History of the Jews in Chicago

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The 2020 estimate of the Jewish population in metropolitan Chicago is around 319,600, according to Brandeis University's Chicago Report.[1] The population of Jewish people within the City of Chicago's limits is estimated to be around 120,000, with another 200,000 residing in the suburbs surrounding the major city.[1] At the end of the 20th century there were a total of 270,000 Jews in the Chicago area, with 30% in the city limits.[2] In 1995, over 80% of the suburban Jewish population lived in the northern and northwestern suburbs of Chicago.[3] At this time, West Rogers Park was - and continues to be - the largest Jewish community within the city of Chicago. However, the Jewish population within the city had been declining and tended to be older and more well-educated than the Chicago average. [4] The Jewish immigrants to Chicago came from many different countries, with the most common being Eastern Europe and Germany.[2]

  1. ^ a b "2020 Metropolitan Chicago Jewish Population Study". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
  2. ^ a b Cutler, Irving. "Jews." Encyclopedia of Chicago History. Retrieved on March 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Cutler, "The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb," Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait, p. 165-166.
  4. ^ Cutler, "The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb," Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait, p. 165.