Jewish Population on the Decline in America

September 23, 2000

Source: The Houston Chronicle

On September 23, 2000, The Houston Chronicle reported that "if present trends continue, by the year 2080 North America's Jewish population will drop by a third, to 4 million, according to projections in the new American Jewish Year Book...The article says that outside Israel there has been 'unprecedented erosion' in the Jewish family due to lower birth rates and such factors as delayed marriages, couples cohabiting out of wedlock and rising divorce. The annual, published by the American Jewish Committee, reports there are currently 5.7 million Jews in the United States, 362,000 in Canada and 13,191,500 worldwide."