From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.

BY STATE · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where Jamaican Americans earn the most


Hawaii	$99,740	47.9%	0.8%	13.4%	1,008
Maryland	$89,591	41.7%	8.4%	58.4%	47,180
Washington	$85,748	35.9%	8.2%	39.1%	6,141
Delaware	$79,405	23.7%	15.1%	55.9%	5,479
Colorado	$78,685	41.0%	10.0%	50.8%	4,652
New Jersey	$76,010	31.3%	9.7%	44.5%	68,887
New York	$73,953	29.0%	11.4%	44.8%	315,547
Oklahoma	$73,125	25.5%	19.7%	48.9%	2,583
Oregon	$70,658	50.9%	18.9%	42.0%	2,210
Texas	$70,156	44.1%	9.5%	42.5%	32,098
New Hampshire	$68,631	15.4%	11.8%	39.0%	1,858
Georgia	$67,928	36.5%	9.3%	62.6%	71,085
District of Columbia	$67,778	50.6%	7.0%	36.4%	5,359
Illinois	$66,660	35.0%	12.5%	47.1%	16,327
California	$66,491	43.4%	14.9%	40.9%	37,111
Massachusetts	$66,370	30.0%	13.0%	47.4%	34,171
Connecticut	$62,567	22.7%	10.4%	52.9%	59,682
Virginia	$61,891	40.5%	10.2%	43.4%	22,834
Tennessee	$61,885	45.4%	22.5%	42.4%	5,664
South Carolina	$57,258	39.7%	12.6%	32.5%	10,308
Florida	$54,827	26.9%	12.7%	61.6%	311,083
North Carolina	$54,469	41.9%	14.1%	43.0%	21,284
Pennsylvania	$53,835	27.3%	17.6%	57.6%	36,148
Ohio	$52,138	28.7%	17.2%	38.6%	11,018
Missouri	$52,023	27.5%	13.7%	48.5%	3,783
Alabama	$51,311	36.4%	16.1%	46.4%	4,613
Louisiana	$51,023	41.6%	20.2%	37.4%	3,181
Minnesota	$50,525	36.9%	11.7%	49.5%	3,220
Arizona	$49,987	36.9%	12.8%	34.5%	6,850
Indiana	$49,474	33.3%	6.5%	53.4%	3,361
Rhode Island	$48,871	29.2%	10.0%	32.6%	2,530
Kentucky	$45,890	23.5%	26.7%	30.7%	1,766
Michigan	$45,360	32.4%	25.2%	50.6%	9,431
Kansas	$44,688	42.1%	18.7%	26.2%	1,212
Maine	$42,991	26.7%	26.1%	41.1%	1,400
Wisconsin	$41,500	29.5%	25.3%	24.9%	3,630
Nevada	$39,867	30.1%	18.8%	39.0%	3,360
Vermont	$37,680	23.3%	4.7%	19.6%	958
Iowa	$36,990	39.3%	12.1%	34.7%	1,330
Mississippi	$34,300	24.4%	28.9%	18.0%	1,724
West Virginia	$27,321	14.3%	16.1%	19.0%	1,095
Utah	–	44.6%	6.3%	35.8%	890

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Jamaican Americans across metro areas


