Jamaicans in New York City

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]

Jamaican people were an important presence in Harlem in the 1920s. Marcus Garvey was an important Jamaican figure in New York City.^[3]