How many jews currently live in the U.S.A?

Question

Either religious or otherwise.

It can include the ones whose previous generations where of jewish origin.

Answer 1

More than you asked for, but here it is:

GEOGRAPHY

The largest community of Jews live in the USA with 5,7 million. Many live in Eastern Europe and Western Europe, and there are between 200,000 and 300,000 on the African continent.
The largest communities in the area of this encyclopedia are in Israel and Palestine (these live under protection of Israeli occupation forces). Israel is the only Jewish state in the world.
http://i-cias.com/e.o/judaism.htm

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Commentary by Dr. Gerhard Falk
American Jews

The number of Jews in America is estimated in various ways. Those who consider only Jews with synagogue affiliations claim that there are only about 4,400,000 Jews in this country.

If we add to these affiliated Jews those who view themselves as Jewish although not affiliated with any Jewish religious group then we can count as many as \

--->6,061,000 Americans who claim to be Jews in random telephone interviews.

Accordingly, 9.1% or 1,651,000 of New York State citizens say they are Jewish. This is the largest concentration of Jews in any of the states. Jews constitute 5.7% of the population of New Jersey, 4.9% of the people of the District of Columbia, 4.2% of Floridians, 4.4% of Massachusetts citizens, 4.1% of the people of Maryland, 3.1% in Connecticut and 2.9% in California. In all other states Jews are very few. In some states Jews are more or less 2% of the population but in most states Jews are 1% or less of the American population.

Our share of the total American population is no more than 2.2% and perhaps less, depending on how we define who is a Jew.

Despite our small numbers, we are well liked by the American population. This is best understood by looking at the list of Jews in Congress and other political offices. While one senator from New York, Charles Schumer, is Jewish, both senators from California, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are Jewish.

Do you think our ancestors who came here in 1902 would have believed that two Jewish women would ever represent the state of California in the U.S. Senate?

http://jbuff.com/c052302.htm

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As of 2005:
Population

Prior to World War II the world population of Jews was around 18 million.

Today, there are an estimated 14 million Jews worldwide in over 134 countries.

--> these, around 5.8 million live in the United States and 5 million live in Israel.

Most of the remainder live in Canada, Hungary, Ukraine, France, Argentina, Russia and Germany, including 2.4 million in Europe. At the moment, an increasing number of Russian Jews are emigrating to Germany.

More than 500,000 Jews live in Latin America. Nearly half of them live in Argentina, while large communities also exist in Brazil (about 120,000) and Mexico (about 50,000).

Israel is the only country in which Jews form a majority of the population. It was established as an independent state on May 14, 1948. The symbol on the Israeli flag is known as the Star of David ("Magen David" in Hebrew).

Despite the small number of Jews worldwide, many influential thinkers in modern times have been ethnically Jewish. These include Karl Marx (whose parents converted to Christianity before he was born, and gave him no Jewish education), Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky and Milton Friedman. See List of famous Jews.
The Jewish community today

Europe's largest Jewish community can be found in Budapest, Hungary, home to 100-150,000 Jews.

The fastest-growing Jewish community in the world is in Germany, especially in its capital Berlin. Some tens of thousands of Jews from the former Eastern Bloc have settled in Germany since the fall of the Berlin wall. The experiences during the Nazi era, a cosmopolitan and anti-nationalistic post-war education, and the political movement of the Sixties have created an atmosphere of tolerance in Germany which is still missing in many post-communist states.

http://www.milechai.com/judaism/jewish-people.html

Answer 2

Number Of Jews In Usa

Answer 3

According to the National Jewish Population Survey

taken in 2000 the total Jewish population of the United States is 5.2 Million

Others have argued that the population is over six million.

It all depends on who you define as a Jew.

Answer 4

14 million

Answer 5

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Answer 6

6,452,030 in the year 2006.

Answer 7

not sure, but i hear more and more are moving back to israel/jerusalem