Chinese Jamaicans
Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans of Chinese ancestry, which include descendants of migrants from China to Jamaica. Early migrants came in the 19th century; there was another moment of migration in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of the descendants of early migrants have moved abroad, primarily to Canada and the United States. Most Chinese Jamaicans are Hakka and many can trace their origin to the indentured Chinese laborers who came to Jamaica in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 50,228 (2011 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Saint Andrew, Saint James, Westmoreland, Manchester, Kingston Parish, Trelawny, Saint Mary, Saint Thomas, Saint Catherine | |
| Languages | |
| Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois, Hakka; recent immigrants and businesspeople also speak Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (primarily Catholicism and Anglicanism) with some elements of Chinese folk religion, Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka people, Ethnic Chinese in Panama, Jamaican Americans, Jamaican Canadians |
According to one study, approximately 4% of Jamaican men have a direct Chinese paternal ancestor.
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