Yahudi Amerika

Yahudi Amerika, adalah warganegara Amerika Syarikat yang merupakan keturunan Yahudi. Sebahagian besar tinjauan pendapat kependudukan memperkirakan jumlah penduduk mereka adalah antara 5.2 juta NJPS 2000-01 Report  sehingga 6.4 juta orang PR Newswire  . Dengan demikian penduduk masyarakat Yahudi di Amerika Syarikat dapat dianggap yang terbesar atau nombor dua terbesar di dunia setelah Israel. Masyarakat Yahudi Amerika Syarikat sebahagian besar adalah keturunan Yahudi Ashkenazi Jewish Virtual Library, meskipun juga terdapat keturunan Yahudi Sefardim dan Yahudi Mizrahi, serta beberapa suku Yahudi lainnya. Kepercayaan yang dianut juga meliputi pelbagai aliran agama Yahudi; daripada masyarakat Ultra-Ortodoks Haredi sampai ke masyarakat Yahudi yang benar-benar berfahaman duniawi.

 Taburan Yahudi Amerika 
Menurut Pusat Kajian Glenmary, yang menerbitkan Religious Congregations and Membership di Amerika Syarikat , 100 daerah dan bandar pada 2000 dengan masyarakat Yahudi yang terbesar, berdasarkan peratusan jumlah penduduk, adalah:

 Daerah PendudukYahudi  %jumlahnya  1  Rockland County, New York  90,000  31.4%  2  New York County, New YorkManhattan 314,500  20.5%  3  Falls Church, Virginia      1,800  17.4%     4  Fairfax, Virginia    3,600  16.7%     5  Nassau County, New York 207,000  15.5%  6  Kings County, New YorkBrooklyn 379,000  15.4%  7  Palm Beach County, Florida 167,000  14.8%  8  Broward County, Florida 213,000  13.1%  9  Queens County, New York 238,000  10.7% 10  Monmouth County, New Jersey  65,000  10.6% 11  Westchester County, New York  94,000  10.2% 12  Sullivan County, New York   7,425  10.0% 13  Essex County, New Jersey  76,200   9.6% 14  Bergen County, New Jersey  83,700   9.5% 15  Montgomery County, Maryland  83,800   9.1% 16  Baltimore, Maryland  56,500   8.7% 17  Fulton County, Georgia  65,900   8.1% 18  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania  59,550   7.9% 19  Middlesex County, Massachusetts 113,700   7.8% 20  Richmond County, New YorkStaten Island  33,700   7.6% 21  Marin County, California  18,500   7.5% 22  Camden County, New Jersey  36,000   7.1% 22  Morris County, New Jersey  33,500   7.1% 24  Suffolk County, New York 100,000   7.0% 25  Denver County, Colorado  38,100   6.6% 26  Oakland County, Michigan  77,200   6.5% 27  San Francisco County, California  49,500   6.4% 28  Bronx County, New York  83,700   6.3% 29  Middlesex County, New Jersey  45,000   6.0% 30  Los Angeles County, California 564,700   5.9% 30  Norfolk County, Massachusetts  38,300   5.9% 32  Atlantic County, New Jersey  14,600   5.8% 32  Bucks County, Pennsylvania  34,800   5.8% 32  Union County, New Jersey  30,100   5.8% 35  Cuyahoga County, Ohio  79,000   5.7% 35  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania  86,600   5.7% 37  Clark County, Nevada  75,000   5.5% 37  Miami-Dade County, Florida 124,000   5.5% 39  Baltimore County, Maryland  38,000   5.0% 39  Pitkin County, Colorado     750   5.0% 39  Plymouth County, Massachusetts  23,600   5.0% 42  St. Louis County, Missouri  47,100   4.6% 43  Boulder County, Colorado  13,200   4.5% 43  Washington, District of Columbia  25,500   4.5% 45  Cook County, Illinois 234,400   4.4% 45  Fairfield County, Connecticut  38,800   4.4% 45  Orange County, New York  15,000   4.4% 48  Alexandria, Virginia   5,400   4.2% 49  Albany County, New York  12,000   4.1% 49  Alpine County, California      50   4.1% 49  Sarasota County, Florida  13,500   4.1% Daerah PendudukYahudi  %jumlahnya 52  Howard County, Maryland  10,000   4.0% 53  Lake County, Illinois  25,000   3.9% 54  Portsmouth, Virginia   3,800   3.8% 55  Somerset County, New Jersey  11,100   3.7% 55  West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana     800   3.7% 57  Rockdale County, Georgia   2,500   3.6% 57  Suffolk County, Massachusetts  24,700   3.6% 59  Bristol County, Rhode Island   1,760   3.5% 59  Custer County, Idaho     150   3.5% 59  Hartford County, Connecticut  30,000   3.5% 59  New Haven County, Connecticut  28,900   3.5% 59  Passaic County, New Jersey  17,000   3.5% 59  San Mateo County, California  24,500   3.5% 59  Schenectady County, New York   5,200   3.5% 66  Ulster County, New York   5,900   3.3% 67  Norfolk, Virginia   7,600   3.2% 67  Santa Clara County, California  54,000   3.2% 69  Burlington County, New Jersey  13,000   3.1% 69  Monroe County, New York  22,500   3.1% 71  Essex County, Massachusetts  21,700   3.0% 72  Berkshire County, Massachusetts   3,900   2.9% 72  Delaware County, Pennsylvania  15,700   2.9% 72  Monroe County, Michigan   4,200   2.9% 72  Multnomah County, Oregon  19,300   2.9% 76  Hennepin County, Minnesota  31,600   2.8% 76  Sussex County, New Jersey   4,100   2.8% 78  Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  34,600   2.7% 78  Fayette County, Georgia   2,500   2.7% 78  Hamilton County, Ohio  22,500   2.7% 78  Johnson County, Kansas  12,000   2.7% 82  Mercer County, New Jersey   9,100   2.6% 82  Nantucket County, Massachusetts     250   2.6% 82  Ozaukee County, Wisconsin   2,100   2.6% 82  Pinellas County, Florida  24,200   2.6% 82  Prince George's County, Maryland  20,700   2.6% 82  Worcester County, Massachusetts  19,500   2.6% 88  San Diego County, California  70,000   2.5% 89  New Castle County, Delaware  11,900   2.4% 89  Pima County, Arizona  20,000   2.4% 91  Alameda County, California  32,500   2.3% 91  Chester County, Pennsylvania  10,100   2.3% 91  Contra Costa County, California  22,000   2.3% 91  Cumberland County, Maine   6,000   2.3% 91  Hampden County, Massachusetts  10,600   2.3% 91  Ocean County, New Jersey  11,500   2.3% 91  Santa Cruz County, California   6,000   2.3% 98  Bristol County, Massachusetts  11,600   2.2% 98  Clay County, Georgia      75   2.2% 98  Washtenaw County, Michigan   7,000   2.2%

