Metropolitan
areas with the largest Jewish populations (Total
number of Jews in 2001: 13.2 millions)
Rank
|
Metro
area
|
Country
|
Jewish
Population
|
Share
of World’s Jews
|
Cumulative
%
|
1
Tel Aviv
Israel
2,560,000
19.3
19.3
2
New York
U.S.
1,970,000
14.9
34.2
3
Haifa
Israel
655,000
4.9
39.1
4
Los Angeles
U.S.
621,000
4.7
43.8
5
Jerusalem
Israel
570,000
4.3
48.1
6
Southeast Florida U.S.
514,000
3.9
52.0
7
Paris
France
310,000
2.3
54.3
8
Philadelphia
U.S.
276,000
2.1
56.4
9
Chicago
U.S.
261,000
2.0
58.4
10
Boston
U.S.
227,000
1.7
60.1
11
San Francisco
U.S.
210,000
1.6
61.7
12
London
U.K.
195,000
1.5
63.1
13
Buenos Aires
Argentina
175,000
1.3
64.5
14
Toronto
Canada
175,000
1.3
65.8
15
Washington
U.S.
165,000
1.2
67.0
16
Be’er Sheva
Israel
165,000
1.2
68.3
17
Moscow
Russia
108,000
0.8
69.1
18
Baltimore
U.S.
95,000
0.7
69.8
19
Montreal
Canada
95,000
0.7
70.5
20
Detroit
U.S.
94,000
0.7
71.2 |