the 2000 brazilian census provides some information about the high number of migrants returning to brazil. of those who reported residing in another country less than 10 years before the 2000 census, 66.9 percent were brazilians. if only the returning migrants (former brazilian immigrants) are considered, 26.8 percent of brazilians came from paraguay, 17 percent came from japan, and 15.8 percent came from the united states.