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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. There are also communities of Jamaican Americans residing in Connecticut , Georgia , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Massachusetts , and California .
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. [24]
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.
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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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Jamaica 16,482 13,357 Japan 4,184 3,960 Jordan 4,779 3,416 Kazakhstan 1,787 1,330 Kenya 5,014 3,088 North Korea 22 20 South Korea 16,172 12,351 Kosovo 853 562 Kuwait 1,116 916 Kyrgyzstan 1,637 710 Laos 621 349 Latvia 253 258 Lebanon 3,434 2,253 Lesotho 13 14 Liberia 2,412 2,504 Libya 709 409 Lithuania 506 487 Luxembourg 30 32 Macau 62 46
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