in the rest of the country, part of the european population is of colonial portuguese, dutch, spanish and french settler stock, especially in the northeast. in the mid-southern states of rio de janeiro, espírito santo, minas gerais, goiás, mato grosso do sul and in the federal district, the number of europeans (european and levantine phenotype) revolves around 50% of the population, being somewhat equal to the absolute number of afro-brazilians, east asians and mixed race brazilians, i.e., caboclos or mestizo/castizo, mulattoes, eurasians and gypsies altogether.