Jamaica: Parishes, Major Cities & Urban Centers - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Parishes

The population of the parishes of Jamaica according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1982-06-08	Population Census (C) 1991-04-08	Population Census (C) 2001-09-10	Population Census (C) 2011-04-05	Population Estimate (E) 2018-12-31
Jamaica	JAM	Kingston	10,991	2,190,357	2,380,666	2,607,632	2,697,983	2,726,667
Clarendon	CLA	May Pen	1,196	203,132	214,706	237,024	245,103	247,702	119600
Hanover	HAN	Lucea	450	62,837	66,104	67,037	69,533	70,265	45000
Kingston & St. Andrew	KSA	Kingston	453	586,930	639,643	651,880	662,426	669,773	45300
Manchester	MAN	Mandeville	830	144,029	159,603	185,801	189,797	191,881	83000
Portland	POR	Port Antonio	814	73,656	76,317	80,205	81,744	82,643	81400
St. Ann	ANN	St. Ann's Bay	1,213	137,745	149,424	166,762	172,362	174,203	121300
St. Catherine	CAT	Spanish Town	1,192	332,674	381,974	482,308	516,218	521,249	119200
St. Elizabeth	ELI	Black River	1,212	136,897	145,651	146,404	150,205	151,839	121200
St. James	JAM	Montego Bay	595	135,959	154,198	175,127	183,811	185,697	59500
St. Mary	MAR	Port Maria	611	105,969	108,780	111,466	113,615	114,867	61100
St. Thomas	THO	Morant Bay	743	80,441	84,700	91,604	93,902	94,939	74300
Trelawny	TRE	Falmouth	875	69,466	71,209	73,066	75,164	75,981	87500
Westmoreland	WML	Savanna-la-Mar	807	120,622	128,362	138,947	144,103	145,628	80700

The Parish of Kingston (22 sq.km) had a population of 104,041 (1982), 103,771 (1991), 96,052 (2001), and 89,057 (2011).
(1982) UN Demographic Yearbook 1988.
(1991) CARICOM: National Census Report Jamaica 2001.
(2001) (2011) (2018) Statistical Institute of Jamaica (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2011-05-04
1	Kingston	KSA	584,627
2	Portmore	CAT	182,153
3	Spanish Town	CAT	147,152
4	Montego Bay	JAM	110,115
5	May Pen	CLA	61,548
6	Mandeville	MAN	49,695
7	Old Harbour	CAT	28,912
8	Savanna-la-Mar	WML	22,633

Contents: Cities & Urban Centers

The population of all Jamaican cities and urban centers by census years.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1970-04-07	Population Census (C) 1982-06-08	Population Census (C) 1991-04-07	Population Census (C) 2001-09-10	Population Census (C) 2011-05-04
Annotto Bay	MAR	4,355	...	5,533	5,423	6,017
Balaclava	ELI	...	...	...	2,703	2,770
Bath	THO	...	...	...	2,144	2,115
Black River	ELI	2,701	3,601	3,610	4,095	5,352
Bog Walk	CAT	...	...	9,096	11,241	9,431
Brown's Town	ANN	5,474	6,351	6,874	8,054	9,031
Buff Bay	POR	3,285	...	2,596	4,210	4,678
Chapelton	CLA	1,281	...	3,930	4,556	4,363
Christiana	MAN	...	...	7,368	8,276	8,430
Claremont	ANN	...	...	...	1,970	1,773
Clark's Town	TRE	1,952	...	3,139	3,953	3,003
Darliston	WML	...	...	...	2,529	2,328
Discovery Bay	ANN	1,814	...	2,230	2,518	2,446
Duncans	TRE	...	...	...	2,132	2,686
Ewarton	CAT	4,247	8,758	8,742	10,807	9,753
Falmouth	TRE	3,855	6,713	8,039	8,188	8,686
Frankfield	CLA	2,958	...	3,373	3,625	3,507
Gayle/Lucky Hill	MAR	...	...	...	4,148	3,260
Grange Hill	WML	2,406	6,150	6,530	7,591	6,922
Hayes	CLA	4,258	6,457	8,447	10,098	10,639
Highgate	MAR	5,636	5,975	5,482	6,051	6,375
Junction	ELI	...	...	...	3,524	4,034
Kingston	KSA	473,700	524,638	565,876	579,137	584,627
Linstead	CAT	5,996	9,204	14,630	15,660	15,231
Lionel Town	CLA	3,262	...	4,664	3,568	3,609
Lucea	HAN	3,579	5,652	5,479	6,245	7,131
Mandeville	MAN	13,681	34,502	40,680	47,467	49,695
May Pen	CLA	25,425	40,962	48,262	57,334	61,548
Montego Bay	JAM	43,251	70,265	85,097	96,477	110,115
Morant Bay	THO	3,482	8,828	9,711	10,782	11,052
Negril (in: Westmoreland & Hanover)		1,166	...	4,040	5,854	7,832
Ocho Rios	ANN	5,851	7,777	8,325	15,769	16,671
Old Harbour	CAT	5,097	15,407	17,778	23,823	28,912
Old Harbour Bay	CAT	...	...	...	6,344	5,872
Oracabessa	MAR	2,216	...	4,066	4,230	4,398
Port Antonio	POR	10,426	12,285	13,261	14,568	14,816
Port Maria	MAR	5,441	7,508	7,171	7,439	7,463
Port Morant	THO	...	...	...	3,007	2,905
Portmore	CAT	5,100	73,426	97,024	156,469	182,153
Porus	MAN	3,821	4,922	5,189	5,924	6,009
Runaway Bay	ANN	1,116	2,838	5,749	5,840	8,640
Santa Cruz	ELI	2,050	5,979	8,189	10,785	10,423
Savanna-la-Mar	WML	11,604	14,912	16,629	19,893	22,633
Spaldings (in: Clarendon & Manchester)		...	...	...	3,225	4,373
Spanish Town	CAT	39,204	89,097	114,175	131,515	147,152
St. Ann's Bay	ANN	7,101	9,058	11,143	10,441	11,173
Yallahs	THO	4,396	6,835	6,902	9,888	10,849

(1970) Minister of Local Government, Youth & Community Development (web).
(1982) Statistical Institute of Jamaica: Population Census 1982. Volume 1.
(1991) CARICOM: National Census Report Jamaica 2001 plus (in italics) data from the Minister of Local Government, Youth & Community Development (web).
(2001) (2011) Statistical Institute of Jamaica: Population and Housing Census 2011, General Report Volume I, 2012.