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The British Survey of Western Palestine estimated Haifa's population to be about 3,000 in 1859. [46] Haifa remained majority Muslim throughout this time but a small Jewish community continued to exist there. In 1798, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov spent Rosh HaShana with the Jewish community of Haifa. In 1839 the Jewish population numbered 124. [47]
The growth rate of the Arab population in Israel is 2.2%, while the growth rate of the Jewish population in Israel is 1.8%. The growth rate of the Arab population has slowed from 3.8% in 1999 to 2.2% in 2013, and for the Jewish population, the growth rate declined from 2.7% to its lowest rate of 1.4% in 2005.
[1] [2] The eight mixed Jewish-Arab cities, defined by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics as those with more than 10% of the population registered as "Arabs" and more than 10% of the population registered as "Jews", [3] [4] include the following seven Israeli cities: Haifa, Lod, Ramle, Jaffa (now a part of Tel Aviv), Acre, Nof HaGalil ...
Notes. 1 The population of "Jews and others" includes Jews, non-Arab Christians and those not classified by religion.; 2 The core area includes the city of Haifa.; 3 The inner ring consists of the Haifa District and includes the cities Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Yam, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Ata, Tirat Carmel and Nesher, as well as a multitude of smaller towns (local councils).
Therefore, the following list of cities ranked by Jewish population is not complete. In particular, it excludes many Jewish-majority cities in Israel. Many of the U.S. cities have their data sourced from the Jewish Data Bank, which records population statistics for service areas that encompass many counties in a metropolitan area. [6]
The population is predominantly Arab, with a Jewish minority. It covers an area of 0.22 square kilometers. In 2008, 3,240 people lived there. Of these, 160 Jews, 670 Muslims and 2,240 Arab Christians. [6]
While the Jewish population currently makes up an estimated 1.9 percent of the U.S. population, it is estimated to make up 1.4 percent of the population in 2050. Evidently, there is hope for the ...
According to census, Israel's population is 75.4% Jewish, and 20.5% Arab. The Arab population comprise Arab Muslims (including Bedouins), Arab Christians, and Druze. About 4,000 Armenians and 4,000 Circassians live in Israel. There are smaller numbers of people of Jewish heritage or spouses of Jews, non-Arab Christians, and non-Arab Muslims. 3. ...