Editing Belo Horizonte (section)

===Ethnic groups===
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{{bar percent|[[White Brazilian|White]]|blue|43.6}}
{{bar percent|[[Pardo]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]])|#009000|42.6}}
{{bar percent|[[Black Brazilian|Black]]|#9955BB|13.5}}
{{bar percent|[[Asian Brazilian|Asian]]|yellow|0.2}}
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{{Historical populations|25=1970|26=1235030|27=1980|28=1780839|29=1991|30=2020161|31=2000|32=2238526|33=2010|34=2375151|35=2022|36=2315560|footnote=Source:<ref name="census2022">{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=2022 Census Overview|lang=pt}}</ref>}}According to the [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]], there were 2,315,560 people residing in the city of Belo Horizonte.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Censo 2022 – Panorama |url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/}}</ref> The census revealed the following numbers: 1,008,878 [[White Brazilian|White]] people (43.6%), 986,302 [[Pardo]] ([[Multiracial#Brazil|Multiracial]]) people (42.6%), 312,920 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (13.5%), 4,881 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (0.2%), 2,486 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.1%).<ref name=":0" />

In 2010, the city had 428,893 opposite-sex couples and 1,090 [[same-sex couple]]s. The population of Belo Horizonte was 53.1% female and 46.9% male.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web |title=IBGE :: Censo 2010 |url=http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145708/http://www.censo2010.ibge.gov.br/painel/?nivel=mn |archive-date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=2012-11-16 |website=Censo2010.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>

The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, called [[Greater Belo Horizonte]], is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|3rd most populous of Brazil]], after only [[Greater São Paulo]] (with 19,672,582 people, first in Brazil and [[List of metropolitan areas by population|5th in the world]]) and [[Rio de Janeiro|Greater Rio de Janeiro]] (with 14,387,000 people). The city is the [[List of largest cities in Brazil|6th most populous of the country]].

During the 18th century, Minas Gerais received many [[Portuguese Brazilian|Portuguese]] immigrants, mainly from [[Northern Portugal]] as well as many enslaved Africans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |title=Portuguese immigration |website=Asminasgerais.com.br |date=February 19, 2002 |access-date=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820085916/http://www.asminasgerais.com.br/?item=CONTEUDO&codConteudoRaiz=88&codConteudoAtual=165 |archive-date=August 20, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Belo Horizonte has a notable [[Italian Brazilian|Italian influence]]; around 30% of the city's population have some [[Italian Brazilian|Italian origin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |title=Italian origin in BH |website=Insieme.com.br |access-date=2011-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153130/http://www.insieme.com.br/portal/conteudo.php?sid=226&cid=1467&parent=0 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref> The [[Italian culture]] is present in the cuisine, dance, and language.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |title=Italian Culture in BH |website=Cmbh.mg.gov.br |date=April 29, 2008 |access-date=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107195925/http://www.cmbh.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23501&Itemid=367&filter=&nj=1 |archive-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> People of [[German Brazilian|German]], [[Spanish Brazilian|Spanish]], [[French Brazilian|French]], and [[Arab Brazilian|Syrian-Lebanese]] ancestries also make up sizeable groups.