Brazilian American

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Brazilian American


caption = Jordana Brewster • Maiara Walsh flagicon|Brazil flagicon|USA
poptime = Brazilian Americans
346,000
0.1% of US population
popplace = Massachusetts, Chicago, Florida (South Florida, Central Florida, Florida Keys), Los Angeles area, San Francisco area, NYC area (New York City), New Jersey (Northern New Jersey, Newark)
langs = American English, Portuguese
rels = Christianity (mainly Roman Catholic, some Protestantism), Spiritism, Umbanda, Candomble, Agnostic, Atheist, others
related = Hispanic American, Portuguese American, American Brazilian, Latino Canadian, Latin American, Brazilians, Brazilian diasporaA Brazilian American refers to immigrants from Brazil or Americans of Brazilian ancestry. There were an estimated 346,000 Brazilian Americans as of 2006. [U.S. Census Bureau; [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-reg=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201:519;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR:519;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T:519;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR:519&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-TABLE_NAMEX=&-ci_type=A&-charIterations=001&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en S0201. Selected Population Profile in the United States Population; Group: Brazilian (360-364)] ; Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey; Survey: 2006 American Community Survey. Retrieved on 2008-01-28] Because of illegal immigration, this number must be a serious undercount. In 2000, there were estimated some 800,000 Brazilians living in the U.S. [ 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] ]

Brazilian-American Communities

* West 46th Street has historically been a commercial center for Brazilians living or visiting New York City. A few years ago the street was officially titled "Little Brazil Street" by the city. Although the NYC neighborhood home to many Brazilian-American is located in Astoria, Queens. [cite web |url=http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata132.htm |title=Little Brazil (New York City, USA) |publisher=zonalatina.com |accessdate=2008-08-06]

* The Los Angeles metropolitan area is also home to many Brazilian Americans, many concentrated on Venice Boulevard in West Los Angeles.

* Newark, New Jersey is also home to many Brazilian and Luso-Americans, mainly in the inner-city's Ironbound district.

* South Florida's large Brazilian community is mostly centered between around the islands and northeastern section of Miami-Dade County (North Bay Village, Bay Harbor Islands, Miami Beach, Surfside, Key Biscayne, Aventura and North Miami Beach) with the exception of Doral. In Broward County, the population is centered around the northeastern part as well (Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Oakland Park, Coconut Creek, Lighthouse Point and Sea Ranch Lakes), with some living on the border of Palm Beach County, Florida (particularly the Boca Raton area).

* A disproportional number of Brazilians who have emigrated to the U.S. came from the town of Governador Valadares, in the state of Minas Gerais.

* Atlanta's Brazilian community is largely located in Marietta, a large suburb in Cobb County. Other areas of high Brazilian concentration included Roswell and Alpharetta.

US communities with high percentages of people of Brazilian ancestry

The top US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Brazilian ancestry are: [cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Brazilian.html |title=Ancestry Map of Brazilian Communities |publisher=Epodunk.com |accessdate=2008-08-06]

# East Newark, New Jersey 6.20%
# North Bay Village, Florida 6.00%
# Danbury, Connecticut 4.90%
# Harrison, New Jersey and Framingham, Massachusetts 4.80%
# Somerville, Massachusetts 4.50%
# Kearny, New Jersey 3.70%
# Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts 3.60%
# Deerfield Beach, Florida 3.50%
# Marlborough, Massachusetts 3.20%
# Everett, Massachusetts 3.10%
# Long Branch, New Jersey 2.80%
# Edgartown, Massachusetts 2.70%
# Newark, New Jersey, Doral, Florida and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 2.50%
# Miami Beach, Florida, Hillside, New Jersey and Hudson, Massachusetts 2.20%
# Oakland Park, Florida, South River, New Jersey, Cliffside Park, New Jersey and Tisbury, Massachusetts 2.10%
# Fairview, New Jersey 2.00%
# Aventura, Florida 1.90%
# Lauramie, Indiana 1.80%
# Revere, Massachusetts, Malden, Massachusetts and Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida 1.70%
# Surfside, Florida, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, Ojus, Florida, Washington, Ohio and Naugatuck, Connecticut 1.60%
# Milford, Massachusetts, Dennis Port, Massachusetts, Keene, Texas, Key Biscayne, Florida, Mount Vernon, New York, Avondale Estates, Georgia and Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 1.50%
# Riverside, New Jersey and Trenton, Florida 1.40%
# South Lancaster, Massachusetts, Great River, New York and Port Chester, New York 1.30%
# Coconut Creek, Florida, Belle Isle, Florida, Big Pine Key, Florida, Chelsea, Massachusetts, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Elizabeth, New Jersey and Ashland, Massachusetts 1.20%
# Pompano Beach, Florida, Corte Madera, California and Delran, New Jersey 1.10%
# Empire, California 1.00%