San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$149,219	77.3%	6.1%	27.5%	978
Kingston, NY	$110,938	32.4%	11.4%	63.2%	2,025
Urban Honolulu, HI	$99,715	47.2%	0.0%	12.9%	990
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA	$98,900	47.2%	11.3%	46.2%	5,692
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$92,118	44.6%	6.3%	54.0%	43,751
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$92,069	55.1%	17.6%	48.4%	1,915
East Stroudsburg, PA	$91,424	32.2%	30.5%	81.0%	2,296
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$89,911	26.2%	7.8%	68.2%	2,836
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$85,725	39.1%	11.3%	39.9%	4,243
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	$79,917	41.1%	10.4%	42.2%	2,068
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$79,525	50.8%	7.3%	49.6%	13,224
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$79,364	45.4%	11.9%	57.4%	16,125
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY	$77,609	38.4%	15.8%	53.6%	9,556
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$76,250	42.1%	9.6%	43.8%	1,602
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$75,342	29.4%	10.4%	44.2%	343,654
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	$73,750	26.2%	19.8%	44.0%	2,644
Norwich-New London, CT	$73,476	40.3%	14.0%	31.8%	963
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$71,813	44.2%	1.4%	48.6%	1,334
Worcester, MA-CT	$71,384	38.8%	20.6%	50.2%	3,525
Columbia, SC	$70,043	41.2%	16.3%	30.0%	2,377
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA	$69,033	36.7%	8.1%	64.8%	62,880
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$68,403	31.8%	10.6%	45.8%	21,746
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$68,229	34.3%	12.5%	48.2%	14,610
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$67,534	37.4%	8.9%	44.2%	8,337
Springfield, MA	$66,908	27.6%	9.3%	57.9%	5,573
St. Louis, MO-IL	$66,402	32.5%	9.7%	59.8%	2,185
Naples-Marco Island, FL	$65,347	23.5%	1.5%	59.4%	1,412
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	$65,160	22.5%	11.5%	49.6%	18,596
Colorado Springs, CO	$65,000	32.0%	8.7%	72.9%	1,741
New Haven-Milford, CT	$64,958	24.2%	6.7%	51.7%	10,570
Columbus, GA-AL	$64,479	14.8%	23.9%	72.9%	1,024
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX	$64,258	38.9%	16.8%	35.2%	2,031
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$64,076	36.7%	14.3%	45.6%	1,574
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$64,048	29.1%	14.0%	60.7%	32,120
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$63,654	25.9%	14.0%	46.5%	2,709
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$62,917	45.9%	24.2%	42.1%	2,383
Columbus, OH	$62,628	41.1%	7.4%	45.2%	2,224
Port St. Lucie, FL	$62,063	22.5%	8.4%	72.0%	8,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$61,530	44.3%	16.4%	35.0%	15,558
Greenville-Anderson, SC	$61,494	46.9%	16.2%	39.6%	1,554
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$60,500	43.6%	17.4%	51.6%	1,508
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$60,417	46.1%	16.7%	55.4%	1,865
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$60,365	48.1%	5.1%	46.7%	7,935
Jacksonville, FL	$59,619	34.9%	14.1%	69.2%	8,099
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$59,574	46.9%	10.7%	39.8%	2,724
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT	$58,900	21.6%	11.2%	55.5%	28,748
Rochester, NY	$58,418	21.3%	21.8%	47.0%	5,518
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$58,252	32.3%	19.6%	40.5%	5,228
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$56,780	28.3%	16.5%	36.9%	3,915
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$56,313	32.0%	11.9%	60.0%	38,573
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$55,816	33.6%	12.9%	55.4%	21,362
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$55,635	22.5%	14.0%	69.9%	4,812
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$55,534	24.9%	7.0%	83.2%	9,026
Killeen-Temple, TX	$55,208	31.6%	4.6%	24.2%	1,811
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$54,875	38.7%	13.6%	25.0%	2,885
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	$54,527	25.5%	12.6%	61.2%	189,675
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$54,241	27.0%	10.7%	61.0%	6,459
Gainesville, FL	$53,932	49.1%	14.3%	37.9%	2,177
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$52,778	32.5%	28.7%	36.2%	3,193
Syracuse, NY	$52,614	22.1%	13.5%	48.9%	1,757
Pittsburgh, PA	$51,823	29.0%	13.3%	53.2%	2,973
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$51,123	39.8%	13.2%	48.4%	2,747
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	$50,304	32.8%	19.3%	45.1%	3,095
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$49,677	33.2%	13.7%	31.7%	5,881
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC	$49,517	25.9%	12.8%	37.3%	7,888
Richmond, VA	$49,119	41.7%	11.8%	34.4%	4,159
Fayetteville, NC	$49,000	42.9%	17.0%	41.5%	3,639
Tallahassee, FL	$48,385	63.9%	15.9%	31.0%	1,379
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$47,125	24.2%	16.8%	70.6%	3,193
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$46,212	33.3%	26.5%	27.4%	3,883
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$45,969	26.4%	26.7%	45.4%	1,477
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$45,536	37.7%	25.6%	27.1%	1,270
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	$45,371	27.7%	28.3%	36.8%	3,328
Punta Gorda, FL	$44,844	14.3%	16.8%	76.6%	2,051
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$44,405	32.7%	30.1%	55.0%	5,610
Kansas City, MO-KS	$43,704	28.9%	8.9%	46.9%	1,753
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$43,686	12.1%	37.0%	54.9%	915
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN	$42,877	26.7%	4.6%	33.4%	1,243
Huntsville, AL	$41,250	45.9%	33.3%	47.2%	1,353
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ	$40,055	5.8%	6.1%	41.1%	1,392
Barnstable Town, MA	$38,988	10.9%	16.8%	38.8%	2,408
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$38,917	35.4%	30.2%	32.2%	2,051
Ocala, FL	$37,282	22.3%	21.4%	73.9%	3,480
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	–	44.1%	7.6%	78.1%	1,575
Dover, DE	–	46.7%	58.0%	35.5%	1,092
Reading, PA	–	19.7%	17.0%	48.9%	864

