Statistics of the Jews of the United States. Compiled Under the Authority of the Board of Delegates of American Israelites and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

For the Union of American Hebrew Congregations

Philadelphia

1880

Organized by state, city and name of congregation, this review published the results (number of members, value of property, etc.) based upon a “plan adopted to secure the desired information …sending out blanks and circulars to almost every place in the Union” (p. 3). In the preface, the Jewish population of the United States in 1878 was recorded as 250,000.