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v. t. e. Caribbean immigration to New York City has been prevalent since the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. [1] This immigration wave has seen large numbers of people from Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago, among others, come to New York City in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Large communities of Jamaican immigrants have formed in New York City and the whole New York Metro Area, which includes Long Island and much of New Jersey and Connecticut, along with Florida (centered in and around the Miami/Broward County, Orlando and Tampa areas), which has the second largest Jamaican community in the U.S.
There are 38,980 foreign-born Jamaican people in New York City according to the 2009-2011 ACS. Jamaicans currently make up 2.0% of New York City's population and 5.5% of New York's foreign-born population. [1] Foreign-born Jamaicans have are concentrated in central and eastern Brooklyn, southeast Queens, and northern Bronx.
Brooklyn's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 561,000 individuals. [1]Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam, New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity.
New York City is home to a large Jamaican diaspora community. ... Legal immigrants from Jamaica to the United States, 1986-2010 [16] 1986–1990: 113,245 1991–1995:
New York City's per capita income in 2000 was $22,402; men and women had a median income of $37,435 and $32,949 respectively. 21.2% of the population and 18.5% of families had incomes below the federal poverty line; 30.0% of this group were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 and older.
As of 2023, illegal Chinese immigration to New York City, especially to Queens and its Flushing Chinatown, has accelerated. [48] In 2012, 6.3% of New York City was of Chinese ethnicity, with nearly three-fourths living in either Queens or Brooklyn. [49]
Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937, [10] [11] in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. [12] He was born to Jamaican immigrants Maud Ariel (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. [12] [13] His parents were both of mixed African and Scottish ancestry. [14] [15] Luther worked as a shipping clerk and Maud ...