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2011 Census of Population & Housing - Jamaica
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Table (iii) Distribution of Parish Populations: 1960, 2001 and 2011
2011
2001
1960
Total
Total
Total
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
JAMAICA
2,697,983
100.00
2,607,632
100.00
1,609,814
100.00
Kingston
89,057
3.30
96,052
4.19
123,403
7.67
St. Andrew
573,369
21.25
555,828
22.68
296,013
18.39
St. Thomas
93,902
3.48
84,701
3.56
68,725
4.27
Portland
81,744
3.03
76,317
3.21
64,510
4.01
St. Mary
113,615
4.21
108,779
4.57
94,233
5.85
St. Ann
172,362
6.39
149,426
6.28
114,360
7.10
Trelawny
75,164
2.79
73,066
2.99
56,080
3.48
St. James
183,811
6.81
154,195
6.48
83,003
5.16
Hanover
69,533
2.58
67,037
2.78
53,902
3.35
Westmoreland
144,103
5.34
128,364
5.39
109,606
6.81
St. Elizabeth
150,205
5.57
145,651
6.12
116,706
7.25
Manchester
189,797
7.03
159,605
6.70
111,788
6.94
Clarendon
245,103
9.08
214,703
9.02
163,950
10.18
St. Catherine
516,218
19.13
381,972
16.04
153,535
9.54
Between 2001 and 2011 St Catherine was the fastest growing parish (Summary Table
1.3) growing by 7 per cent at an annual rate of 0.72 per cent, doubling the national rate
of 0.36 per cent. St Catherine was followed by St James (5 per cent). The slowest
growing parishes were St Thomas and Portland which saw population increases of only
2 per cent each. The parish of Kingston remained the only one which declined. In terms
of absolute numbers it was also St Catherine which had the largest increase, 33,910. St
Catherine was followed by St Andrew (17,541), St James (8,684), Clarendon (8,079) St
Ann (5,600) and Westmoreland (5,155). These six parishes which were the only parishes
to gain over 5,000 people during the period accounted for more than three quarters (87
per cent) of the overall increase for the country.
As in the previous intercensal period, Westmoreland was the only western parish other
than St. James to show any appreciable growth in population. The changing pattern of
growth in St Elizabeth should be noted. Between 1991 and 2001 the parish of St.
Elizabeth stood out as that which experienced the lowest rate of growth and the
smallest addition to its population, having grown at the minimal rate of only 0.05%
adding just over 700 persons. Between 2001 and 2011 the parish grew by about 3 per
cent, an addition of approximately 3,800 persons.
If Kingston and St Andrew are excluded there are no fundamental changes in the rank
order of the remaining parishes since 1911. Throughout the period, the parish with the