
ccording
to the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Study, a United Jewish Communities
Report:
The
total US Jewish population is 5.2 million
- This comprises 2.9 million households with a total household
population (including Jewish and non-Jewish) of 6.7 million
- 57% of American Jews are married
- American Jews have higher educational achievement than the general US population with 55% having attained a college degree, and 25% earning a graduate degree (The comparable figures for the total U.S. population are 29% and 6%)
- 61% of American Jews are employed full or part time and 21% are retired
According to the Jewish Media Network Study, 2000. MRI Custom Division
J Media Newspaper demographics/readership:
- 70% spend between 1.5 and 3 hours reading their local Jewish newspaper
- Have an average annual household income of $120,100
(131 higher than average
US MRI index)
- 61.3% consciously purchase kosher products
- 88.9% participate in sporting activities
- 65.6% used the internet/went online once a day or more in the last 30 days
- 67.7% own cellular/digital phones
- 41% took 3+ foreign trips (vacation) in the last three years
- 26.4% took a cruise in the last three years (index 383)
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