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Jamaican Americans across cities


Baldwin	$156,555	54.2%	0.0%	100.0%	2,211
North Valley Stream	$152,723	35.6%	9.0%	88.1%	1,393
Germantown	$121,492	26.1%	0.0%	63.2%	2,068
Freeport	$120,688	38.1%	3.9%	95.1%	1,977
Hackensack	$118,482	30.1%	2.4%	32.6%	1,679
Elmont	$114,633	36.0%	1.7%	93.0%	2,914
Hempstead	$107,798	26.6%	9.3%	64.1%	4,301
Jersey City	$95,014	42.0%	5.1%	37.5%	2,538
Davie	$89,779	62.1%	10.0%	63.3%	2,248
St. Petersburg	$85,608	32.5%	2.1%	59.4%	3,279
Yonkers	$85,389	41.9%	16.1%	45.6%	4,362
New Rochelle	$83,987	51.6%	1.1%	55.6%	2,276
Evanston	$82,652	14.8%	19.8%	44.1%	1,337
Uniondale	$80,398	14.0%	7.5%	90.0%	2,375
Coconut Creek	$79,604	34.4%	5.9%	55.7%	2,649
Pembroke Pines	$79,083	38.9%	6.4%	68.5%	8,399
Oakland Park	$77,375	31.0%	4.5%	31.3%	1,591
Stonecrest	$75,921	33.6%	0.4%	62.1%	2,404
Plantation	$74,205	37.0%	17.2%	65.4%	5,463
Mount Vernon	$74,054	33.1%	6.3%	41.4%	12,137
Stamford	$73,922	28.9%	22.8%	26.1%	1,810
Norwalk	$73,798	20.6%	6.6%	43.1%	1,506
Apopka	$73,468	30.3%	13.0%	86.3%	1,587
The Acreage	$73,229	21.2%	6.2%	86.1%	1,316
Roosevelt	$71,696	19.0%	0.0%	69.4%	1,210
Royal Palm Beach	$71,478	35.4%	0.0%	66.1%	3,090
Paterson	$71,452	26.3%	15.3%	41.9%	5,205
Silver Spring	$70,938	54.9%	2.2%	18.7%	1,202
North Miami Beach	$70,375	31.4%	14.7%	85.2%	1,993
New York	$70,059	26.6%	11.7%	39.5%	223,954
Port St. Lucie	$69,991	25.6%	7.0%	82.8%	6,277
East Orange	$68,724	23.8%	8.4%	16.0%	4,719
Coral Springs	$67,950	38.8%	4.2%	49.1%	7,459
Washington	$67,778	50.6%	7.0%	36.4%	5,359
Chicago	$66,281	40.9%	16.4%	39.9%	4,178
Englewood	$66,250	26.8%	1.1%	20.5%	1,604
Boynton Beach	$65,742	26.6%	13.2%	39.4%	1,629
Brockton	$65,417	38.2%	10.1%	73.2%	1,307
Margate	$65,115	17.4%	5.6%	73.2%	5,871
Dallas	$64,681	47.8%	7.3%	20.0%	2,336
Boston	$64,292	24.1%	13.1%	41.4%	11,292
New Haven	$64,038	31.4%	6.9%	44.3%	2,416
Charlotte	$63,769	39.8%	3.1%	42.8%	3,588
Baltimore	$62,304	32.6%	20.6%	48.7%	4,304
Atlanta	$61,906	58.1%	12.3%	44.4%	3,514
Bridgeport	$58,325	17.8%	12.3%	51.3%	11,398
Miramar	$57,681	17.4%	7.8%	71.8%	14,953
Waterbury	$57,577	10.3%	11.9%	45.5%	3,324
Virginia Beach	$57,177	24.9%	25.0%	55.9%	1,359
Miami Gardens	$56,636	11.2%	14.9%	75.2%	9,580
Jacksonville	$56,221	36.0%	15.4%	67.7%	6,982
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)	$56,176	45.8%	40.1%	20.9%	1,358
Newark	$55,974	26.0%	13.8%	34.0%	4,683
North Lauderdale	$55,964	19.0%	9.3%	59.1%	8,159
Springfield	$55,754	25.6%	8.4%	64.7%	4,328
Greenacres	$55,625	21.8%	16.1%	77.9%	1,375
Palm Bay	$55,026	19.6%	6.8%	89.5%	6,586
