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Jews comprise approximately 16% of New York City 's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel and the world's largest metropolitan Jewish community. As of 2020, just over 1.3 million Jews lived in the five boroughs of New York City, and over 1.912 million Jews lived in New York-Newark-Jersey City overall.
*Rank by total Jewish and non-Jewish population. The Data are for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) as defined by the US Census Bureau. Source: Ira M. Sheskin & Arnold Dashefsky. “United States Jewish Population, 2022,” in Arnold Dashefsky & Ira M. Sheskin. (Editors) American Jewish Year Book, 2022, (Cham, SUI: Springer, 2023).
Rank*AreaPopulation(total)Population(jewish)1New York - Newark - Jersey City, NY - NJ ...19,768,4582,167,9272Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA12,997,353703,4503Chicago - Naperville - Elgin, IL - IN - ...9,509,934321,9804Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX7,759,61575,005People also ask
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Census data shows Orthodox Jewish areas of NY, NJ are among fastest growing. In New Jersey, the heavily ultra-Orthodox town of Lakewood is growing at the highest rate of any city in the state. By ...
Aug 18, 2021 · Hasidic Williamsburg was the fastest-growing Assembly district in New York state, while in New Jersey, increasingly haredi Lakewood grew at the highest rate of any city in the state.
- Philissa Cramer
The Jewish population of New Jersey, which was dependent upon the economic development in the northeastern sector of the state, both for employment and market outlets in nearby New York City, grew from an estimated 5,600 in 1880, to 25,000 in 1900, 40,000 in 1905, 70,000 in 1907, 258,306 in 1927, and leveled off to 259,970 in 1937. By 1969 ...
Feb 18, 2022 · In Lakewood, the neighborhood church is a synagogue. Over the last decade, the majority-Orthodox Lakewood was the second-fastest growing city in New Jersey. Its population increased by more than 45%, or some 42,000 people, between 2010 and 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
The history of Jews in New Jersey started with the arrival of Dutch and English traders and settlers in the late 1600s. [1] [2] According to the Berman Jewish DataBank's 2019 survey, New Jersey is the state with the fourth highest total population of Jews at 545,450 and is also the state with the third highest percent of Jews at 6.1%.
