Friday, January 24, 2014

Arizona's Largest Ethnic Groups


Mexican-Americans are Arizona's largest ethnic group, making up over 1 in 4 residents in 2010. Also notable is the Native American influence in Arizona. Navajo, Apache, Pima, Tohono O'Odham, and Yaqui are all represented among the state's 50 largest ethnic groups. 

Rank
Ethnicity
2010
Arizona Population
As a Percent of
Total
Arizona Population

Total Population
6,413,737
 100.00%
1
Mexican
1,725,249
26.90%
2
German
967,796
15.09%
3
Irish
624,091
9.73%
4
English
578,244
9.02%
5
American
323,812
5.05%
6
Italian
277,269
4.32%
7
African-American*
210,958
3.29%
8
French, except Basque
161,685
2.52%
9
Polish
156,964
2.45%
10
Navajo
141,834
2.21%
11
Scottish
114,303
1.78%
12
Norwegian
112,883
1.76%
13
Swedish
102,907
1.60%
14
Dutch
94,942
1.48%
15
European
65,448
1.02%
16
Scotch-Irish
59,956
0.93%
17
Russian
58,566
0.91%
18
Danish
44,502
0.69%
19
Chinese,
except Taiwanese
41,004
0.64%
20
Welsh
39,430
0.61%
21
Puerto Rican
34,808
0.54%
22
Filipino
32,393
0.51%
23
Hungarian
32,002
0.50%
24
French Canadian
31,980
0.50%
25
Asian Indian
29,882
0.47%
26
Czech
28,805
0.45%
27
Greek
26,668
0.42%
28
Apache
26,631
0.42%
29
Spaniard
23,588
0.37%
30
Vietnamese
23,028
0.36%
31
British
22,883
0.36%
32
Canadian
22,052
0.34%
33
Tohono O'Odham
20,054
0.31%
34
Swiss
18,375
0.29%
35
Pima
17,687
0.28%
36
Guatemalan
17,358
0.27%
37
Korean
16,685
0.26%
38
Spanish
16,598
0.26%
39
Austrian
15,061
0.23%
40
Scandinavian
14,698
0.23%
41
African
14,120
0.22%
42
Salvadoran
13,277
0.21%
43
Ukrainian
13,007
0.20%
44
Portuguese
12,828
0.20%
45
Cuban
12,331
0.19%
46
Finnish
12,259
0.19%
47
Slovak
11,536
0.18%
48
Yaqui
10,813
0.17%
49
Yugoslavian
9,342
0.15%
50
Japanese
8,998
0.14%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
1 year estimates, tables: B02001, B02005, B02006, B02007, B03001, B03002, B04006

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.

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