Demographics
According to the 2010 IBGE Census, there were 2,480,790 people residing in the city of Salvador. The census revealed the following numbers: 1,382,543 Brown (Multiracial) people (51.7%), 743,718 Afro people (27.8%), 505,645 White people (18.9%), 35,785 Asian people (1.3%), 7,563 Amerindian people (0.3%).
In 2010, the city of Salvador was the 3rd most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
In 2010, the city had 474,827 opposite-sex couples and 1,595 same-sex couples. The population of Salvador was 53.3% female and 46.7% male.
Most of the population is in part descended from Black African enslaved individuals, who were mainly Yoruba speakers from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin.
According to an autosomal DNA study, the ancestral heritage of the population of Salvador was estimated to be 49.20% African, 36.30% European and 14.50% Native American.
Read more about this topic: Salvador, Bahia