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This report classifies approximately 5.8 million adults (2.4% of all U.S. adults) as Jewish. This includes 4.2 million (1.7%) who identify as Jewish by religion and 1.5 million Jews of no religion (0.6%).[17. numoffset=”17″ Figures may not add up because of rounding. Percentages are rounded to one decimal. Population counts are rounded to the nearest […]
What does it mean to be Jewish in America? A new Pew Research Center survey looks into this diverse group.
CORRECTION (May 20, 2021): Due to a typographical error, a previous version of the table “About half of U.S. Jews feel ‘a great deal’ of belonging to the Jewish people” misstated the percentage of Conservative Jews who feel some sense of belonging to the Jewish people. The actual share is 26%. About three-quarters of Jewish […]
Jewish Americans are not a highly religious group, at least by traditional measures of religious observance. But many engage with Judaism in some way, whether through holidays, food choices, cultural connections or life milestones. For instance, roughly seven-in-ten Jews say they often or sometimes cook or eat traditional Jewish foods, making this the most common […]