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• AnswerHow deep is poverty in Saint James?

  Food poverty affected about 32% as many people as total poverty in Saint James in 2012 (Jamaica: 36%). Source: Planning Institute of Jamaica and Statistical Institute of Jamaica · saved copy

• AnswerIs the population of Saint James growing?

  Saint james' population changed by +4,845 people (+2.64%) between the 2011 census (183,811) and 2022; Jamaica as a whole grew by 2.84%. Growth was 5th fastest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of J

• AnswerWhat is the education level in Saint James?

  33.5% of people aged 3 and over in Saint James had primary school as their highest level in 2011 and 46.7% had secondary school (Jamaica: 34.4% and 45.7%). Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (ST

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James are poor?

  Applying the estimated poverty rate to the 2011 census population gives roughly 19,700 people in poverty in Saint James in 2012, of whom roughly 6,200 were in food poverty. Source: Planning Institute

• AnswerAre more women than men unemployed in Saint James?

  Women were 40.5% of the unemployed in Saint James in the 2011 census (4,760 women and 6,988 men), against 43.1% across Jamaica; 6th lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) · sa

• AnswerWhat is the average household consumption in Saint James?

  Estimated annual household consumption per equivalent adult in Saint James was J$396,925 in 2012, 19% above the national J$334,324; 2nd highest of 13 (PIOJ/STATIN poverty mapping, 2011 census and 2012

• AnswerDo more women than men have degrees in Saint James?

  Women made up 65.3% of those in Saint James whose highest level was university in 2011 (4,563 women, 2,428 men), against 63.3% nationally. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) · saved cop

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have a university degree?

  4.0% of people aged 3 and over in Saint James had university as their highest level of education in 2011 (6,991 people), against 4.8% nationally; 4th highest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Ja

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have post-secondary education?

  Including other tertiary education, 10.0% of people aged 3 and over in Saint James had a tertiary qualification in 2011 (Jamaica: 10.0%); 4th highest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (S

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James left school after primary?

  39.1% of people aged 3 and over in Saint James had at most primary schooling (including pre-primary and none) in 2011, against 39.9% in Jamaica; 3rd lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jama

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have difficulty with hearing?

  In the 2011 census 2.3% of people aged 5 and over in Saint James reported some difficulty with hearing (3,890 people), against 3.0% in Jamaica; the lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamai

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have difficulty with walking?

  In the 2011 census 4.5% of people aged 5 and over in Saint James reported some difficulty with walking (7,393 people), against 5.1% in Jamaica; 2nd lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamai

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James cannot afford enough food?

  An estimated 3.4% of people in Saint James lived in food poverty (consumption below the food poverty line) in 2012, against 7.2% nationally; 2nd lowest of 13. Source: Planning Institute of Jamaica and

• AnswerIs poverty in Saint James higher than the national average?

  Saint james' 2012 poverty estimate was 9.1 percentage points below the national rate of 19.8%. Source: Planning Institute of Jamaica and Statistical Institute of Jamaica · saved copy

• AnswerHow much does a person in Saint James consume per year?

  The 2012 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions itself measured annual consumption per equivalent adult at J$371,982 in Saint James, against J$329,124 for Jamaica; the mapping model estimated J$396,925.

• AnswerWhat share of residents of Saint James are out of work?

  Among Saint James residents, 38 men and 26 women per 1,000 residents were unemployed in the 2011 census (Jamaica: 34 and 26), counted against all residents of both sexes. Source: Statistical Institute

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have a severe hearing disability?

  0.36% of people aged 5 and over in Saint James reported much difficulty or no ability with hearing in 2011 (592 people; Jamaica: 0.49%); the lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STA

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have a severe seeing disability?

  1.10% of people aged 5 and over in Saint James reported much difficulty or no ability with seeing in 2011 (1,823 people; Jamaica: 1.39%); the lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (ST

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James have a severe walking disability?

  1.04% of people aged 5 and over in Saint James reported much difficulty or no ability with walking in 2011 (1,725 people; Jamaica: 1.19%); 2nd lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica (S

• AnswerWhat does the living conditions survey say about poverty in Saint James?

  Direct estimates from the 2012 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions put poverty in Saint James at 11.1% and food poverty at 3.1%, compared with the model-based 10.7% and 3.4%. Source: Planning Institut

• AnswerHow many people in Saint James lost their job and are seeking work?

  7,078 unemployed people in Saint James (60.2%) were other job seekers (not first-time seekers), and 715 (6.1%) were available for work but not seeking it (2011 census). Source: Statistical Institute o

• AnswerHow many young people in Saint James are looking for their first job?

  33.7% of the unemployed in Saint James were first-time job seekers in the week before the 2011 census (3,955 people), against 37.2% nationally; 3rd lowest of 13. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamai