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American Jews
Jewish population in the USA and Canada.png
North American Jews as % of population by state/province
Total population
6,829,000–7,160,000

1.7–2.6% of total U.S. population, 2012
Enlarged population (includes full or partial Jewish ancestry)

8,000,000–10,000,000
Regions with significant populations
New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Baltimore–Washington
 United States 5.4–8.3 million
 Israel 170,000
Languages
Religion
Judaism (35% Reform, 18% Conservative, 10% Orthodox, 6% others, 30% Non-denomination)

American Jews, or Jewish Americans, are Americans who were Jews, whether by religion, ethnicity or nationally.



Images for kids

  • Welcome to the land of freedom

    Eastern European Jewish immigrants arriving in New York

  • Winston Churchill and Bernard Baruch talk in car in front of Baruch's home, 14 April 1961

    Winston Churchill and Bernard Baruch converse in the back seat of a car in front of Baruch's home.

  • Top of Rock Cropped

    The New York City metropolitan area is home to by far the largest Jewish American population.

  • US Navy 091211-N-6003P-067 Lt. Zac Stang, operations administrator and Jewish lay leader of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

    US serviceman lighting a Menorah in observance of the first day of Hanukkah

  • Brooklyn Posters 1

    A typical poster-hung wall in Jewish Brooklyn, New York

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Judíos estadounidenses para niños

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