Brazilian Americans

Brazilian Americans (,  or ) 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.Alphine W. Jefferson, "Brazilian Americans." in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 343-355. online

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Category:Ethnic groups in the United States