Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Jamaican communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_102E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	215,723	8,468,353
#2	Miramar, Florida	18,322	214,427
#3	Tamarac, Florida	16,710	105,666
#4	Orlando, Florida	15,875	980,317
#5	West Palm Beach, Florida	13,677	298,875
#6	Hartford, Connecticut	13,317	121,162
#7	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	12,972	1,580,199
#8	Mount Vernon, New York	12,042	72,324
#9	Lauderhill, Florida	11,354	62,807
#10	Boston, Massachusetts	11,240	661,827

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Lauderhill, Florida	18.08%	62,807
#2	North Lauderdale, Florida	16.95%	54,439
#3	Mount Vernon, New York	16.65%	72,324
#4	Tamarac, Florida	15.81%	105,666
#5	Hartford, Connecticut	10.99%	121,162
#6	Miami Gardens, Florida	10.59%	81,592
#7	Sunrise, Florida	9.82%	77,492
#8	East Orange, New Jersey	9.06%	69,834
#9	Miramar, Florida	8.54%	214,427
#10	Margate, Florida	7.83%	55,466

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_102E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_148E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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