Until 1920, 1,078,437 Italians entered in the State of São Paulo. Of the immigrants who arrived there between 1887 and 1902, 63.5% came from Italy. Between 1888 and 1919, 44.7% of the immigrants were Italians, 19.2% were Spaniards and 15.4% were Portuguese.[47] In 1920, nearly 80% of São Paulo city's population was composed of immigrants and their descendants and Italians made up over half of its male population.[47] At that time, the Governor of São Paulo said that "if the owner of each house in São Paulo display the flag of the country of origin on the roof, from above São Paulo would look like an Italian city". In 1900, a columnist who was absent from São Paulo for 20 years wrote "then São Paulo used to be a genuine Paulista city, today it is an Italian city."
Reference 1: Italians and Percentage of the city[47].
Reference 2: 1886, 1893, 1900, 1910 and 1916.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo
Reference 2: 1886, 1893, 1900, 1910 and 1916.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo
