Jamaicans
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The Netherlands 1,971[12] | | |
Australia | 1,092[5] | |
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Languages | ||
English, Jamaican Patois | ||
Religion | ||
Primarily Protestantism[13] |
Jamaicans are the citizens of
Commonwealth realms, where in the Cayman Islands, born Jamaicans, as well as Caymanians of Jamaican origin, make up 26.8% of the population.[14]
Outside of Anglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora community lives in Costa Rica, where Jamaicans make up a significant percentage of the population.[7]
History
According to the official Jamaica Population Census of 1970, ethnic origins categories in Jamaica include:
Lebanese).[1]
Jamaicans of African descent made up 92% of the working population. Those of non-African descent or mixed race made up the remaining 8% of the population.[15]
Self-identified ethnic origin
Responses of the 2011 official census.[1]
Ethnic origin | Population | Males | Females | Percentage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black |
2,471,946 | 1,226,026 | 1,245,920 | 92.1 | |
Chinese |
5,228 | 2,880 | 2,348 | 0.2 | |
Mixed | 162,718 | 73,293 | 89,425 | 6.0 | |
East Indian | 20,066 | 10,491 | 9,575 | 0.7 | |
White |
4,365 | 2,192 | 2,173 | 0.2 | |
Other | 1,898 | 970 | 928 | 0.1 | |
Not Reported | 17,486 | 8,638 | 8,848 | 0.6 | |
Total | 2,683,707 | 1,324,490 | 1,359,217 | 100.0% | |
source[1] |
Religion
Denomination | 2011 census[1] | |
---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | |
Christian | ||
Anglicanism | 74,891 | |
Baptists | 180,640 | |
Brethren | 23,647 | |
Baptists | 20,872 | - |
Brethren | 9,758 | 1.0 |
Church of God in Jamaica | 129,544 | - |
Church of God of Prophecy | 121,400 | - |
New Testament Church of God | 192,086 | - |
Other Church of God | 246,838 | - |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (2021)[16] | 6,718 | - |
Jehovah's Witnesses | 50,849 | 2.0 |
Methodist | 43,336 | 2.0 |
Moravian | 18,351 | |
Pentecostal | 295,195 | |
Rastafari | 29,026 | |
Revivalist | 36,296 | |
Roman Catholic |
57,946 | |
Seventh-day Adventist | 322,228 | - |
United Church | 56,360 | |
Baháʼí | 269 | |
Hinduism | 1,836 | - |
Islam | 1,513 | - |
Judaism | 506 | |
Other Religion/Denomination | 169,014 | - |
Totals, specified religions | 100.00 | |
No Religion/Denomination | 572,008 | - |
Not reported | 60,326 | - |
Totals, Jamaica | 2,683,105 | 100.00 |
Diaspora
Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, while many have migrated to
There are about 30,500 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member including the
Trinidad & Tobago.[18] There are also communities of Jamaican descendants in Central America, particularly Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Most of Costa Rica's Afro-Costa Rican and Mulatto population, which combined represents about 7% of the total population, is of Jamaican descent.[19][20]
Notable Jamaicans
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Jamaica.
- Afro-Nicaraguan
- Afro-Panamanian
- Demographics of Jamaica
- Jamaicans in Ethiopia
References
- ^ a b c d e "2011 Census of Population by Sex and Religious Affiliation/Denomination by Parish (P. 80)". issuu.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- United States Census. Archived from the originalon 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ a b "World Migration". iom.int. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census – Canada". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ a b "The Story Behind Jamaicans in Costa Rica".
- ^ "Labour Force Survey Spring 2022" (PDF).
- ^ a b "PM Golding Calls on Jamaicans in Antigua & Barbuda to Co-Operate with Government & People There". Jamaica Information Service. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "The Nassau Guardian Home - The Nassau Guardian". The Nassau Guardian.
- ^ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Bevolking; herkomstgroepering, generatie, geslacht en leeftijd, 1 januari, CBS, geraadpleegd op 5 juli 2014, 20 oktober 2018 en 9 februari 2020, 24 mei 2020.
- ^ "Jamaica - Religion", Encyclopædia Britannica online.
- ^ "Demographic Characteristics" (PDF).
- ^ Jamaica Population Census 1970.
- ^ "Statistics and Church Facts | Total Church Membership". newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ^ "Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World".
- ^ "30,000 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member states". caricomnews.net. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
- ^ Schulman, Bob. "'Little Jamaica' Rocks on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- JSTOR 27861669.