Editing Goiás (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Santuário Basílica do Divino Pai Eterno, novembro 2020.jpg|thumb|right|[[Basilica of the Eternal Father, Trindade|Basilica of the Eternal Father]]]]
According to the [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]], there were 7,056,495 people residing in the state. The population density was 20.7 inh./km<sup>2</sup>.

Urbanization: 88.6% (2006); [[Population growth]]: 2.5% (1991–2000); Houses: 1,749,000 (2006).<ref>Source: PNAD.</ref>

The 2022 census revealed the following numbers: 3,822,864 Pardo (Multiracial) people (54.2%), 2,557,454 White people (36.2%), 648,560 [[Afro-Brazilian|Black]] people (9.2%), 16,985 [[Asian Brazilian|Asian]] people (0.2%), 10,432 [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindian]] people (0.1%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Censo 2022 - Panorama |url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/}}</ref>

Ethnic groups found in Goiás include:
[[Italo-Brazilian|Italians]], [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Amerindians]], [[Portuguese Brazilian|Portuguese]], [[Afro-Brazilian|Africans]], [[German Brazilian|Germans]], [[Arab Brazilian|Arabs]], [[Lebanese Brazilian|Lebanese]] and [[Syrian Brazilians|Syrian]].

According to an autosomal DNA study from 2008, the ancestral composition of Goiás is 83.70% European, 13.30% African and 3.0% Amerindian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdtd.bce.unb.br/tedesimplificado/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo%3D3873 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162307/http://bdtd.bce.unb.br/tedesimplificado/tde_arquivos/36/TDE-2008-08-21T100337Z-3085/Publico/2008_NeideMOGodinho.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
{{Largest cities
| country     = Goiás
| stat_ref    = (2011 census by the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]])<ref name="IBGE_Pop_2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2011/POP2011_DOU.pdf|title=Estimativas da população residente nos municípios brasileiros com data de referência em 1º de julho de 2011|trans-title=Estimates of the Resident Population of Brazilian Municipalities as of July 1, 2011|date=30 August 2011|publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]]|access-date=31 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007090238/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2011/POP2011_DOU.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2011|url-status=live|language=pt}}</ref>
| list_by_pop = 
| div_name    = 
| div_link    = Mesoregion (Brazil){{!}}Mesoregion

| city_1 = Goiânia
| div_1  = 
| pop_1  = 1,516,113
| img_1  = Vaca_Brava_Park_in_Goiânia.jpg

| city_2 = Aparecida de Goiânia
| div_2  = 
| pop_2  = 578,179
| img_2  =

| city_3 = Anápolis
| div_3  = 
| pop_3  = 386,923
| img_3  = Jundiaí, Anápolis - GO, Brazil - panoramio (3).jpg

| city_4 = Rio Verde, Goiás{{!}}Rio Verde
| div_4  = 
| pop_4  = 235,647
| img_4  = 

| city_5 = Luziânia
| div_5  = 
| pop_5  = 212,440
| img_5  =

| city_6 = Águas Lindas de Goiás
| div_6  = 
| pop_6  = 208,299
| img_6  =

| city_7 = Valparaíso de Goiás
| div_7  = 
| pop_7  = 168,468
| img_7  =

| city_8 = Trindade (Goiás){{!}}Trindade
| div_8  = 
| pop_8  = 127,599
| img_8  =

| city_9 = Formosa (Goiás){{!}}Formosa
| div_9  = 
| pop_9  = 121,617
| img_9  =

| city_10 = Novo Gama
| div_10  = 
| pop_10  = 115,711
| img_10  =

| city_11 = Itumbiara
| div_11  = 
| pop_11  = 104,742
| img_11  =

| city_12 = Jataí
| div_12  = 
| pop_12  = 100,882
| img_12  =

| city_13 = Catalão
| div_13  = 
| pop_13  = 88,353
| img_13  =

| city_14 = Senador Canedo
| div_14  = 
| pop_14  = 87,848
| img_14  =

| city_15 = Planaltina de Goiás
| div_15  = 
| pop_15  = 82,258
| img_15  =

| city_16 = Caldas Novas
| div_16  = 
| pop_16  = 72,071
| img_16  =

| city_17 = Santo Antônio do Descoberto
| div_17  = 
| pop_17  = 64,119
| img_17  =

| city_18 = Goianésia
| div_18  = 
| pop_18  = 60,346
| img_18  =

| city_19 = Cidade Ocidental
| div_19  = 
| pop_19  = 57,108
| img_19  =

| city_20 = Mineiros
| div_20  = 
| pop_20  = 54,003
| img_20  =

}}{{Historical populations|11=1872|12=160395|13=1890|14=227572|15=1900|16=255284|17=1920|18=511919|19=1940|20=661226|21=1950|22=1010880|23=1960|24=1626376|25=1970|26=2460007|27=1980|28=3229219|29=1991|30=4012562|31=2000|32=5004197|33=2010|34=6003788|35=2022|36=7056495|percentages=|footnote=Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=2022 Census Overview|lang=pt}}</ref>}}

===Religion=== 
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Goiás (2010)
|label1 = [[Catholic Church]]
|value1 = 58.89
|color1 = Gold
|label2 = [[Protestantism]]
|value2 = 28.07
|color2 = Indigo
|label3 = [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritism]]
|value3 = 2.46
|color3 = Skyblue
|label4 = Other religions
|value4 = 3.38
|color4 = Chartreuse
|label5 = Irreligious
|value5 = 8.11
|color5 = White
}}
According to the Census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2010 58.89% of the state's population was [[Roman Catholic]], 28.07% were [[Protestant]]s or evangelicals, 8.11% had no religion, 2.46% were [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritists]], 0.67% [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], 1.01% other Christian religions (which include the [[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], [[Mormonism]] and others) and 0.79% from other religions.<ref>«[https://www.ibge.gov.br/estadosat/index.php Censo 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829154613/https://www.ibge.gov.br/estadosat/index.php |date=29 August 2020 }}». IBGE</ref><ref>«[https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/periodicos/94/cd_2010_religiao_deficiencia.pdf Análise dos Resultados/IBGE Censo Demográfico 2010: Características gerais da população, religião e pessoas com deficiência] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626155149/https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/periodicos/94/cd_2010_religiao_deficiencia.pdf |date=26 June 2020 }}» (PDF)</ref>
===Education===
{{multiple image
| footer            = The capital city of [[Goiânia]] is the largest city and education center of the state.
| width             = 160
| image1            = Arranha-céus de Goiânia.JPG
| alt1              = 
| image2            = VacaBravaian.jpg
| alt2              = 
| image3            = Goiânia_Agosto_de_2019.jpg
| alt3              = 
}}

[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools. English and Spanish, however, are also part of the official high school curriculum.

====Educational institutions====
* [http://www.ufg.br Universidade Federal de Goiás] (UFG);
* [https://portalufj.jatai.ufg.br Universidade Federal de Jataí] (UFJ);
* [http://sites.pucgoias.edu.br/home/ Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás] (PUC GOIÁS);
* [http://www.ifg.edu.br Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás] (IFG);
* [http://www.ifgoiano.edu.br Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano] ([[IFGoiano]]);
* [http://www.ueg.br Universidade Estadual de Goiás] (UEG);
* [http://www.unip.br Universidade Paulista] (UNIP Flamboyant);
* [http://www.fesurv.br Universidade de Rio Verde];
* and many others.