About how many Jewish adults live in the United States?
Answerabout 5.8 million adults
Including children, Pew estimated the total US Jewish population at about 7.5 million as of 2020.
Source: Pew Research Center (2020) pewresearch.org
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What share of US Jewish adults say they attend religious services weekly or more, versus the general public?
Answer12% vs 27%
Weekly religious attendance among Jewish Americans is notably lower than among the US public overall.
Source: Pew Research Center (2020) pewresearch.org
About what share of American Jews identify as Ashkenazi (Central/Eastern European ancestry)?
Answerabout two-thirds
Sephardic Jews (Spanish/Mediterranean ancestry) and Mizrahi Jews (Middle Eastern ancestry) make up much smaller shares, at 3% and 1%.
Source: Pew Research Center (2020) pewresearch.org
About what is the estimated 'core' Jewish population worldwide?
Answerabout 16.5 million
That's roughly 0.2% of the world's total population of about 8.28 billion people.
Source: Wikipedia, Jewish population by country en.wikipedia.org
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