U.S. communities with the most residents born in Brazil

Top 101 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Brazil are: [cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/top2/h153.html |title=Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Brazil (population 500+) |publisher=city-data.com |accessdate=2008-08-06]

# Loch Lomond, FL 15.8%
# Bonnie Lock-Woodsetter North, FL 7.2%
# North Bay Village, FL 7.1%
# East Newark, NJ 6.7%
# Framingham, MA 6.6%
# Harrison, NJ 5.8%
# Danbury, CT 5.6%
# Somerville, MA 5.4%
# Sunshine Ranches, FL 5.1%
# Flying Hills, PA 5.1%
# Deerfield Beach, FL 4.7%
# Fox River, AK 4.5%
# Edgartown, MA 4.4%
# West Yarmouth, MA 4.4%
# Marlborough, MA 4.4%
# Kearny, NJ 4.4%
# Doral, FL 4.1%
# Everett, MA 4.0%
# Long Branch, NJ 3.7%
# Vineyard Haven, MA 3.4%
# Hudson, MA 3.2%
# Miami Beach, FL 3.1%
# Oak Bluffs, MA 3.0%
# Oakland Park, FL 3.0%
# Pompano Beach Highlands, FL 3.0%
# Sandalfoot Cove, FL 2.8%
# South River, NJ 2.7%
# Kendall Green, FL 2.6%
# Country Estates, FL 2.6%
# Tisbury, MA 2.5%
# Barnstable, MA (town) 2.5%
# Sea Ranch Lakes, FL 2.5%
# Newark, NJ 2.5%
# Ramblewood East, FL 2.4%
# Doctor Phillips, FL 2.4%
# Keene, TX 2.4%
# Cliffside Park, NJ 2.4%
# Aventura, FL 2.4%
# Milford, MA 2.4%
# Dennis Port, MA 2.3%
# Cottonwood, CO 2.3%
# Woods Hole, MA 2.3%
# Malden, MA 2.3%
# Palm Aire, FL 2.1%
# Key Biscayne, FL 2.1%
# Westbrook Center, CT 2.0%
# Surfside, FL 2.0%
# Yarmouth, MA 2.0%
# Juno Ridge, FL 2.0%
# Hillside, NJ 2.0%
# Sunny Isles Beach, FL 2.0%
# Lowell, MA 2.0%
# Mount Vernon, NY 1.9%
# Forest Home, NY 1.9%
# Bethel, CT 1.9%
# Bay Harbor Islands, FL 1.8%
# Conway, NH 1.8%
# Fairview, NJ 1.8%
# Revere, MA 1.8%
# Port Chester, NY 1.8%
# Ojus, FL 1.8%
# Willow, AK 1.7%
# South Yarmouth, MA 1.7%
# South Lancaster, MA 1.6%
# Strawberry, CA (Marin County, CA) 1.6%
# [http://www.city-data.com/city/Southwest-Orange-Florida.html Southwest Orange, FL] (Orange County, FL) 1.6%
# Chelsea, MA 1.6%
# Hillcrest, NY 1.5%
# Granville South, OH 1.5%
# Northeast Ithaca, NY 1.5%
# Medford, MA 1.5%
# Rolling Oaks, FL 1.5%
# Bridgeport, CT 1.4%
# Kendall, FL 1.4%
# Naugatuck, CT 1.4%
# Coconut Creek, FL 1.4%
# Pompano Beach, FL 1.4%
# Nyack, NY 1.3%
# Ashland, MA 1.3%
# Pinecrest, FL 1.3%
# Biscayne Park, FL 1.3%
# Corte Madera, CA 1.3%
# Friendship Village, MD 1.3%
# The Crossings, FL 1.3%
# North Lauderdale, FL 1.2%
# Harbor Hills, NY 1.2%
# Boca Pointe, FL 1.2%
# North Plymouth, MA 1.2%
# [http://www.city-data.com/city/North-Westside-Florida.html North Westside, FL] 1.2%
# Guttenberg, NJ 1.2%
# Boca Del Mar, FL 1.2%
# Bal Harbour, FL 1.2%
# Cutler, FL 1.2%
# Big Pine Key, FL 1.1%
# Hopedale, MA 1.1%
# Elizabeth, NJ 1.1%
# Coral Springs, FL 1.1%
# Lake Clarke Shores, FL 1.1%
# Ives Estates, FL 1.1%
# Boca Raton, FL 1.1%
# [http://www.city-data.com/city/Malheur-Junction-Oregon.html Malheur Junction, OR] (Malheur County, OR) 1.1%

References

ee also

*American Brazilian
*Luso American
*List of Brazilian Americans
*Brazil
*Brazilian British

External links

* [http://www.brazilianfoundation.org The Brazilian-American Foundation]
* [http://www.bacidc.org/ Brazilian-American Cultural Institute]
* [http://www.bramas.org/ Brazilian-American Association]
* [http://www.brazilcham.com/ Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.]