Brazilian Americans
ethnic group; Americans of Brazilian ancestry
Brazilian Americans (Portuguese: brasileiros-americanos, norte-americanos de origem brasileira or estadunidenses de origem brasileira) are Americans who are of full or partial Brazilian ancestry. They are relatively new arrivals, for the 1960 Census only counted 27,855 Brazilians. The first major wave of immigration came after 1986, when 1.4 million Brazilians emigrated to various countries. Nearly half live in New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, with significant populations in the south as well.[1]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 371,529 0.11% of the U.S. population (2012) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Miami metropolitan area, Orlando metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area and Northern New Jersey, Boston metropolitan area, Dallas–Fort Worth, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Houston, Los Angeles. Growing populations in Chicago, Atlanta, Colorado, North Carolina and Louisiana | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Indigenous Brazilian languages, Spanish, European languages (German, Venetian, Polish, etc.), Asian languages (Japanese, etc.) | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Roman Catholicism Minority: Protestantism, Mormonism, Spiritism, Candomblé, Quimbanda, Umbanda, Buddhism, Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Brazilian Canadians, other Brazilian diaspora |
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