Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Irvington, Newark,

and Nutley in Essex County, and Kearney in Hudson County. North Essex includesCaldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair, North Caldwell,Roseland, Verona, and West Caldwell. South Essex includes Maplewood, Millburn, ShortHills, and South Orange in Essex County, and Springfield in Union County.

Middlesex County—includes in Somerset County: Kendall Park, Somerset, and Franklin;in Mercer County: Hightstown; and all of Middlesex County.

Northeastern N.J.—includes Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset,Union, Hunterdon, Sussex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties.

North Hudson County—includes Guttenberg, Hudson Heights, North Bergen, North Hud-son, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawken, West New York, and Woodcliff.

Somerset County—includes most of Somerset County and a portion of Hunterdon County.

Trenton—includes most of Mercer County.Union County—includes all of Union County except Springfield. Also includes a few towns

in adjacent areas of Somerset and Middlesex counties.Vineland—includes most of Cumberland County and towns in neighboring counties adja-

cent to Vineland.

NEW YORK

Elmira—includes Chemung, Tioga, and Schuyler counties. Also includes Tioga and Brad-ford counties in Pennsylvania.

Glens Falls—includes Warren and Washington counties, lower Essex County, and upperSaratoga County.

Kingston—includes eastern half of Ulster County.New York Metropolitan area—includes the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester,

Nassau, and Suffolk counties. For a total Jewish population of the New York metropoli-tan region, please include Fairfield County, Connecticut; Rockland, Putnam, and Orangecounties, New York; and Northeastern New Jersey.

J E W I S H P O P U L A T I O N I N T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S / 2 0 5

Syracuse—includes Onondaga County, western Madison County, and most of OswegoCounty.

Utica—southeastern third of Oneida County.

NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville—includes Buncombe, Haywood, and Madison counties.Charlotte—includes Mecklenburg County. Also includes Lancaster and York counties in

South Carolina.

OHIO

Cincinnati—includes Hamilton and Butler counties. Also includes Boone, Campbell, andKenton counties in Kentucky.

Cleveland—for a total Jewish population of the Cleveland metropolitan region, pleaseinclude Elyria, Lorain, and Akron totals.

Toledo—includes Fulton, Lucas, and Wood counties. Also includes Monroe and Lenaweecounties, Michigan.

Youngstown—includes Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Also includes Mercer County,Pennsylvania.

PENNSYLVANIA

Ambridge—includes lower Beaver County and adjacent areas of Allegheny County. Alsoincluded in Pittsburgh total.

Bucks County (lower portion)—includes Bensalem Township, Bristol, Langhorne, Levit-town, New Hope, Newtown, Penndel, Trevose, Warrington, Yardley, Richboro, Feaster-ville, Middletown, Southampton, and Holland. Also included in Philadelphia total.

Philadelphia—includes Philadelphia City; Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, and Buckscounties. For a total Jewish population of the Philadelphia metropolitan region, pleaseinclude the Cherry Hill, Salem, and Trenton areas of New Jersey, and the Wilmingtonarea of Delaware.

Pittsburgh—includes all of Allegheny County and adjacent portions of Washington, West-moreland, and Beaver counties.

Sunbury—includes Shamokin, Lewisburg, Milton, Selinsgrove, and Sunbury.Wilkes-Barre—includes all of Luzerne County except southern portion, which is included

in Hazleton totals.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Sumter—includes towns in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, and Williamsburg counties.

TEXAS

Amarillo—includes Canyon, Childress, Borger, Dumas, Memphis, Pampa, Vega, and Here-ford in Texas, and Portales, New Mexico.

Houston—includes Harris, Montgomery, and Ft. Bend counties, and parts of Brazoria andGalveston counties.


McAllen—includes Edinburg, Harlingen, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Rio Grande City, SanJuan, and Weslaco. Portion of Harlingen also included in Brownsville total.

Waco—includes McLennan, Coryell, Bell, Falls, Hamilton, and Hill counties.

VIRGINIA

Fredericksburg—includes towns in Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Orange coun-ties.

Newport News—includes Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg, James City, YorkCounty and Poquoson City.

Richmond—includes Richmond City, Henrico County, and Chesterfield County.Staunton—includes towns in Augusta, Page, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Bath, and High-

land counties.Winchester—includes towns in Winchester, Frederick, Clarke, and Warren counties, Vir-

ginia; and Hardy and Jefferson counties, West Virginia.

WASHINGTON

Seattle—includes King County and adjacent portions of Snohomish and Kitsap counties.Tri Cities—includes Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick.

WEST VIRGINIA

Huntington—includes nearby towns in Ohio and Kentucky.

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee—includes Milwaukee County, eastern Waukesha County, and southernOzaukee County.

Wausau—includes Stevens Point, Marshfield, Antigo, and Rhinelander.

Documents

Jewish Population in the United States, 1994 · 2015. 5. 8. · JEWISH POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES / 183 using distinctive Jewish names (DJNs). While this procedure is viewed