White Brazilians

White Brazilians

Brasileiros brancos
Total population
91,051,646 47.73% of the Brazilian population
Regions with significant populations
Entire country; highest percents found in southern and southeastern Brazil
Languages
Main language Portuguese Minorities speak assorted languages and dialects, such as Riograndenser Hunsrückisch (a German dialect with co-official status, spoken by 1.94%), Talian (a Venetian dialect spoken by 1.49%) Polish, Other smaller minorities include Ukrainian, Dutch, East Pomeranian (a Pommersch dialect) and Plautdietsch (both East Low Saxon dialects), Central and Southern Austro-Bavarian, Lithuanian and Lettish, Russian, Highest Alemannic (Swiss German dialects), Vorarlbergerisch and other High Alemannic subdivisions (Swiss and Austrian German continuum), Swabian (Allemanic dialect), Yiddish, Hebrew.
Religion
Roman Catholicism 64.66% (nominal, culturally Christian, nonpractising lapsed Catholics included) Protestantism 22.16% Irreligion, Deism, Agnosticism and Atheism 9.0% Kardecist Christian Spiritism 1.87% Other Christians: Brazilian Catholics, Mormonism and Orthodoxy 1.19% Minorities among Whites: Judaism, Buddhism and Japanese new religions

Portuguese

White Brazilians (Portuguese: brasileiros brancos [bɾɐziˈle(j)ɾuz ˈbɾɐ̃kus]) refers to Brazilian citizens of European or Levantine descent. According to the 2010 Census, they totaled 91,051,646 people, and made up 47.73% of the Brazilian population. The main ancestry of white Brazilians is Portuguese, followed by Italian, Spanish, German (including German-speaking Austrians, Swiss, Pomeranians, Volga Germans and Luxembourgers),Slavic (Polish, Ukrainian and Russian), Levantine (Lebanese and Syrian), Dutch, French and Baltic.

The white Brazilian population is spread throughout the national territory, but its highest percentage is found in the three southernmost states, where 79.8% of the population has European or Caucasian phenotype, whereas the Southeast region has the largest absolute numbers.

The states with the highest percentage of white citizens are: Santa Catarina (86.96%), Rio Grande do Sul (82.30%), Paraná (77.24%) and São Paulo (70.40%). Other states with significant rates are: Rio de Janeiro (55.82%), Mato Grosso do Sul (51.78%), Espírito Santo (50.45%), Minas Gerais (47.24%) and Goiás (43.60%). São Paulo has the largest population in absolute numbers with 30 million whites.

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