Here are a few statistics extracted from the recent Jewish commuity study:
• The percentage of Jewish children living with a single parent has more than doubled since 1986, from 15 to 32 percent.
• Nearly 40 percent of the West Bay’s Jewish population moved here in the last 18 years.
• One of every five Jewish children in San Francisco has Russian-speaking parents.
• The South Peninsula has the lowest rate of intermarriage (39 percent). But with its large Jewish population, it still has the most intermarried couples.
• The highest rates of intermarriage are in Sonoma and Marin counties at 75 percent.
• The median income of all West Bay Jewish households is $81,000 a year.
• The unemployment rate is highest among Jewish couples with children — 17 percent of children living in two-parent homes have a parent searching for work.
• Among young couples unaffiliated with a synagogue, 68 percent still celebrate Shabbat or some Jewish holidays. Among young, unaffiliated singles, 60 percent do so.
• Among Jewish children ages 6 to 12, 45 percent are enrolled in some form of Jewish education. Only 13 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds are.
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender households make up not quite 9 percent of the West Bay’s Jews, and are far more dispersed throughout the West Bay than in years past. Around 11 percent of LGBT households have children.
• Jews from the former Soviet Union constitute 8 percent of all West Bay Jewish households, and Israelis make up 4 percent. There are proportionately more young couples and couples with children in both groups than in the general Jewish population.
• Seven of every 10 West Bay residents 65 and older has a college degree, and 85 percent were born in the United States.
• There are 85,000 Jewish singles in the West Bay, and only 40 percent are younger than 40.
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