 Masyarakat Yahudi Amerika yang terbesar 
(Menurut huruf mengikut negeri dan daerah)

 California Northern California Berkeley Marin County Oakland Pleasanton San Francisco Santa Clara County Walnut Creek Southern California Agoura Hills Bel Air Beverly Hills Brentwood, Los Angeles Burbank Calabasas Coachella Valley Fairfax District, Los Angeles Glendale Irvine Lake Forest Newport Beach Palm Springs Pasadena San Fernando Valley (west and south) Santa Monica Sun City Thousand Oaks Ventura County West Hollywood Westlake Village West Los Angeles

 Connecticut Hamden Stamford West Hartford Westport Woodbridge

 Florida Central Florida Ormond Beach South Florida Aventura Bradenton Boca Raton Boynton Beach Delray Beach Fort Lauderdale Golden Beach Lake Worth Miami Beach Miami Sarasota Sunny Isles Beach West Palm Beach

 Georgia Atlanta

 Illinois Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Chicago (Gold Coast Hyde Park West Rogers Park) Deerfield Des Plaines Evanston Flossmoor Glenview Highland Park Lincolnwood Long Grove Morton Grove Northbrook Skokie Wilmette

 Maryland District of Columbia Baltimore Owings Mills Pikesville Reisterstown Aspen Hill Bethesda Chevy Chase Gaithersburg Kemp Mill Kensington Olney Potomac Rockville Silver Spring Takoma Park Washington, D.C. Wheaton White Oak

 Massachusetts Brighton Brookline Lexington Marblehead Newton Sharon Wayland

 Michigan Ann Arbor Detroit (Bloomfield Hills Bloomfield Township West Bloomfield Farmington Hills Huntington Woods Oak Park Southfield)

 Minnesota Minneapolis (St. Louis Park Minnetonka) St. Paul

 Missouri St. Louis (University City Clayton Ladue)

 New JerseyNew Jersey, New York City, Long Island and Westchester County each have large Jewish communities, but the areas listed within and without have the highest concentrations. Cherry Hill East Brunswick Edison Elizabeth Englewood Fair Lawn Highland Park Lakewood Livingston Manalapan Township Marlboro Township Millburn Morristown Newark South Orange West Orange Passaic Springfield Teaneck Tenafly Wayne Woodcliff Lake Englewood Cliffs Paramus Fort Lee

 New York Long Island   Baldwin Bellmore Dix Hills East Hampton "Five Towns" Great Neck Huntington Jericho Merrick Oceanside Old Bethpage Plainview Roslyn Port Washington Syosset  New York City Brooklyn Bensonhurst Borough Park Brighton Beach Brooklyn Heights Coney Island Crown Heights Dyker Heights Midwood Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Prospect Heights Sheepshead Bay Williamsburg Bronx Castle Hill City Island Co-op City Norwood Pelham Gardens Pelham Parkway Riverdale Van Cortlandt Park Woodlawn Queens Forest Hills Kew Gardens Little Neck Fresh Meadows Rego Park Manhattan Lower East Side Inwood Midtown Upper West Side, Manhattan Staten Island Willowbrook New Springville Orange County Kiryas Joel Rockland County Kaser Monsey Montebello New City New Square Spring Valley Suffern Viola Wesley Hills Westchester County Chappaqua Harrison Hartsdale Larchmont Mamaroneck New Rochelle Rye Scarsdale White Plains

 North Carolina Cary Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh

 Ohio Cincinnati Amberley Blue Ash Reading Cleveland Beachwood Cleveland Heights Lyndhurst Moreland Hills Orange Pepper Pike Shaker Heights Solon South Euclid University Heights Columbus Bexley

 Pennsylvania Philadelphia Cheltenham Township (Elkins Park) Overbrook Lower Merion Township (Bala Cynwyd Gladwyne Merion Wynnewood) Narberth Oxford Circle Rhawnhurst Richboro Spring House Upper Dublin Township (Abington Township Dresher Fort Washington) West Chester Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill

 Texas Dallas North Dallas (Preston Hollow, Devonshire, Melshire Estates, Bluff View, Greenway Parks, Turtle Creek, Bent Tree, Far North Dallas) Plano Houston Meyerland Memorial Maplewood Braeburn Inwood Forest Addicks Cypress Jersey Village Piney Point Village Bunker Hill Village Hedwig Village Hilshire Village Hunters Creek Village West University Place Sugar Land

 Virginia Alexandria Fairfax Falls Church

 Washington Bellevue Mercer Island Seattle

 Wisconsin  Bayside Glendale Fox Point Mequon Whitefish Bay (All in metro Milwaukee)

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