Lusophone Groups

We take a look at Lusophone groups in America. Namely Brazilian and Portuguese. Lusophone means "Portuguese speaking". The largest Lusophone group is actually Brazilian-American, descendants of Portugal's largest colony.

		Brazilian  Ancestry			Brazilian  Ancestry as a Percentage of Total Population
	United States	361,814	1	Massachusetts	1.12%
1	Massachusetts	73,312	2	Connecticut	0.62%
2	Florida	67,195	3	New Jersey	0.38%
3	New Jersey	33,419	4	Florida	0.36%
4	California	31,447	5	New Hampshire	0.20%
5	New York	26,310	6	Utah	0.19%
6	Connecticut	22,096	7	Rhode Island	0.14%
7	Texas	15,090	8	District of Columbia	0.14%
8	Pennsylvania	10,602	9	New York	0.14%
9	Georgia	9,912	10	Maryland	0.12%
10	Illinois	7,722		United States	0.12%
11	Maryland	6,806	11	Georgia	0.10%
12	Utah	5,179	12	California	0.08%
13	Virginia	5,077	13	Pennsylvania	0.08%
14	North Carolina	3,904	14	Nevada	0.08%
15	Arizona	3,264	15	Alaska	0.07%
16	Louisiana	2,843	16	Virginia	0.06%
17	New Hampshire	2,583	17	Delaware	0.06%
18	Michigan	2,450	18	Louisiana	0.06%
19	South Carolina	2,179	19	Illinois	0.06%
20	Wisconsin	2,168	20	Texas	0.06%
21	Washington	2,123	21	Arizona	0.05%
22	Nevada	2,075	22	South Carolina	0.05%
23	Ohio	1,909	23	Arkansas	0.04%
24	Tennessee	1,783	24	Kansas	0.04%
25	Colorado	1,768	25	North Carolina	0.04%
26	Missouri	1,674	26	Wisconsin	0.04%
27	Rhode Island	1,523	27	Colorado	0.04%
28	Kentucky	1,274	28	Maine	0.03%
29	Arkansas	1,270	29	New Mexico	0.03%
30	Kansas	1,198	30	Washington	0.03%
31	Oklahoma	1,159	31	Iowa	0.03%
32	Oregon	1,045	32	Oklahoma	0.03%
33	Minnesota	1,026	33	Kentucky	0.03%
34	Iowa	958	34	Tennessee	0.03%
35	Alabama	951	35	Missouri	0.03%
36	District of Columbia	830	36	Oregon	0.03%
37	Indiana	768	37	Michigan	0.02%
38	New Mexico	652	38	Alabama	0.02%
39	Delaware	563	39	Minnesota	0.02%
40	Alaska	486	40	Idaho	0.02%
41	Maine	462	41	Ohio	0.02%
42	Idaho	285	42	Indiana	0.01%
43	Nebraska	212	43	Nebraska	0.01%
44	West Virginia	169	44	West Virginia	0.01%
45	Hawaii	No data	45	Hawaii	0.00%
46	Mississippi	No data	46	Mississippi	0.00%
47	Montana	No data	47	Montana	0.00%
48	North Dakota	No data	48	North Dakota	0.00%
49	South Dakota	No data	49	South Dakota	0.00%
50	Vermont	No data	50	Vermont	0.00%
51	Wyoming	No data	51	Wyoming	0.00%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates