Editing Jamaica (section)

===Emigration===
{{main|Jamaican diaspora}}

Many Jamaicans have [[emigrated]] to other countries, especially the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. In the case of the United States, about 20,000 Jamaicans per year are granted permanent residence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigrationstatistics |title=United States immigration statistics |publisher=Dhs.gov |date=23 June 2009 |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204130555/http://www.dhs.gov/immigrationstatistics |archive-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> There has also been emigration of Jamaicans to other Caribbeans countries such as Cuba,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569844_2/Cuba.html |title=Jamaicans to Cuba |publisher=Encarta.msn.com |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029160356/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569844_2/Cuba.html |archive-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Puerto Rico, Guyana, and The Bahamas. It was estimated in 2004 that up to 2.5 million Jamaicans and Jamaican descendants lived abroad.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050427212932/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20040620T150000-0500_61511_OBS_LINKING_THE_JAMAICAN_DIASPORA.asp Linking the Jamaican Diaspora]. Jamaica Observer. 20 June 2004.</ref>

About 800,000 [[British Jamaican|Jamaicans live in the United Kingdom]], making them by far the country's largest [[British African-Caribbean community|African-Caribbean group]]. Large-scale migration from Jamaica to the UK occurred primarily in the 1950s and 1960s when the country was still under British rule. There are Jamaican communities in most large UK cities.<ref name=IOMMapping>{{cite web|url=http://www.iomlondon.org/doc/mapping/IOM_JAMAICA.pdf |title=Jamaica: Mapping exercise |publisher=[[International Organization for Migration]] |location=London |date=July 2007 |access-date=27 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511105031/http://www.iomlondon.org/doc/mapping/IOM_JAMAICA.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref> Concentrations of [[expatriate]] Jamaicans are quite considerable in numerous cities in the United States, including [[New York City]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], the [[South Florida|Miami]] metro area, [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]].<ref>Jones, Terry-Ann. ''Jamaican Immigrants in the United States and Canada: Race, Transnationalism, and Social Capital''. New York, NY: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2008. 2–3; 160–3. Print.</ref> In Canada, the Jamaican population is centred in [[Toronto]],<ref name="Toronto">{{cite web|title=Census Profile, 2016 Census – Toronto (CMA)|publisher=Statistics Canada|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=535&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1|access-date=2018-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813114501/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=535&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=toronto&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Ethnic%20origin&TABID=1|archive-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> with smaller communities in cities such as [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Montreal]], [[Winnipeg]], [[Vancouver]] and [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All&type=0&Code1=3506008&SearchText=ottawa |access-date=2020-06-21 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806063218/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All&type=0&Code1=3506008&SearchText=ottawa |url-status=live }}</ref> Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire [[Black Canadians|Black Canadian population]].<ref name=jamaicans>[http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories—20% sample data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818195955/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=2&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |date=18 August 2016 }}, Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on 11 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=2&Display=Page Visible minority groups, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories—20% sample data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114042710/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-562/pages/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Table=1&Data=Count&StartRec=1&Sort=2&Display=Page |date=14 November 2017 }}, Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved on 19 March 2011.</ref>
A notable though much smaller group of emigrants are [[Jamaicans in Ethiopia]]. These are mostly Rastafarians, in whose theological worldview Africa is the promised land, or "Zion", or more specifically Ethiopia, due to reverence in which former Ethiopian Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] is held.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100618/news/news4.html|first=Patrina|last=Pink|title=Jamaican Rastas Bring Cultural Diversity To 'Promised Land'|newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner|date=2010-06-18|access-date=2013-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730210828/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100618/news/news4.html|archive-date=30 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Most live in the small town of [[Shashamane]] about 150 miles (240&nbsp;km) south of the capital [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1639646.stm|first=Nita|last=Bhalla|title=The town that Rastafarians built|work=BBC News|date=2001-11-05|access-date=2013-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730210816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1639646.stm|archive-date=30 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>