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*There are an estimated 50,000 Brazilians of partial Luxembourgian descent. Luxembourgian immigration to Brazil occurred mainly around 1828, when nearly 1,000 Luxembourgers settled there.<ref>"Luxembourgian Brazilians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgian_Brazilians, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref> | *There are an estimated 50,000 Brazilians of partial Luxembourgian descent. Luxembourgian immigration to Brazil occurred mainly around 1828, when nearly 1,000 Luxembourgers settled there.<ref>"Luxembourgian Brazilians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgian_Brazilians, accessed 13 May 2021.</ref> | ||
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According to the United States' 2000 Census, there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. | *According to the United States' 2000 Census, there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. | ||
*In 1940 the number of Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry was around 100,000. | *In 1940 the number of Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry was around 100,000. | ||
*The first families from Luxembourg arrived in the United States, around 1842, '''fleeing of the overpopulation and economic change in the newly independent country'''. | *The first families from Luxembourg arrived in the United States, around 1842, '''fleeing of the overpopulation and economic change in the newly independent country'''. | ||