Root & Voice reference
A source-led reference on identity, practice, belonging, and safety in Jewish life in the United States.
Last updated September 23, 2026. Individual findings below are dated to their original research.
What these numbers hold
Jewish American life resists a single story. These figures gather recent national research on population, affiliation, values, and the conditions in which people are living now. They are here as a clear starting point for writers, teachers, facilitators, and readers who need a factual point of reference.
No survey can contain every Jewish life. Read the figures with their source dates and definitions in view, and follow the original research when a fuller picture is needed.
7.5 million
That estimate includes about 5.8 million adults and 1.8 million children. Pew cautions that totals vary with the definition of Jewishness and should not be read as an exact count.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 20211.7%
This is a religious-identification measure, not a count of everyone who understands their Jewishness through culture, ancestry, family, or another path.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, February 26, 202527%
These respondents identified as Jewish in an ethnic, cultural, or familial sense while describing their religion as atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202140%
The figure shows one part of a broader generational picture, not a single prescription for how younger Jews relate to Jewish life.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202137%
Reform was the largest named branch in the survey, alongside 17% Conservative and 9% Orthodox identification.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202132%
This does not map perfectly onto being a Jew of no religion. The two groups overlap, but they are not the same.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202176%
Pew asked respondents whether a range of causes and activities were essential, important but not essential, or not important to their Jewish identity.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202172%
The same 2020 study found that 59% named working for justice and equality in society as essential.
Source: Pew Research Center, Jewish Americans in 2020, May 11, 202156%
This result comes from the American Jewish Committee's national survey of Jewish adults conducted in fall 2024.
Source: American Jewish Committee, State of Antisemitism in America 2024, 202433%
The American Jewish Committee reported this finding in its 2024 national survey of Jewish adults.
Source: American Jewish Committee, State of Antisemitism in America 2024, 2024Method and sources
This page brings together nationally focused research from Pew Research Center and the American Jewish Committee. The population, affiliation, and values figures are drawn from Pew's 2020 survey of Jewish Americans. The current religious-identification figure comes from Pew's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study. Safety findings come from the American Jewish Committee's 2024 national survey.
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Root & Voice. “Jewish American Statistics: Identity, Practice, and Belonging.” Updated September 23, 2026. https://root-and-voice.org/jewish-american-statistics
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