A majority of the people of Costa Rica are of European descent. Whites and mestizos people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry account for about 96 % of the population; the small black community is largely of Jamaican origin. About 50 % of the population is defined as rural. Spanish is the official language, but English is also spoken by many educated people and some of the ethnic Jamaicans. Roman Catholicism is the state religion, but freedom of worship is guaranteed by the constitution.