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Jews comprise approximately 10% of New York City's population, making the Jewish community the largest in the world outside of Israel.As of 2020, over 960,000 Jews lived in the five boroughs of New York City, [1] and over 1.9 million Jews lived in the New York metropolitan area, approximately 25% of the American Jewish population.
New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. In 2011, according to the UJA-Federation of New York, the five boroughs of New York City proper was home to 1,086,000 Jews, representing 13% of the city's population. [4] In 2023, 960,000 Jews live in the city, nearly half of them live in Brooklyn. [5] [3] [2]
The Jewish population in New York City grew from about 80,000 in 1880 to 1.6 million in 1920. By 1910, it became the world's largest Jewish city, as more than 1 million Jews accounted for 25 percent of the city's population. [7] As of 2023, about 960,000 residents of New York City, or about 10% of its residents, were Jewish. [8]
In New York, an estimated 430,000 Jews live in Orthodox households, according to a United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation survey earlier this year; around one in five Jewish households. Of that ...
Brooklyn's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 561,000 individuals. [1]Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam, New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity.
The Jewish population in New York City exploded from 80,000 Jews in 1880 to 1.5 million in 1920, as Jews from Eastern Europe fled pogroms and discrimination. [100] The Jewish population peaked at 2.2 million in 1940. A large portion of the population suburbanized after World War II, [94] as a part of the larger trend of White flight.
Manhattan’s Yorkville is the most densely packed area in New York, while Staten Island’s Tottenville-Charleston area the least. Tribeca has the highest median household income ($200,000) in ...
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