Editing Roraima (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Ethnicities of Roraima in 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/|title=Censo 2022 - Panorama}}</ref>
|label1 = ''[[Pardo]]'' (mixed-race)
|value1 = 57.3
|color1 = Green
|label2 = [[White Brazilians|White]]
|value2 = 20.7
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Indigenous]]
|value3 = 14.1
|color3 = Purple
|label4 = [[Afro-Brazilians|Black]]
|value4 = 7.7
|color4 = Red
|label5 = [[Asian Brazilians|Asian]]
|value5 = 0.1
|color5 = Yellow
}}
Cultural, political and economic traits inherited from the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Spaniards|Spanish]] and [[Dutch people|Dutch]] are influential in Roraima. Also, the importance of the [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous peoples]] in terms of ethnic contribution cannot be forgotten. It was the indigenous people who initiated human occupation in the [[Amazon basin|Amazon region]], and their descendants, the ''[[caboclo]]s'', developed in close contact with the environment, adapting to the regional peculiarities and opportunities offered by the forest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ensaios sobre a riqueza do pensamento ameríndio|url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbcsoc/v18n51/15992.pdf|access-date=March 17, 2011|publisher=Scielo}}</ref>

In its historical formation, the Roraiman demography is the result of the [[miscegenation]] of the three basic ethnic groups that make up the population in the state: the Indigenous, the Europeans and the Africans, thus forming the mestizos of the region (''[[caboclo]]s''). Later, with the arrival of migrants, especially from the [[Northeast Region, Brazil|Northeast of Brazil]],<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last=Vale|first=Ana Lia Farias|date=August 2006|title=Imigração de nordestinos para Roraima|journal=Estudos Avançados|language=pt|volume=20|issue=57|pages=255–261|doi=10.1590/S0103-40142006000200019|issn=0103-4014|doi-access=free}}</ref> a "broth" of singular culture was formed, which characterizes a large part of the population, its values and way of life.<ref name=":13" />

According to the [[2022 Brazilian census|2022 census]], the total population of Roraima was composed of ''[[Pardo]]s'' ([[Multiracial people|mixed-race]], 57.3%), [[White Brazilians|Whites]] (20.7%), [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Indigenous]] (14.1%), [[Afro-Brazilians]] (7.7%) and [[Asian Brazilians|Asians]] (0.1%).<ref>{{cite web |title=Censo 2022 - Panorama |url=https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/}}</ref> Roraima also recognizes [[mestizo]] identity. Mestizo Day (June 27) is an official date in the state.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|date=2016-06-27|title=Você sabia que 27 de junho é o Dia do Mestiço? -|url=https://nacaomestica.org/blog4/?p=19226|access-date=2021-04-25|language=pt-BR}}</ref>