Original: The last PNAD ( National Research for Sample of Domiciles ) census revealed the following numbers : 2,442,395 White people ( 73.9 % ) , 707,270 Pardo ( brown ) ( 21.4 % ) , 122,285 Black people ( 3.7 % ) , 36,355 Asian or Amerindian people ( 1.1 % ) .
Simplified: The last PNAD ( National Research for Sample of Domiciles ) census revealed the numbers : 2,503,250 White people ( 77.4 % ) , 584,000 Pardo people ( 18.2 % ) , 93,000 Black people ( 2.9 % ) , 45,000 Asian or Amerindian people ( 1.4 % ) .