Brazilian American

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Brazilian American

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Total population
Brazilian Americans
351,914[1]
0.12% of the US population in 2008
Regions with significant populations
Massachusetts, Atlanta area, Florida (South Florida, Central Florida, Florida Keys), Los Angeles area, San Francisco area, NYC area (New York City), New Jersey (Northern New Jersey, Newark)
Languages

American English, Portuguese
Religion

Christianity (mainly nominal numbers of Roman Catholicism, some Protestantism, mostly Evangelical and Pentecostal), but also Irreligion (Materialistic/Nontheistic or not, Atheism, Agnosticism, Secular Humanism, Freethought, Deism and so on), Spiritism, Afro-Brazilian Religions, Buddhism and Japanese New Religions
Related ethnic groups

Brazilians, Brazilian diaspora, Brazilian Australian, Portuguese Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic Americans

Brazilian Americans are Americans of Brazilian origin. There were an estimated 351,914 Brazilian Americans as of 2008, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1] Another source gives an estimate of some 800,000 Brazilians living in the U.S. in 2000,[2] while still another estimates that as of 2008 some 1,100,000 Brazilians live in the United States, 300,000 of them in Florida.[3]

The official United States Census category of Hispanic or Latino is limited explicitly to people of "Spanish culture or origin", and therefore does not include Brazilian Americans.[4][5][6]

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[edit] History

The first brazilian who emigrated to the United States recorded came from the 60's of XX century. Until then, the brazilian will be included in a group formed by all South American groups, so were not counted separately. Of the 234.761 people of South America that arrived to United States between 1820 and 1960, at least, some of them were Brazilian, already that in 1960 U.S. Census Bureau report, counted 27,885 Americans of Brazilian ancestry. From 1960 until the mid-1980s arrive to United States between 1,500 and 2,300 inmigrants Brazilians each year. Since the mid-1980s, the poverty in Brazil quickly increased and the form very high. Thus, between the years 1986 and 1990, 1.4 million Brazilians emigrate of form permanently. In this period many Brazilians emigrated to the United States, Japan and some countries in South America and Europe. It was not until the 80's when Brazilian emigration reached significant levels. Thus, between 1987 and 1991, estimated that 20,800 Brazilians arrived to United States. A significant number of them - 8.133 Brazilians - arrived in 1991. The 1990 U.S. Census Bureau recorded that there are about 60,000 Brazilians living in the United States. However, this number not is very reliable because Brazilian Americans were counted in the census only when them claimed that were Brazilians in the "Other Hispanic" category—Brazilians are not Hispanic—therefore, already in these years, the number of Brazilians living in the United States must be much higher than that. In fact other sources indicate that there are near 100,000 Brazilians living in the New York area alone. In addition, there are sizable Brazilian communities in Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, and Phoenix. [7]

[edit] Education

Many Brazilian immigrants in the United States are university educated, however these immigrants fail to get well-qualified jobs and have to settle for lower-status jobs because the United States doesn't recognize their qualifications and also because most of them do not speak English. Most of the second-and third-generation Brazilian Americans have better jobs, they have been educated in the United States, speak English and have legal permanent resident status.[7]

[edit] Religion

Although the vast majority—nearly 90 percent—of Brazilian Americans are Roman Catholic, there also small groups of others religious. Thus, there in United States, groups fundamentalist Protestant and spiritualists. The latter is a group whose beliefs are based on communication with the spirits of the dead: in this sense there are at least two groups of Spiritualists of Brazilian origin in United States: Umbanda (mixture of Spiritism, Catholicism, and African-Brazilian beliefs and rituals) and the Candomblé (an African-Brazilian religion from the Bahia, Brazil). [7]

[edit] Brazilian American communities

  • West 46th Street has historically been a commercial center for Brazilians living in or visiting New York City. A few years ago[when?] the street was officially titled "Little Brazil Street" by the city. The New York metropolitan area is home to about 76,257 Brazilian Americans. Another NYC neighborhood home to many Brazilian Americans is located in Astoria, Queens.[8]
  • Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods have a significant population of Brazilian-born residents.

[edit] US communities with high percentages of people of Brazilian ancestry

The top 25 U.S. communities with the highest percentages of people claiming Brazilian ancestry are:[10]

