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

Parishes

The population of the parishes of Jamaica according to census results.

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 Census (C) 2022-09-12
Clarendon	CLA	May Pen	1,198	203,132	214,706	237,024	245,103	258,643	119800
Hanover	HAN	Lucea	451	62,837	66,104	67,037	69,533	69,780	45100
Kingston	KIN	Kingston	22	104,041	103,771	96,052	89,057	89,186	2200
Manchester	MAN	Mandeville	837	144,029	159,603	185,801	189,797	193,694	83700
Portland	POR	Port Antonio	814	73,656	76,317	80,205	81,744	84,972	81400
St. Andrew	AND	Kingston	435	482,889	535,872	555,828	573,369	583,718	43500
St. Ann	ANN	St. Ann's Bay	1,205	137,745	149,424	166,762	172,362	175,310	120500
St. Catherine	CAT	Spanish Town	1,194	332,674	381,974	482,308	516,218	542,763	119400
St. Elizabeth	ELI	Black River	1,204	136,897	145,651	146,404	150,205	153,201	120400
St. James	JAM	Montego Bay	593	135,959	154,198	175,127	183,811	188,656	59300
St. Mary	MAR	Port Maria	612	105,969	108,780	111,466	113,615	116,498	61200
St. Thomas	THO	Morant Bay	743	80,441	84,700	91,604	93,902	94,485	74300
Trelawny	TRE	Falmouth	871	69,466	71,209	73,066	75,164	77,427	87100
Westmoreland	WML	Savanna-la-Mar	788	120,622	128,362	138,947	144,103	146,205	78800
Jamaica	JAM	Kingston	10,967	2,190,357	2,380,666	2,607,632	2,697,983	2,774,538

The capital of St. Andrew Parish is Half Way Tree located within Kingston Urban Area.
(1982) UN Demographic Yearbook 1988.
(1991) CARICOM: National Census Report Jamaica 2001.
(2001) (2011) (2022) Statistical Institute of Jamaica.

Major Urban Places

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2022-09-12
1	Kingston		611,154
2	Spanish Town	CAT	168,900
3	Portmore	CAT	161,442
4	Montego Bay	JAM	118,013
5	May Pen	CLA	75,491
6	Mandeville	MAN	54,082
7	Old Harbour	CAT	52,294
8	Ocho Rios		26,503

