The two communities reporting the largest Jewish population growth after Portland were both in Florida: Boca Raton-Delray Beach (6,000), and the remainder of Palm Beach County (7,000). Modest growth also took place in Baton Rouge, La.; Annapolis, Md.; Portsmouth, N.H.; and Saratoga Springs and Utica, N.Y.
While the Northeast continues to hold more than double the concentration of Jews of any region, 21 percent of U.S. Jews live in the South, 21 percent in the West, and 12 percent in the Midwest.
New York remains the state with the highest Jewish concentration at 9.1 percent of its total population, followed by New Jersey at 5.8 percent, the District of Columbia at 4.8 percent, Massachusetts with 4.5 percent, and Florida with 4.3 percent.
Data were collected from about 200 Jewish federations. Estimates from areas without federations were provided by local rabbis and other community leaders.