White Jamaicans also known as European-Jamaicans are Jamaican people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Great Britain and Ireland. There are also communities of people who are descendants of people who arrived from Spain, Germany and Portugal. The White population would dramatically decrease during the 1800s, making up only 4% of the population at a peak. There is also a several centuries-old emigration of White Jamaicans, as with Jamaicans in general, to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other countries.