San Diego	$53,654	44.0%	10.5%	25.5%	1,172
Los Angeles	$53,491	42.3%	19.0%	28.7%	7,787
Richmond	$53,333	49.0%	18.4%	11.7%	1,194
Houston	$53,317	45.6%	10.7%	20.6%	4,524
Poinciana	$52,530	29.1%	12.6%	71.0%	3,376
East Hartford	$51,441	12.3%	7.6%	63.3%	2,585
Fort Lauderdale	$51,426	17.4%	31.9%	57.3%	5,193
Sunrise	$51,227	23.4%	9.8%	61.0%	9,677
Redan	$49,636	18.6%	11.1%	66.5%	2,117
Elizabeth	$48,696	6.6%	13.9%	21.8%	1,268
Tallahassee	$48,542	70.4%	17.6%	26.8%	1,141
Pine Hills	$48,474	16.5%	13.2%	62.3%	7,260
Lehigh Acres	$48,166	24.7%	16.3%	78.5%	2,301
Ives Estates	$48,051	20.6%	19.5%	65.2%	2,819
Riviera Beach	$47,875	16.0%	12.5%	43.7%	3,123
Rochester	$47,727	15.3%	27.6%	41.8%	3,006
Philadelphia	$47,364	25.8%	19.5%	61.1%	13,040
West Palm Beach	$46,551	29.4%	15.0%	59.8%	5,649
Fayetteville	$46,523	47.0%	20.0%	27.3%	2,102
Miami	$46,273	22.1%	15.3%	13.9%	3,176
Albany	$46,221	37.4%	21.4%	28.5%	2,102
Columbus	$45,735	28.2%	8.6%	24.9%	1,461
Lauderhill	$45,614	18.2%	18.1%	55.9%	16,860
Pompano Beach	$45,563	34.9%	30.4%	42.2%	2,066
Phoenix	$45,172	31.6%	23.0%	25.3%	1,714
Tamarac	$45,050	23.5%	11.7%	71.1%	7,189
Hartford	$45,007	13.5%	19.0%	43.1%	12,129
Detroit	$44,545	19.6%	30.7%	64.6%	1,436
Poughkeepsie	$44,178	13.8%	44.3%	28.5%	1,713
Hollywood	$43,739	22.9%	13.9%	40.0%	4,618
Worcester	$42,448	30.4%	28.9%	47.1%	1,760
Port Charlotte	$42,426	8.6%	24.8%	82.9%	1,271
Trenton	$42,262	15.3%	16.8%	42.1%	2,020
San Antonio	$42,009	38.9%	17.7%	15.7%	1,911
Orlando	$39,516	28.4%	21.7%	21.2%	4,580
Lauderdale Lakes	$38,454	15.5%	15.9%	56.1%	7,924
Newport News	$38,434	19.8%	11.7%	25.3%	1,756
Golden Glades	$37,188	19.5%	18.2%	55.2%	1,222
Tampa	$33,500	28.6%	20.5%	36.1%	3,319
Milwaukee	$32,344	29.5%	34.8%	24.8%	1,627
Oakland	–	34.4%	12.3%	37.0%	1,251
Lakeland	–	17.1%	12.9%	52.8%	1,223
Valley Stream	–	60.8%	3.3%	55.5%	1,460

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of Jamaican ancestry live in the United States?

About 1,272,037 US residents are of Jamaican ancestry, roughly 0.4% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Jamaican population?

New York, NY has the largest Jamaican population of any US city, with about 215,919 residents of Jamaican ancestry.

Which state has the most residents of Jamaican ancestry?

Florida leads all states with about 326,202 residents of Jamaican ancestry.

What is the median household income of Jamaican Americans?

Jamaican Americans have a median household income of about $80,297, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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