Research Guides: Jewish Studies Resources: Statistics / Data

United States

"Demographic and Economic Profiles of 20th-century American Jewry" (Encyclopedia of American Jewish History).
"Jewish Americans in 2020" | Pew Research Center.
The 2015 Nashville and Middle Tennessee Jewish Community Study | Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis Univ.
American Jewish Year Book | American Jewish Committee.
The archive contains full-text of the American Jewish Year Book from 1899 to 2008. Each issue provides Jewish population statistics (ex: immigration, world Jewish population, and U.S. states and cities). Each issue also includes articles on the political & economic situation in countries and regions.
Berman Jewish Data Bank.
"The Berman Jewish DataBank @ The Jewish Federations of North America offers open access to hundreds of quantitative studies of North American Jewry."
Jewish Population Studies | Conference on Jewish Relations.
Trenton (1937), Passaic (1937), Buffalo (1938), Norwich and New London (1938), Pittsburgh (1938), Detroit (1935), Chicago (1930), Minneapolis (1936), San Francisco (1938).
Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) | Brandeis Univ.
Data on contemporary Jewry.
•American Jewish Population Project - Jewish population estimates and detailed demographic profiles of Jewish adults for the nation, states, metropolitan areas and counties. Information includes sex, age, educational attainment, and race/ethnicity.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Sec. 1: Population -> Religious Adherents
This database covers mostly 1970 to present and supersedes the U.S. government version, issued annually from 1878 to 2012 and available at:
http://www.census.gov/library/publications/time-series/statistical_abstracts.html
Access Note: If prompted to select an account, select Vanderbilt University.

Detailed Statistics on the Population of Israel by Ethnic and Religious Group and Urban and Rural Residence, 1950 to 2010 | U.S. Census Bureau.
Central Library, GOV-4TH-FL, GOV-FICHE C 3.2:St 2/15
Israel Yearbook and Almanac.
v.1 (1944 / 1945) - v. 54 (2000), with gaps
Statistical Abstract of Israel | Central Bureau of Statistics, The State of Israel.
See under Topics tab for data on individual & society (population, education, health, welfare, etc.), economy, environment & infrastructure, and government & local authorities.
Older statistics available in print from 1955/1956 to 2014 in the Annex, and 2001 to 2011 in Central Media Collection, CD-ROM 271
Statistics at the Bank of Israel.
Data and information on economic activity in Israel.

"Demography" (Encyclopaedia Judaica).
Size and geographical distribution of world Jewry and population characteristics. (links to articles on migration and vital statistics)
American Jewish Year Book | American Jewish Committee.
The archive contains full-text of the American Jewish Year Book from 1899 to 2008. Each issue provides Jewish population statistics (ex: immigration, world Jewish population, and U.S. states and cities). Each issue also includes articles on the political & economic situation in countries and regions.
Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden (1903- 1931) | Bureau für Statistik der Juden [Berlin, Germany].
Issues 1917, 1918, 1921, and 1922 not published.