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'''{{Infobox ethnic group |
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|group=Jamaicans<br>{{Flagicon|Jamaica}} |
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|image= [[File:Maragh rajiv L.jpg|81px]][[File:Miss Jamaica 07 Yendi Phillipps.jpg|68px]][[File:Bunny Lee (Reggae Awards 2007) cropped.jpg|75px]][[Image:SeanPaulIRAWA.jpg|57px]][[Image:Clive Chin cropped.jpg|66px]][[File:Usain Bolt smiling Berlin 2009.JPG|70px]][[Image:Bob-Marley-in-Concert Zurich 05-30-80.jpg|121px]][[Image:Marcus Garvey 1924-08-05.jpg|66px]] |
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|caption= <small>Notable Jamaican people:<br/>[[Rajiv Maragh]]{{•}}[[Yendi Phillips]]{{•}}[[Bunny Lee]]{{•}}[[Sean Paul]]{{•}}[[Clive Chin]]{{•}}[[Usain Bolt]]{{•}}[[Bob Marley]]{{•}}[[Marcus Garvey]]</small> |
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|poptime = '''Est. 4,000,000''' |
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|popplace={{Flagcountry|Jamaica}}<br><small>([[Jamaica|Nationwide]])</small><br>2,847,232<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_jm.html</ref><br>{{Flagcountry|England}}<br><small>([[London]], [[Manchester]], [[Birmingham]])</small><br>900,000<br>{{Flagcountry|United States}}<br><small>([[New York]], [[Miami]])</small><br>850,000<br>{{Flagcountry|Canada}}<br><small>([[Toronto]])</small><br>231,110 |
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|langs=[[English language|English]] ([[Jamaican English]]) and [[Jamaican Patois|Patois]] |
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|rels=Mainly [[Church of God of Prophecy]] |
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|related=[[Demographics of Jamaica]], [[Jamaican British]], [[Jamaican American]], [[Jamaican Canadian]], [[African diaspora]], [[Black people]], [[Indo-Jamaican]], [[Jewish Jamaican]], [[Jamaican Maroon]] |
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'''Jamaicans''' are people originating on the [[Caribbean]] island of [[Jamaica]] whether they live there or in the [[Jamaican diaspora]]. |
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==Diaspora== |
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Many Jamaicans now live overseas and outside of Jamaica, the majority have migrated to [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]] countries, including some 900,000 Jamaicans in the [[Jamaican British|United Kingdom]], around 850,000 Jamaicans in the [[United States]] and 231,110 in [[Canada]]. |
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Within the [[Caribbean]] , there are reportedly 30,000 Jamaicans in the [[Dominican Republic]]<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php Jamaicans of the Dominican Republic]</ref> and an equal number residing in other [[CARICOM]] members states<ref name="30,000 Jamaicans residing in CARICOM member states">[http://www.caricomnews.net/index.php/caricom/caricom-news/regional-news/1889-skilled-jamaicans-refused-entry-into-some-caricom-states 30,000 Jamaicans residing in other CARICOM member states]</ref> (mainly in the [[Bahamas]] (with 5,600),<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php Jamaicans of the Bahamas]</ref> [[Antigua & Barbuda]], [[Barbados]] and [[Trinidad & Tobago]]).<ref name="30,000 Jamaicans residing in CARICOM member states" /> [[Cuba]] meanwhile is host to 5,000 Jamaicans.<ref>[http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php Jamaicans of Cuba]</ref> |
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As of November 21, 2013, an estimated 16,958 Jamaicans could be residing illegally in Trinidad &Tobago, as according to the records of the Office of the Chief Immigration Officer, their entry certificates would have since expired. <ref>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Close-to-17-000-Jamaicans-residing-illegally-in-Trinidad--newspapers-says Close to 17,000 Jamaicans residing illegally in Trinidad]</ref> |
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==Notable Jamaicans== |
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==See also== |
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* [[Demographics of Jamaica]] |
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* [[Jamaican British]] |
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* [[Jamaican American]] |
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* [[Jamaican Australian]] |
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* [[Jamaican Canadian]] |
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* [[Jamaicans in Ethiopia]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Jamaican diaspora}} |
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{{Demographics of Jamaica}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jamaican People}} |
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[[Category:Jamaican people|*]] |
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Jamaica]] |
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