Contents: Urban Places

The population of all Jamaican urban areas and urban settlements 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	Population Census (C) 2022-09-12	Area
Alexandria	ANN	...	...	...	...	...	2,118	968
Anchovy	JAM	...	...	...	...	...	7,084	1835
Annotto Bay	MAR	4,355	...	5,533	5,423	6,017	6,539	922
Balaclava	ELI	...	...	...	2,703	2,770	2,867	1340
Bamboo	ANN	...	...	...	...	...	5,380	3213
Barrett Town (in: St. James & Trelawny)		...	...	...	...	...	17,169	2753
Bath	THO	...	...	...	2,144	2,115	1,496	752
Bethel Town	WML	...	...	...	...	...	2,416	343
Black River	ELI	2,701	3,601	3,610	4,095	5,352	4,782	1397
Bog Walk	CAT	...	...	9,096	11,241	9,431	10,261	1128
Brown's Town	ANN	5,474	6,351	6,874	8,054	9,031	7,591	1001
Buff Bay	POR	3,285	...	2,596	4,210	4,678	6,015	383
Cambridge	JAM	...	...	...	...	...	3,119	1198
Chapelton	CLA	1,281	...	3,930	4,556	4,363	5,769	1163
Christiana	MAN	...	...	7,368	8,276	8,430	9,706	1455
Claremont	ANN	...	...	...	1,970	1,773	3,737	680
Clark's Town	TRE	1,952	...	3,139	3,953	3,003	2,606	341
Darliston	WML	...	...	...	2,529	2,328	2,076	999
Discovery Bay	ANN	1,814	...	2,230	2,518	2,446	8,257	2786
Drax Hall	ANN	...	...	...	...	...	12,798	1340
Duncans	TRE	...	...	...	2,132	2,686	5,153	1635
Ewarton	CAT	4,247	8,758	8,742	10,807	9,753	11,094	1855
Falmouth	TRE	3,855	6,713	8,039	8,188	8,686	21,570	3978
Frankfield	CLA	2,958	...	3,373	3,625	3,507	3,803	754
Gayle/Lucky Hill	MAR	...	...	...	4,148	3,260	2,369	1102
Grange Hill	WML	2,406	6,150	6,530	7,591	6,922	10,429	1864
Green Island/Cousin Cove	HAN	...	...	...	...	...	5,393	1258
Guy's Hill	CAT	...	...	...	...	...	2,998	668
Hayes	CLA	4,258	6,457	8,447	10,098	10,639	10,664	2543
Highgate	MAR	5,636	5,975	5,482	6,051	6,375	7,087	990
Hope Bay	POR	...	...	...	...	...	1,340	148
Hopewell	HAN	...	...	...	...	...	5,890	853
Junction	ELI	...	...	...	3,524	4,034	13,152	2455
Kellits	CLA	...	...	...	...	...	3,371	860
Kingston (in: Kingston, St. Andrew & St. Thomas)		473,700	524,638	565,876	579,137	584,627	611,154	18306	→
Lacovia	ELI	...	...	...	...	...	2,760	574
Lawrence Tavern	AND	...	...	...	...	...	5,636	634
Linstead	CAT	5,996	9,204	14,630	15,660	15,231	16,215	1600
Lionel Town	CLA	3,262	...	4,664	3,568	3,609	3,284	903
Little London	WML	...	...	...	...	...	4,954	865
Longville Park/Free Town (in: Clarendon & St. Catherine)		...	...	...	...	...	11,303	1078
Lucea	HAN	3,579	5,652	5,479	6,245	7,131	7,377	1321
Manchioneal/Hector's River	POR	...	...	...	...	...	4,870	817
Mandeville	MAN	13,681	34,502	40,680	47,467	49,695	54,082	5645
May Pen	CLA	25,425	40,962	48,262	57,334	61,548	75,491	7679
Moneague	ANN	...	...	...	...	...	2,492	931
Montego Bay	JAM	43,251	70,265	85,097	96,477	110,115	118,013	9791
Morant Bay	THO	3,482	8,828	9,711	10,782	11,052	17,792	1559
Negril (in: Westmoreland & Hanover)		1,166	...	4,040	5,854	7,832	13,779	4267
Ocho Rios (in: St, Ann & St. Mary)		5,851	7,777	8,325	15,769	16,671	26,503	1926
Old Harbour	CAT	5,097	15,407	17,778	23,823	28,912	52,294	3944
Old Harbour Bay	CAT	...	...	...	6,344	5,872	8,770	671
Oracabessa	MAR	2,216	...	4,066	4,230	4,398	9,900	1281
Orange Bay	HAN	...	...	...	...	...	2,546	819
Petersfield	WML	...	...	...	...	...	3,454	494
Port Antonio	POR	10,426	12,285	13,261	14,568	14,816	20,345	1519
Port Maria	MAR	5,441	7,508	7,171	7,439	7,463	11,913	1820
Port Morant	THO	...	...	...	3,007	2,905	2,246	233
Portmore	CAT	5,100	73,426	97,024	156,469	182,153	161,442	20331	→
Porus	MAN	3,821	4,922	5,189	5,924	6,009	6,201	1049
Runaway Bay	ANN	1,116	2,838	5,749	5,840	8,640	12,358	2936
Sandy Bay	HAN	...	...	...	...	...	4,814	1032
Santa Cruz	ELI	2,050	5,979	8,189	10,785	10,423	10,798	2065
Savanna-la-Mar	WML	11,604	14,912	16,629	19,893	22,633	22,004	1807
Southfield	ELI	...	...	...	...	...	5,198	2111
Spaldings (in: Manchester & Clarendon)		...	...	...	3,225	4,373	5,936	810
Spanish Town	CAT	39,204	89,097	114,175	131,515	147,152	168,900	8232	→
St. Ann's Bay	ANN	7,101	9,058	11,143	10,441	11,173	16,226	2086
Toll Gate/Osborne Store	CLA	...	...	...	...	...	7,237	2536
Tower Isle	MAR	...	...	...	...	...	13,840	2326
White House	WML	...	...	...	...	...	3,233	447
Whithorn	WML	...	...	...	...	...	4,284	603
Williamsfield	MAN	...	...	...	...	...	4,026	807
Yallahs	THO	4,396	6,835	6,902	9,888	10,849	16,635	1634

The place boundaries differ between different censuses.
(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.
(2001) (2011) (2022) Statistical Institute of Jamaica.