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Demographics

Geography
The Cayman Islands are located in the western Caribbean, 180 miles northwest of Jamaica and 480 miles south of Miami, Florida. Cayman Brac and Little Cayman lie approximately 90 miles east-north east of Grand Cayman, a little over five miles apart.

Area
Grand Cayman76 square miles (22 miles long, avg.width 4 miles)
Cayman Brac14 square miles (12 miles long, avg. width 1.5 miles)
Little Cayman10 square miles (10 miles long, avg. width 1 mile)

Population
40,000 residents (est., October 1999)
By Island:
Grand Cayman   38,585
Cayman Brac   1,300
Little Cayman   115

Citizenship*

Birthplace

Citizenship
  Cayman Parent CaymanOther Jamaica USA UK Honduras Canada Rest of World NS Total
Grand Cayman 12134 1796 118 84 246 23 62 69 6 14538
Cayman Brac/Little Cayman 1254 232 14 9 - 2 1 - 2 1514
Jamaica 664 1287 8115 24 29 - 29 4 - 10152
USA  776 297 10 1779 10 - 8 15 - 2895
UK 57 219 11 21 1888 - 21 22 - 2239
Honduras 180 340 1 8 1 841 2 - - 1373
Canada 61 90 3 6 27 - 1294 2 1 1484
Rest of World 413 668 29 107 189 6 141 3151 2 4706
NS 15 8 19 2 2 1 4 3 65 119
Total 15554 4937 8320 2040 2392 873 1562 3266 76 39020

Housing & Households, by district*
Housing

District

 Owned Mortgaged Rented Rent Free Other NS Total
George Town 1363 1601 4994 433 35 41 8467
West Bay 798 694 1250 145 9 21 2917
Bodden Town 429 801 613 90 4 16 1953
North Side 146 109 68 25   5 353
East End 203 77 80 38 1 4 403
Cayman Brac 330 95 218 83 4 3 733
Little Cayman 11 6 42 22     81
Total 3280 3383 7265 836 53 90 14907

Income*
Income

District

 Average Household CI$ Per Capita CI$
George Town 51,944 21,323
West Bay 54,430 19,261
Bodden Town 58,635 19,867
North Side 50,008 16,360
East End 47,673 14,013
Cayman Brac 49,224 15,780
Little Cayman 30,500 21,483

Income Earned By Gender, Caymanian Status & Type Of Income (CI$)

District

 Paid Employment  Self Employment Total Employment Income from Government Income from Remittances Other Income Total Income
All 595,084 104,784 699,868 9,158 4,517 67,131 780,674
Caymanian 268,626 76,685 345,312 9,007 2,780 34,268 391,367
Non Caymanian 326,310 28,099 354,408 151 1,737 32,863 389,159
NS 148   148       148
Gender 595,295 104,711 700,007 9,158 4,523 67,131 780,819
Female 269,814 19,347 289,161 4,930 2,891 23,688 320,670
Caymanian 141,703 14,642 156,345 4,904 1,844 12,794 175,887
Non Caymanian 127,775 4,705 132,480 83 1,047 10,894 144,504
Male 325,482 85,364 410,846 4,228 1,632 4,343 459,327
Caymanian 126,132 62,059 188,190 4,181 931 21,475 214,777
Non Caymanian 198,507 23,306 221,812 68 700 21,969 244,549
Note: Category Totals differ due to rounding and differences in distribution between income ranges.

*The previous charts are excerpts from the Report of the Cayman Islands 1999 Population & Housing Census. A complete Census report can be acquired by contacting the Economics and Statistics Office located in Elizabethan Square at 345.949.0940 or 345.244.1620 or visit www.eso.ky

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