Distribution of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): Jamaican People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: West Indian (except Hispanic groups): Jamaican

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Broward County, Florida	5.99%
2	Bronx County, New York	4.54%
3	Kings County, New York	3.23%
4	Rockdale County, Georgia	3.15%
5	Hartford County, Connecticut	3.01%
6	Queens County, New York	2.86%
7	Newton County, Georgia	2.79%
8	Westchester County, New York	2.78%
9	St. Lucie County, Florida	2.55%
10	Palm Beach County, Florida	2.47%
11	Stewart County, Georgia	2.25%
12	Essex County, New Jersey	2.09%
13	DeKalb County, Georgia	1.91%
14	Fairfield County, Connecticut	1.67%
15	Nassau County, New York	1.64%
16	Prince George's County, Maryland	1.63%
17	Orange County, Florida	1.62%
18	Dutchess County, New York	1.51%
19	Pope County, Illinois	1.48%
20	Osceola County, Florida	1.47%

Top Counties by Population of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): Jamaican

#	County	Population
1	Broward County, Florida	114,388
2	Kings County, New York	84,114
3	Queens County, New York	65,758
4	Bronx County, New York	65,248
5	Miami-Dade County, Florida	37,003
6	Palm Beach County, Florida	35,681
7	Hartford County, Connecticut	26,965
8	Westchester County, New York	26,948
9	Nassau County, New York	22,194
10	Orange County, Florida	21,340
11	Essex County, New Jersey	16,609
12	Fairfield County, Connecticut	15,768
13	Prince George's County, Maryland	14,792
14	DeKalb County, Georgia	14,160
15	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	13,331
16	Gwinnett County, Georgia	13,162
17	Los Angeles County, California	11,635
18	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	11,174
19	Hillsborough County, Florida	10,694
20	Suffolk County, New York	10,416

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New York	1.63%	320,328
2	Connecticut	1.54%	55,103
3	Florida	1.45%	298,781
4	Maryland	0.69%	41,413
5	New Jersey	0.69%	61,017
6	Georgia	0.64%	66,025
7	District of Columbia	0.62%	4,271
8	Massachusetts	0.45%	30,780
9	Delaware	0.33%	3,162
10	Pennsylvania	0.27%	35,020
11	Virginia	0.24%	20,544
12	Rhode Island	0.22%	2,321
13	North Carolina	0.18%	17,989
14	South Carolina	0.14%	6,914
15	New Hampshire	0.12%	1,677
16	Illinois	0.12%	14,992
17	Nevada	0.11%	3,178
18	Vermont	0.11%	671
19	Texas	0.1%	28,202
20	Ohio	0.09%	10,636
21	Maine	0.09%	1,176
22	Alabama	0.09%	4,254
23	California	0.08%	32,266
24	Michigan	0.08%	8,184
25	Washington	0.07%	5,088
26	Arizona	0.07%	4,809
27	Alaska	0.07%	507
28	Minnesota	0.07%	3,592
29	Colorado	0.06%	3,537
30	Hawaii	0.06%	885
31	Louisiana	0.06%	2,888
32	Tennessee	0.06%	4,017
33	Mississippi	0.05%	1,632
34	Wisconsin	0.05%	3,124
35	North Dakota	0.05%	399
36	Missouri	0.05%	3,086
37	Kansas	0.05%	1,383
38	West Virginia	0.05%	834
39	Oklahoma	0.05%	1,770
40	Indiana	0.04%	2,838
41	Kentucky	0.04%	1,879
42	Iowa	0.04%	1,209
43	Utah	0.03%	982
44	New Mexico	0.03%	662
45	Nebraska	0.03%	589
46	Oregon	0.03%	1,152
47	South Dakota	0.02%	206
48	Idaho	0.02%	354
49	Arkansas	0.02%	629
50	Montana	0.02%	201
51	Wyoming	0.01%	85
52	Puerto Rico	0%	87

Top States and Territories by Population of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): Jamaican

#	State	Population
1	New York	320,328
2	Florida	298,781
3	Georgia	66,025
4	New Jersey	61,017
5	Connecticut	55,103
6	Maryland	41,413
7	Pennsylvania	35,020
8	California	32,266
9	Massachusetts	30,780
10	Texas	28,202
11	Virginia	20,544
12	North Carolina	17,989
13	Illinois	14,992
14	Ohio	10,636
15	Michigan	8,184
16	South Carolina	6,914
17	Washington	5,088
18	Arizona	4,809
19	District of Columbia	4,271
20	Alabama	4,254
21	Tennessee	4,017
22	Minnesota	3,592
23	Colorado	3,537
24	Nevada	3,178
25	Delaware	3,162
26	Wisconsin	3,124
27	Missouri	3,086
28	Louisiana	2,888
29	Indiana	2,838
30	Rhode Island	2,321
31	Kentucky	1,879
32	Oklahoma	1,770
33	New Hampshire	1,677
34	Mississippi	1,632
35	Kansas	1,383
36	Iowa	1,209
37	Maine	1,176
38	Oregon	1,152
39	Utah	982
40	Hawaii	885
41	West Virginia	834
42	Vermont	671
43	New Mexico	662
44	Arkansas	629
45	Nebraska	589
46	Alaska	507
47	North Dakota	399
48	Idaho	354
49	South Dakota	206
50	Montana	201
51	Puerto Rico	87
52	Wyoming	85

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.