Jamaicans

National Flag of Jamaica
Total population
c. 4.4 million 2,683,707 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Jamaica   2,827,695[2][3]
United States	1,100,000+[4]
United Kingdom	800,000+[5]
Canada	309,485[6]
Cayman Islands	21,888[7]
Trinidad and Tobago	15,000
Antigua and Barbuda	12,000[8]
The Bahamas	5,572[9]
Germany	4,000[10]
The Netherlands	1,971[11]
Australia	1,092[5]
Japan	945[12]
Brazil	704[13]
Aruba	542[14]
Languages
English,Jamaican Patois
Religion
PrimarilyProtestantism[15]
Related ethnic groups
Caribbean people

Jamaicans are the citizens ofJamaica and their descendants in theJamaican diaspora. The vast majority of Jamaicans are ofSub-Saharan African descent, with minorities ofEuropeans,Indians,Chinese,Middle Eastern, and others of mixed ancestry. The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in otherAnglophone countries, namelyCanada, theUnited States and theUnited Kingdom. Jamaican populations are also prominent in otherCaribbean countries, territories andCommonwealth realms, where in theCayman Islands, born Jamaicans, as well asCaymanians of Jamaican origin, make up 26.8% of the population.^[16]Outside ofAnglophone countries, the largest Jamaican diaspora community lives inCentral America, where Jamaicans make up a significant percentage of the population.^[17]

According to the official JamaicaPopulation Census of 1970, ethnic origins categories in Jamaica include:Black(Mixed);Chinese;East Indian;White; and 'Other' (e.g.: Syrian orLebanese).^[1]Jamaicans who consider themselves Black (according to the United States'One-drop rule definition of Black), made up 92% of the working population. Those of non-African descent or mixed race made up the remaining 8% of the population.^[18]

But according to a more precise study conducted by the local University of the West Indies - Jamaica's population is more accurately 76.3% African descent or Black, 15.1% Afro-European (or locally called the Brown Man or Browning Class), 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East Indian, 3.2% Caucasian, 1.2% Chinese and 0.8% Other.^[19]

Wealth or economic power in Jamaica is disproportionately held by the White Jamaicans, Chinese Jamaicans and theAfro-European (or locally called the Brown Man or Browning Class) - i.e. despite being a minority group(s) (less than 25% of the country's population) controls most of the country's wealth.^[20][21]

Responses of the2011 official census.^[1]

A more precise breakdown of the Responses of the2011 official census by the University of the West Indies^[22]

Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, while many have migrated toAnglophone countries, including over 400,000 Jamaicans in theUnited Kingdom, over 300,000 inCanada and 1,100,000 in theUnited States.^[24]

There are about 30,500 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member including theBahamas,Antigua & Barbuda (12,000),^[8]Barbados andTrinidad & Tobago.^[25] There are also communities of Jamaican descendants in Central America, particularlyCosta Rica,Nicaragua, andPanama. Most of Costa Rica'sAfro-Costa Rican and Mulatto population, which combined represents about 7% of the total population, is of Jamaican descent.^[26][27]

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