The term "pardo" was first used in a Brazilian census in 1872.

Brazilian censuses do not research "ethnic origins" or ancestry, which makes it very difficult to give accurate numbers of Brazilians of Spanish descent.

Its population was of 80,605 residents in 2010, according to the Brazilian census.

According to the Brazilian census in 2012 the town had 202.309 inhabitants.

The following are the results for the different Brazilian censuses, since 1872:

The Brazilian census is carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics every 10 years.

The number of Muslims in Brazil, according to the 2010 Brazilian census, was of 35,207.

The Brazilian census enumerated people by race in all censuses since 1872 with the exception of 1900, 1920, and 1970.

The Brazilian census classifies people by race as either white, black, pardo (brown), yellow (Asian), or indigenous.

Brazilian censuses do not use a "multiracial" category.