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Education and Income Level The Jewish community is very well educated, with 75 percent holding a college or graduate degree. In contrast, the 2009 Census shows that 20 percent of East Bay residents overall have a college degree, and only 12 percent have a graduate or other professional degree. 12 Fully 24 percent of East Bay Jews have a master’s degree, 8 percent a doctorate, and 4 percent a medical or law degree. Figure 12: Education Education Total East Bay (2009 US Census Data) 13 Total East Bay Jews (GQR Survey Data) High school or less 30 8 Some college 25 14 College grad 20 39 Graduate school 12 37 Don’t Know/ Refused - 2 While a significant number of respondents refused to answer the question (20 percent), Jewish residents of the East Bay are high income earners. Overall, after imputation to account for refusal, more than half of Jewish residents earn more than $100,000 in total family income. However, almost one-third (31 percent) earn less than $75,000 per year, with 10 percent earning between $25,000 and $50,000. Nationally, the median family income is $79,634. 14 While the differences are small, the highest income residents are found in LAMORINDA and the 680 Corridor. Figure 13: Income Income Total East Bay (2008 US Census Data) 15 Total East Bay Jews (GQR Survey Data) Less than $25,000 11 9 $25,000 to $50,000 12 12 $50,000 to $75,000 16 10 $75,000 to $100,000 14 13 $100,000 to $150,000 20 20 $150,000 to $300,000 10 29 $300,000 or more 11 6 *Census data uses slightly different income breakdowns: $150,000 to $200,000 and $200,000 or more 12 2009 US Census Data. ―2009 Census Education Breakdowns for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Napa County and Solano County‖ Accessed June 1, 2011. http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html. 13 2009 US Census Data. ―2009 Census Education Breakdowns for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Napa County and Solano County‖ Accessed June 1, 2011. http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html. 14 2008 US Census Data. ―2008 Census National Income Breakdowns‖ Accessed June 1, 2011. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/income_expenditures_poverty_wealth.html. 15 2008 US Census Data. ―2008 Census Income Breakdowns for Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Napa County and Solano County‖ Accessed June 1, 2011. http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html. 16
Figure 14: Income by Region Last year, that is in 2010, what was your total family income from all sources before taxes* 60 Less than $75,000 $75,000 to $150,000 $150,000 or more 40 20 34 35 31 32 33 35 29 43 28 50 46 35 36 30 31 32 20 20 47 26 27 39 30 30 0 Total Oakland- Berekley Corridor Hayward/ Tri- Cities/ Tri- Valley LAMORINDA/ Central Contra Western 680 Corridor/ Eastern Contra Costa Costa Contra Costa Napa Solano *Data was imputed for this question to account for refusals Almost half of Jewish residents (47 percent) work full-time, while 6 percent work part-time. Very few residents overall are students (3 percent) or homemakers (5 percent); among residents under the age of 40, 12 percent are students. Moms (18 percent) are more likely than dads (2 percent) to be stay-at-home parents. No doubt this study underreports the number of college students because of mobility, cell phone portability, and the fact that they often live in dwellings where they are hard to reach (e.g., dorms, fraternities, apartments with roommates). Figure 15: Employment Total East Bay Jews (GQR Survey Data) Employment Currently employed: full time 47 Currently employed: part time 9 Unemployed or temporarily out of work 12 Not in the market: retired 17 Not in the market: student 3 Not in the market: homemaker 5 None/Don’t Know/Refused 6 17
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Family Size Just over one-quarter o
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Although 42 percent of younger Jews
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Overall, a majority of Jewish paren
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Figure 72: Overall Contribution to
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This group already participates in
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The biggest barriers for those who
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Forty-one percent of younger Jews g
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Older and younger Jews also use a d
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“Jew-ish” in the East Bay Anoth
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Almost 90 percent think that helpin
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Although financially the ―Jew-ish
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More than half of the unaffiliated
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Unaffiliated Jews do not purport to
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Research Definitions A Jewish adult
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Figure 99: Breakoff Chart Age and G
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