  1. East Newark, New Jersey 6.20%
  2. North Bay Village, Florida 6.00%
  3. Danbury, Connecticut 4.90%
  4. Harrison, New Jersey and Framingham, Massachusetts 4.80%
  5. Somerville, Massachusetts 4.50%
  6. Kearny, New Jersey 3.70%
  7. Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts 3.60%
  8. Deerfield Beach, Florida 3.50%
  9. Everett, Massachusetts 3.20%
  10. Marlborough, Massachusetts 3.10%
  11. Long Branch, New Jersey 2.80%
  12. Edgartown, Massachusetts 2.70%
  13. Newark, New Jersey, Doral, Florida and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 2.50%
  14. Miami Beach, Florida, Hillside, New Jersey and Hudson, Massachusetts 2.20%
  15. Oakland Park, Florida, South River, New Jersey, Cliffside Park, New Jersey and Tisbury, Massachusetts 2.10%
  16. Fairview, New Jersey 2.00%
  17. Aventura, Florida 1.90%
  18. Lauramie, Indiana 1.80%
  19. Revere, Massachusetts, Malden, Massachusetts and Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida 1.70%
  20. Surfside, Florida, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, Ojus, Florida, Washington, Ohio and Naugatuck, Connecticut 1.60%
  21. Milford, Massachusetts, Dennis Port, Massachusetts, Keene, Texas, Key Biscayne, Florida, Mount Vernon, New York, Avondale Estates, Georgia and Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 1.50%
  22. Riverside, New Jersey and Trenton, Florida 1.40%
  23. South Lancaster, Massachusetts, Great River, New York and Port Chester, New York 1.30%
  24. Coconut Creek, Florida, Belle Isle, Florida, Big Pine Key, Florida, Chelsea, Massachusetts, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Elizabeth, New Jersey and Ashland, Massachusetts 1.20%
  25. Pompano Beach, Florida, Corte Madera, California and Delran, New Jersey 1.10%

[edit] U.S. communities with the most residents born in Brazil

Top 25 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Brazil are:[11]

  1. Loch Lomond, Florida 15.8%
  2. Bonnie Lock-Woodsetter North, Florida 7.2%
  3. North Bay Village, Florida 7.1%
  4. East Newark, New Jersey 6.7%
  5. Framingham, Massachusetts 6.6%
  6. Harrison, New Jersey 5.8%
  7. Danbury, Connecticut 5.6%
  8. Somerville, Massachusetts 5.4%
  9. Sunshine Ranches, Florida 5.1%
  10. Flying Hills, Pennsylvania 5.1%
  11. Deerfield Beach, Florida 4.7%
  12. Fox River, Alaska 4.5%
  13. Edgartown, Massachusetts 4.4%
  14. West Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4.4%
  15. Marlborough, Massachusetts 4.4%
  16. Kearny, New Jersey 4.4%
  17. Doral, Florida 4.1%
  18. Everett, Massachusetts 4.0%
  19. Long Branch, New Jersey 3.7%
  20. Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts 3.4%
  21. Hudson, Massachusetts 3.2%
  22. Miami Beach, Florida 3.1%
  23. Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 3.0%
  24. Oakland Park, Florida 3.0%
  25. Pompano Beach Highlands, Florida 3.0%

[edit] Relations with Brazil

In the presidential elections in Brazil in 1989, many Brazilian Americans voted in that election, through the Brazilian consulate. The Brazilians Americans are divided between the major political parties in Brazil. However, few Brazilian Americans eligible that voted in the Brazilian consulate. As even the majority of illegal Brazilian immigrants in the United States vote in elections in their country because they fear being reported to immigration authorities.[7]

[edit] Notable Brazilian Americans

Main article: List of Brazilian Americans

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "United States - Selected Population Profile in the United States (Brazilian (360-364))". 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-reg=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201:519;ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201PR:519;ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201T:519;ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:519&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2008_1YR_G00_&-TABLE_NAMEX=&-ci_type=A&-redoLog=true&-charIterations=414&-geo_id=01000US&-geo_id=NBSP&-format=&-_lang=en. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
  2. ^ "Brazilian Immigrant Women in the Boston area: Negotiation of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Class and Nation". http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/9/4/9/pages109497/p109497-4.php. 
  3. ^ http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/especial/2008/eleicaoeua/noticias/2008/11/01/ult5702u1538.jhtm
  4. ^ Office of Management and Budget. "Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice October 30, 1997". http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html. Retrieved 2008-01-11. 
  5. ^ United States Census Bureau (March 2001). "Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-15. 
  6. ^ "B03001. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Spedific Origin". 2006 American Community Survey. U.S. Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G2000_B03001. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  7. ^ a b c d Alphine W. Jefferson. "A Countries and Their Cultures: Brazilian Americans". Countries and their cultures. http://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/Brazilian-Americans.html. Retrieved December 26, 2011, to 15:45. 
  8. ^ "Little Brazil (New York City, USA)". zonalatina.com. http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata132.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
  9. ^ http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=gaston_pubs
  10. ^ "Ancestry Map of Brazilian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Brazilian.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
  11. ^ "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Brazil (population 500+)". city-data.com. http://www.city-data.com/top2/h153.html. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
  12. ^ "She's part Brazilian – her mother is from Sao Paulo"
  13. ^ "Belle already speaks fluent Portuguese — her mother is Brazilian"
  14. ^ "Nationality:, American/Brazilian"
  15. ^ Ruibal, Sal (2008-06-18). "Skateboarder Burnquist strikes a balance on Dew Tour - USATODAY.com". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/2008-06-17-burnquist_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-22. 
  16. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/04/sports/sp-xdiary4 Los Angeles Times

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