Jamaicans

Jamaicans
	National Flag of Jamaica
Regions with significant populations
	Jamaica 2,881,355

For other uses, see Jamaican (disambiguation).

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Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora. Most Jamaicans are of African descent, with smaller minorities of Europeans, East Indians, Chinese and others or mixed ancestry. The bulk of the Jamaican diaspora resides in other Anglophone countries, namely Australia, Canada, United States and the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, other Caribbean countries and Commonwealth realms.

According to the official Jamaica Population Census of 1970, ethnic origins categories in Jamaica include Black, Chinese, Mixed, East Indian, White and ‘other’ category eg: Syrian or Lebanese.^[9]

Jamaicans of African or partial African descent made up 89.4% of the working population. Those of non-African mixed race were the second most prominent labour group, making up 6% of the population.^[10]

Self-identified ethnic origin[]

Responses of the 2011 census.^[11]

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
Mixed	162,718	73,293	89,425
East Indian	20,066	10,491	9,575
White	4,365	2,192	2,173	0.16%
Other	1,898	970	928
Not Reportes	17,486	8,638	8,848
Total	2,683,707	1,324,490	1,359,217	100.0%
Source: 2011 Jamaica census^[12]

Diaspora[]

Main article: Jamaican diaspora

Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside Jamaica, while many have migrated to Anglophone countries, including over 400,000 Jamaicans in the United Kingdom, over 300,000 Canada, 800,000 in the United States.

30,000 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member including the Bahamas (5,600),^[13] Cuba (5,000),^[13] Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.^[14] There are also communities of Jamaican descendants in Central America, particularly Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.