Antisemitism in the United States

====2005 survey====
The number of Americans holding antisemitic views declined markedly six years later when another ADL study classified only 12 percent of the population—between 20 and 25 million adults, as "most antisemitic." Confirming the findings of previous surveys, both studies also found that African Americans were significantly more likely than whites to hold antisemitic views, with 34 percent of blacks classified as "most antisemitic," compared to 9 percent of whites in 1998.<ref name="Post-Holocaust and Anti-Semitism"/>
The 2005 Survey of American Attitudes Towards Jews in America, a national poll of 1,600 American adults conducted in March 2005, found that 14% of Americans—or nearly 35 million adults—hold views about Jews that are "unquestionably antisemitic," compared to 17% in 2002, In 1998, the number of Americans with hardcore antisemitic beliefs had dropped to 12% from 20% in 1992.

The 2005 survey found "35 percent of foreign-born [[Hispanics]] (down from 44% [in 2002])" and 36 percent of [[African-American]]s hold strong antisemitic beliefs, four times more than the 9 percent for whites."<ref name="2005-ADL-survey">{{cite web|title=ADL Survey: Antisemitism In America Remains Constant; 14 Percent Of Americans Hold 'Strong' Antisemitic Beliefs|url=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4680_12.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207193710/https://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4680_12.htm|archive-date=7 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 2005 Anti-Defamation League survey includes data on [[Hispanic]] attitudes, with 29% being most antisemitic (as opposed as 9% for whites and 36% for blacks), being born in the United States lessened the prevalence of that attitude: 35% of foreign-born Hispanics and only 19% of those born in the US.<ref name="2005-ADL-survey" />

The survey findings come at a time of increased antisemitic activity in America. The 2004 ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reported that antisemitic incidents reached their highest level in nine years. A total of 1,821 antisemitic incidents were reported in 2004, an increase of 17% over the 1,557 incidents reported during 2003.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4671_12.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214141101/https://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4671_12.htm|date=April 4, 2005|title=ADL Audit: Antisemitic Incidents At Highest Level in Nine Years}}</ref> "What concerns us is that many of the gains we had seen in building a more tolerant and accepting America seem not to have taken hold as firmly as we had hoped," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "While there are many factors at play, the findings suggest that antisemitic beliefs endure and resonate with a substantial segment of the population, nearly 35 million people."