Areas and locations in the United States where Orthodox Jews live in significant communities. These are areas that have within them an Orthodox Jewish community in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own eruvs, community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas, and/or synagogues that serve the members of the local Orthodox community who may at times be the majority of the population.
An appearance on this list does not mean that the place listed is inhabited entirely by Orthodox Jews, nor that Orthodox Jews constitute the majority of the population of the place listed. While some of the communities listed are nearly entirely Orthodox, most are cohesive Orthodox communities that exist within a larger, non-Orthodox community. In many cases, there are other cohesive communities within the same area comprising other religious and/or ethnic groups.
The majority of Orthodox Jews in the United States live in the Northeast U.S. (particularly New York and New Jersey), but many other communities in the United States have Orthodox Jewish populations. This list includes Haredi, Hasidic, Modern Orthodox, and Sephardic Orthodox communities. The list does not include every location in the United States that contains a Chabad house, as the main purpose of these synagogues is to reach out to non-Orthodox populations.
Alabama
Birmingham
Arizona Casa Grande North Central Phoenix Scottsdale Tucson
California
Southern California
Beverly Hills Beverlywood, Los Angeles Bixby Knolls, Long Beach College Area, San Diego Encino, Los Angeles Fairfax District, Los Angeles Hancock Park, Los Angeles La Jolla, San Diego Northridge, Los Angeles Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles Tarzana, Los Angeles University Park, Irvine Valley Village, Los Angeles Westwood, Los Angeles Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Northern California
Arden-Arcade Berkeley Oakland Outer Richmond, San Francisco Palo Alto Sunset District, San Francisco
Colorado
Greenwood Village Hilltop, Denver Washington Virginia Vale, Denver West Colfax, Denver
Connecticut
Ellington New Haven New London Norwich Stamford Waterbury West Hartford
District of Columbia Georgetown Shepherd Park
Florida
Aventura Boca Raton Boynton Beach Deerfield Beach Delray Beach Hollywood Miami Beach North Miami Beach Orlando Palm Beach South Jacksonville Tampa West Palm Beach
Georgia
Dunwoody Toco Hills, North Druid Hills Sandy Springs Savannah
Illinois
Lincolnwood Northbrook Skokie West Ridge/West Rogers Park, Chicago
Indiana
Centerville Indianapolis South Bend
Iowa
Postville
Kansas
Overland Park
Kentucky
Louisville
Louisiana
New Orleans
Maryland
Bethesda Cheswolde, Baltimore Fallstaff, Baltimore Glen, Baltimore Kemp Mill Olney Owings Mills Park Heights, Baltimore Pikesville Potomac Reisterstown Rockville Silver Spring White Oak, Southeast Hebrew Congregation
Massachusetts Brighton Brookline Cambridge Longmeadow/Springfield Malden Newton Onset Sharon
Michigan
Ann Arbor Farmington Hills Huntington Woods Oak Park Southfield West Bloomfield
Minnesota
St. Louis Park Highland Park, St. Paul
Missouri
Chesterfield University City
Nebraska
Omaha
Nevada Henderson Summerlin
New Jersey
Central Jersey Aberdeen Allenhurst Bradley Beach Deal East Brunswick Eatontown Edison Elberon Highland Park Howell Township Jackson Township Lakewood Township Lawrenceville Loch Arbour Long Branch Marlboro Manalapan Monroe Township Accessed February 11, 2019. Oakhurst Red Bank Toms River Twin Rivers West Long Branch
North Jersey Bergenfield Clifton Elizabeth Englewood Fair Lawn Fort Lee Greenville, Jersey City Hillside Linden Livingston Mahwah Maplewood Morristown Mount Freedom, Randolph New Milford Paramus Parsippany Passaic Springfield Teaneck Tenafly Union City West Orange
South Jersey Cherry Hill Margate City
New York
With the largest Jewish population outside Israel, approximately one-third of all Jews in New York are now Orthodox Jews.
Bronx Baychester Pelham Parkway Riverdale
Brooklyn Bensonhurst Borough Park Brownsville Crown Heights Flatbush Gravesend Kensington Manhattan Beach Marine Park Midwood Mill Basin Sheepshead Bay Williamsburg
Manhattan Lower East Side Upper East Side Upper West Side Washington Heights
Queens Bayswater Belle Harbor Far Rockaway Forest Hills Fresh Meadows Hillcrest Hollis Hills, Queens Village Holliswood Jamaica Estates Kew Gardens Kew Gardens Hills Rego Park Richmond Hill Rosedale https://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/final-chuppah-for-the-sixth-town,2449 Sunnyside
Staten Island Manor Heights Westerleigh Willowbrook
Long Island Atlantic Beach Cedarhurst Coram East Meadow East Northport Great Neck Hewlett Huntington Inwood Lawrence Lido Beach Long Beach Lynbrook Merrick New Hyde Park North Bellmore North Woodmere https://amimagazine.org/2017/05/10/neighborhood-evolves-north-woodmere/ Oceanside Patchogue Plainview Rockville Centre https://www.liherald.com/stories/rockville-centre-community-unites-to-break-the-hate,206595 Valley Stream https://www.liherald.com/stories/much-stronger-together,2338 Westhampton Beach, Southampton West Hempstead/Franklin Square Woodmere Woodsburgh https://yiwsouth.org/
Orange County Blooming Grove Chester Monroe Palm Tree Kiryas Joel Woodbury Harriman
Rockland County
Ramapo Airmont Kaser Montebello Monsey New Hempstead New Square Spring Valley Wesley Hills
Sullivan County
Bloomingburg Fallsburg Loch Sheldrake South Fallsburg Woodridge Woodbourne Kiamesha Lake Thompson Monticello Swan Lake White Lake
Upstate
Albany Buffalo Poughkeepsie Rochester Schenectady Syracuse Wawarsing Ellenville Williamsville
Westchester County Fleetwood, Mount Vernon Harrison Mount Kisco New Rochelle Scarsdale White Plains Yonkers
Ohio
Amberley Beachwood Bexley Berwick, Columbus Cleveland Heights Golf Manor University Heights
Oregon
Hillsdale, Portland
Pennsylvania
Allentown Center City, Philadelphia Elkins Park Kingston Lancaster Lower Merion Township Bala Cynwyd Merion Station Penn Wynne Wynnewood Newtown Northeast Philadelphia Bustleton Rhawnhurst Somerton Scranton South Philadelphia Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh Uptown, Harrisburg Yardley
Rhode Island
Newport Providence
South Carolina Charleston Myrtle Beach
Tennessee
East Memphis Southwestern Nashville
Texas
Brays Oaks/Meyerland, Houston North/Far North Dallas Northwest Austin Northwest San Antonio
Virginia
Fairfax Norfolk Richmond Virginia Beach
Washington
Mercer Island Ravenna, Seattle Seward Park, Seattle
Wisconsin
Bayside Glendale Lake Park, Milwaukee Mequon Sherman Park, Milwaukee Shorewood Whitefish Bay
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