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2011 Census of Population & Housing - Jamaica
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smallest population has either been Hanover or Trelawny, while most parishes have
maintained the same relationship or showed hardly any change. The two most
populous parishes of St Andrew and St Catherine contain about 40 per cent of the
population of the country.
Table (iv) Ranges in Sizes of Parish Populations: Census Years 1911-2011
Census Year
Smallest
Largest
1911
1921
1943
1960
1970
1982
1991
2001
2011
35,500
(Trelawny)
34,600
(Trelawny)
47,500
(Trelawny)
53,900
(Hanover)
59,400
(Hanover)
62,800
(Hanover)
65,400
(Hanover)
67,100
(Hanover)
69,533
(Hanover)
88,100
(St. Catherine)
96,600
(St. Catherine)
128,100
(St. Andrew)
296,000
(St. Andrew)
421,700
(St. Andrew)
482,900
(St. Andrew)
510,500
(St. Andrew)
555,800
(St Andrew)
573,369
(St Andrew)
Urbanisation
Background information provided as a separate section of this report outlines the
factors considered in the classification of areas as urban. A place is considered to be
urban if it has a population of 2,000 or more persons and provides a number of
amenities and facilities which in Jamaica indicate modern living. Census 2011 shows
that over one half (54 per cent) of the population of Jamaica lived in areas classified as
urban at the time of the census. This represents an increase of 1.9 percentage points
since 2001. Table (iv) presents data on the population of the parish capitals and other
urban centres for 2001 and 2011
within the boundaries defined for 2011.
This is an
important point to note. The revision of geographic boundaries is an integral part of
census mapping and it is important to interpret population changes in towns and