29,245,300 White people (70.0%), 10,026,000 Brown ( Multiracial ) people (24.0%), 1,671,000 Black people (4.0%), 584,000 Asian people (1. 8%), 83,000 Amerindian people (0.2%).People of Italian descent predominate in many towns, including the capital city and the northeast part of the state, which is 65% Italian. Portuguese and Spanish descendants are