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For instance, on this, the seventh night of Hanukkah, you can see who might be lighting their menorahs, and how the Jewish population has changed since 1990. (In 1980, the survey's coverage of the Jewish synagogues and other non-Christian religions was incomplete.)
According to the 1990 survey, there were 5,982,529 Jews in the U.S., representing 2.41 percent of religious adherents. By 2000, the number of Jews increased to 6,141,325, but while the overall number of Jews increased, the proportion of Jewish religious adherents decreased to 2.18 percent.