Jamaican Americans

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Jamaican Americans are an ethnic group of Caribbean Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry. The 2020 United States census counted more than one million Jamaican Americans. 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 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Georgia, Maryland, and California. The vast majority of Jamaican Americans are of Afro-Caribbean descent, although smaller numbers are of full or partial Indian, Chinese, European, Arab, Taíno, and Jewish descent. Jamaican migration to the United States began in the 19th century and rose sharply during the 1960s. Jamaican Americans are represented in American music, sports, politics, and science.

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