Ethnic People Groups of Jamaica

Jamaica – People Groups

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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Americans, U.S.	7,600		28.90 %	80.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P Americans, U.S.	1	0T
Arab, Lebanese	20,000		0.50 %	31.00 %		2.2	Islam	Arabic, North Levantin	0P Arab, Lebanese	1	1
British	26,000		8.00 %	60.00 %		3.2	Christianity	English	0P British	1	1
Cuban, other Hispanic	8,500		8.80 %	55.00 %		3.2	Christianity	Spanish	1	1	1
Deaf		Y	14.90 %	83.00 %		3.2	Christianity	American Sign Language	0P Deaf	1	0T
East Indian	92,000		2.00 %	75.00 %		2.2	Christianity	Hindi	1	1	1
Han Chinese, Hakka	72,000		5.00 %	9.00 %		3.1	Non-Religious	Chinese, Hakka	0P Han Chinese, Hakka	1	0T
Jamaicans	2,540,000	Y	29.00 %	84.30 %		3.2	Christianity	Jamaican Creole Englis	0P Jamaicans	1	1
Jew	200	Y	0.00 %	0.00 %	Y	1.1	Ethnic Religions	English	0P Jew	1	0T
Portuguese	5,600		3.00 %	95.00 %		3.1	Christianity	Portuguese	0P Portuguese	1	1
Total People Groups: 10	2,772,000	3			1	3.2			8	0	4
Unclassified / Other Individuals	11,000
UN Country Population (2013)	2,783,000

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Jamaica –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}


Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]

	Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached	1	10.0 %	200	0.0 %
	Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church	2	20.0 %	113,000	4.1 %
	Level 3 - Established / Significant Church	7	70.0 %	2,660,000	95.9 %

Totals		10		2,772,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Jamaica – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Americans, U.S. 7,600	Arab, Lebanese 20,000	British 26,000	Deaf Unknown	Han Chinese, Hakka 72,000	Jamaicans 2,540,000
© Copyrighted Photo Jew 200	Portuguese 5,600
Jamaica People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Jamaica – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
American Sign Language	ase	1	0	NT	0	1	0	1	1
Arabic, North Levantine Spoken	apc	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	0	0
Chinese, Hakka	hak	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
English	eng	3	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	hin	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Jamaican Creole English	jam	1	0	None	1	0	0	0	1
Portuguese	por	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Spanish	spa	1	0	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	8	10	1		7	6	7	7	5

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Jamaica –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 27.0 %
(subset of Christianity)

Christianity Segments ^{[2] [3]}

(Evangelicals distributed across
Christianity Segments)

% Evangelical and % Christian Adherent Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Christian Adherent Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may also mean unknown or unavailable.

Jamaica – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Jamaica. Ministries in the Jamaica section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the North America and Caribbean section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Jamaica

Ministries in North America and Caribbean

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Country Level Ministries	Size
Church of God, Holiness	Medium
CSI Ministries	Small
Elim Fellowship	Medium
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Medium
Friends United Meeting - Global Ministries	Small
Global Ministries, Church of the United Brethren	Small
Global Outreach Mission	Medium
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention	Medium
Macedonian World Baptist Missions	Medium
Map International	Medium
Ministries in Action	Small
National Baptist Convention of America	Medium
Reformed Baptist Mission Services	Small
STEM International	Small
Teams for Medical Missions	Small
TearFund Belgium	Small
Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions	Small
Ministries Listed: 17

Regional Level Ministries	Size
ABWE (Association of Baptists for World Evangelism)	Large
Anglican Frontier Missions	Small
Assemblies of God World Missions	Large
Awana Clubs, International	Medium
Baptist Bible Fellowship, International	Medium
Baptist International Missions, Inc. (BIMI)	Medium
Baptist Mid-Missions	Medium
BCM International	Medium
Bible League	Medium
Calvary Evangelistic Mission	Small
Campus Crusade for Christ, International	Large
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Medium
Church of God of Prophecy	Medium
Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee	Medium
Church of the Nazarene World Mission Department	Medium
EFCA International Mission	Medium
Every Home for Christ	Medium
Final Frontiers Foundation	Large
Galcom International	Small
GO International	Small
Independent Faith Mission	Medium
InterComm	Small
Reaching Japanese for Christ Network	Small
Scripture Union	Medium
Seventh-day Adventists General Conference	Medium
Silent Word Ministries	Small
United Methodist Church	Medium
United Pentecostal Church Foreign Missions	Medium
Worldwide Tentmakers, Incorporated	Small
Young Life	Medium
Youth with a Mission	Large
Ministries Listed: 31

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Jamaica – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	2,772,000
Percent Urbanization	52 %
Total People Groups	10
Unreached People Groups	1
Region	North America and Caribbean
10/40 Window	No
Official National Language	English
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent	81.3% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	27.0% ^[2]
Country Progress Level	3.2
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.730 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

State Department Religious Freedom Report

Notes

[1] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.

[2] Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.