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Jamaican Americans are an ethnic group of Caribbean Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry. The largest proportions of Jamaican Americans live in South Florida and New York City, both of which have been home to large Jamaican communities since the 1950s and the 1960s.
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 in Canada and 1,100,000 in the United States. [23]
The Jamaican community has had an influence on Toronto's culture. Caribana (the celebration of Caribbean culture) is an annual event in the city. The parade is held downtown on the first Saturday of August, shutting down a portion of Lake Shore Boulevard. Jamaica Day is in July, and the Jesus in the City parade attracts many Jamaican Christians.
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. [2]
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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.
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American families of Jamaican ancestry (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "American people of Jamaican descent" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total.