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| Total population |
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| 106,839 (2000)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| New York City Metropolitan Area,[2] California, Florida, Philadelphia |
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Israeli Americans (Hebrew: ישראלים אמריקאיים) are Americans of Israeli descent. According to the 2000 census, there were 106,839 people of Israeli ancestry in the United States.[1]
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Since the declaration of the state of Israel and until today many Israelis emigrated to the United States. According to the 2000 census estimated that as many as 106,839 Israelis live in the United States nowadays.[1] A considerable numbers of Israelis, estimated broadly from 200,000 to three times that figure, have moved abroad in the recent decades.[3] Reasons for emigration vary, but generally relate to a combination of economic and political concerns.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development calculated an 'expatriate rate' of 2.9 persons per thousand, putting Israel in the mid-range of expatriate rates among the 175 OECD countries examined in 2005.[4]
The New York City metropolitan area has now become by far the leading metropolitan gateway for Israeli immigrants legally admitted into the United States, with the Los Angeles metropolitan area now in a distant second place.[2] Within the United States, as of September 2010, Israeli airline El Al operated from John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, both in the New York City metropolitan area, as well as from Los Angeles International Airport. The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel, and the city proper contains the largest Jewish community in the world.[5] Several other major cities have large Jewish communities, including Miami,[6] Boston,[7] and San Francisco.[8]
Los Angeles is home to a large community of Israelis and other Middle Eastern nationalities. The Israeli community make a considerable presence in Encino, an upper income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, and elsewhere in the valley. There is an established Jewish community of West Los Angeles that is home to Israeli, Iranian and Sephardic Jewish sections.
The U.S states by Israeli Americans at the 2000 census:[9]
| State |
Population Rank |
Israeli American (2000) |
Percent Israeli American (2000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1 | 30,164 | 0.2% |
| California | 2 | 24,956 | 0.1% |
| Florida | 3 | 9,511 | 0.1% |
| New Jersey | 4 | 7,939 | 0.1% |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 3,713 | 0.1% |
| Illinois | 6 | 3,557 | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | 3,051 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | 8 | 3,044 | 0.1% |
| Texas | 9 | 2,974 | 0.0% |
| Michigan | 10 | 1,737 | 0.0% |
| Ohio | 11 | 1,640 | 0.0% |
| Connecticut | 12 | 1,387 | 0.0% |
| Georgia (U.S. state) | 13 | 1,149 | 0.0% |
| Washington | 14 | 1,021 | 0.0% |
| Arizona | 15 | 984 | 0.0% |
| Nevada | 16 | 930 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | 17 | 898 | 0.0% |
| Colorado | 18 | 873 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 19 | 745 | 0.0% |
| Missouri | 20 | 612 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 21 | 540 | 0.0% |
| Oregon | 22 | 454 | 0.0% |
| South Carolina | 23 | 454 | 0.0% |
| Minnesota | 24 | 432 | 0.0% |
| Indiana | 25 | 363 | 0.0% |
| Tennessee | 26 | 324 | 0.0% |
| New Mexico | 27 | 309 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 28 | 240 | 0.0% |
| Louisiana | 29 | 230 | 0.0% |
| District of Columbia | - | 229 | 0.0% |
| Utah | 30 | 226 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | 31 | 214 | 0.0% |
| Hawaii | 32 | 208 | 0.0% |
| Kansas | 33 | 197 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 34 | 187 | 0.0% |
| Alabama | 35 | 181 | 0.0% |
| New Hampshire | 36 | 142 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | 37 | 139 | 0.0% |
| Delaware | 38 | 138 | 0.0% |
| Vermont | 39 | 131 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 40 | 103 | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | 41 | 100 | 0.0% |
| Idaho | 42 | 87 | 0.0% |
| Nebraska | 43 | 85 | 0.0% |
| Alaska | 44 | 62 | 0.0% |
| Puerto Rico | - | 55 | 0.0% |
| Maine | 45 | 45 | 0.0% |
| North Dakota | 46 | 36 | 0.0% |
| West Virginia | 47 | 36 | 0.0% |
| Montana | 48 | 33 | 0.0% |
| South Dakota | 49 | 22 | 0.0% |
| Wyoming | 50 | 7 | 0.0% |
A number of Israeli American organizations exist for various purposes, including the Council of Israeli Community, Israeli Leadership Club, the Israeli American Study Initiative (of the UCLA), and the Israeli Business Network of Beverly Hills.
In addition, certain Israeli-American communities have their own newspapers which are printed in Hebrew, arrange their own cultural, entertainment and art events (including celebrations of the Israeli independence day which usually takes place in Israeli-American demographic centers) and some have the Israeli Network channel which consists a selection of Live broadcasts as well as reruns of Israeli television news broadcasts, entertainment programs and Israeli sport events.
Israeli Americans are generally seen as having less interaction with the Jewish American (non-Israeli) community and its institutions, often preferring to maintain ties of association with other Israeli Americans.[10] In return, Jewish Americans, especially religious Jewish Americans, tend to maintain little contact with the Israeli American community besides participation in religious ceremonies.[11] In particular, religious American Jews view "yordim" as being the antithesis of the Jewish people's "eternal hope" of return and permanent settlement in Israel.[12]
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