Arutz-7 has the results of a new survey of American Jews.
According to a new American Jewish Year Book survey, there are currently 6.4 million Jews in the United States – about a million more than in Israel….
About 2.2 percent of the US population is Jewish, according to American Jewish Year Book statistics.
New York, as in years past, was found to have the largest Jewish population of any state, at 1,618,000. California (1,194,000), Florida (653,000) and New Jersey (480,000) had the next largest numbers of Jewish residents. These four states account for more than 60 percent of the entire national Jewish estimate.
Regionally, 44 percent of Jews live in the Northeast; 11 percent live in the Midwest; 22 percent live in the South; and 24 percent live in the West.
San Francisco, California, showed the largest single reported growth nationally among Jewish communities, increasing from 107,900 in 2001 to 227,800 in 2006 – or 10% of the local population. Other areas showing growth of 70,000 or more were Atlanta, Georgia (33,900 to 119,800); San Diego, California (19,000 to 89,000); Montgomery and Price Georges County, Maryland (16,500 to 121,000); and South Palm Beach Florida (14,500 to 107,500)….
According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, as of late 2006, there were 7,077,000 Israelis, including 5,368,000 Jews.