Arizona Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in Arizona, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in Arizona for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
Arizona Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
5,210,335 |
5,235,158 |
5,277,661 |
5,364,141 |
5,444,453 |
5,292,498 |
Hispanic or Latino |
2,014,711 |
2,054,849 |
2,103,523 |
2,163,312 |
2,208,663 |
2,260,690 |
Mexican |
1,813,659 |
1,845,058 |
1,884,425 |
1,926,274 |
1,957,968 |
1,982,168 |
Some Other Race |
430,890 |
468,906 |
474,583 |
471,823 |
460,262 |
492,027 |
German |
306,076 |
296,929 |
289,749 |
277,774 |
265,380 |
268,053 |
American |
300,527 |
272,955 |
245,971 |
233,483 |
227,313 |
219,164 |
African American |
281,576 |
287,110 |
292,831 |
305,259 |
317,462 |
325,105 |
American Indian |
272,386 |
273,198 |
275,361 |
283,001 |
289,898 |
281,783 |
Asian |
200,090 |
205,229 |
213,417 |
228,887 |
233,213 |
239,190 |
English |
197,050 |
189,766 |
184,940 |
177,777 |
174,252 |
189,504 |
Irish |
167,557 |
162,511 |
156,345 |
152,755 |
148,629 |
152,151 |
Italian |
109,487 |
108,745 |
106,171 |
104,019 |
102,020 |
104,077 |
European |
62,538 |
69,548 |
72,853 |
83,750 |
94,045 |
98,122 |
Polish |
53,477 |
52,769 |
51,346 |
51,542 |
50,750 |
46,717 |
Norwegian |
43,407 |
42,564 |
40,810 |
39,552 |
39,665 |
39,279 |
Asian Indian |
43,322 |
47,138 |
51,370 |
56,039 |
61,022 |
63,701 |
Scottish |
39,841 |
38,871 |
37,680 |
35,702 |
35,233 |
33,423 |
Puerto Rican |
38,540 |
41,598 |
43,693 |
46,981 |
49,316 |
51,533 |
Chinese |
37,302 |
37,835 |
39,821 |
43,935 |
43,365 |
43,791 |
Filipino |
36,976 |
37,832 |
39,921 |
42,651 |
43,438 |
44,711 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
33,166 |
35,309 |
38,007 |
45,065 |
50,518 |
62,956 |
French |
30,514 |
29,382 |
27,981 |
27,409 |
25,595 |
24,472 |
Swedish |
27,854 |
27,011 |
25,758 |
24,626 |
24,246 |
23,252 |
Subsaharan African |
27,326 |
28,715 |
31,764 |
34,793 |
37,357 |
38,124 |
Spaniard |
25,112 |
26,611 |
26,654 |
28,065 |
29,445 |
33,342 |
Dutch |
24,005 |
23,975 |
24,434 |
23,465 |
22,205 |
21,167 |
Total Arab |
22,998 |
25,930 |
26,567 |
28,106 |
27,820 |
24,987 |
Scotch-Irish |
22,127 |
21,447 |
21,666 |
20,817 |
20,321 |
19,538 |
Spanish |
20,208 |
18,691 |
18,287 |
19,179 |
19,442 |
24,453 |
Russian |
16,949 |
17,321 |
16,423 |
15,916 |
16,418 |
15,855 |
Korean |
15,987 |
15,407 |
14,903 |
15,569 |
15,256 |
15,356 |
Guatemalan |
15,910 |
16,589 |
17,701 |
20,393 |
21,098 |
19,392 |
British |
15,009 |
17,185 |
18,376 |
19,975 |
21,656 |
21,547 |
Canadian |
14,834 |
15,245 |
14,413 |
14,160 |
13,308 |
13,703 |
African |
14,271 |
14,959 |
16,225 |
17,114 |
18,941 |
16,900 |
French Canadian |
13,949 |
14,204 |
13,855 |
13,964 |
13,512 |
12,798 |
Cuban |
12,888 |
13,545 |
14,702 |
15,296 |
15,670 |
17,140 |
Salvadoran |
12,744 |
14,017 |
13,525 |
14,421 |
15,855 |
18,953 |
Danish |
12,475 |
11,774 |
11,332 |
10,406 |
10,237 |
10,045 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
12,471 |
12,863 |
13,364 |
14,112 |
14,458 |
14,633 |
Japanese |
10,269 |
9,997 |
9,938 |
10,253 |
10,122 |
10,152 |
Hungarian |
9,649 |
9,316 |
8,995 |
9,026 |
8,495 |
8,954 |
Welsh |
9,279 |
9,624 |
9,159 |
8,843 |
8,829 |
7,926 |
Greek |
8,968 |
8,447 |
7,857 |
8,295 |
8,126 |
8,412 |
Colombian |
8,611 |
8,276 |
8,783 |
8,676 |
8,829 |
9,070 |
Czech |
8,366 |
7,885 |
7,665 |
7,127 |
7,306 |
7,257 |
Scandinavian |
7,779 |
8,574 |
9,072 |
9,378 |
10,370 |
10,953 |
Romanian |
7,601 |
7,996 |
8,523 |
8,393 |
8,977 |
8,895 |
Iranian |
6,752 |
6,457 |
6,377 |
7,246 |
6,887 |
6,376 |
Ukrainian |
6,364 |
6,390 |
6,210 |
5,684 |
5,743 |
5,781 |
Portuguese |
6,272 |
6,103 |
5,983 |
5,147 |
5,240 |
4,789 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
6,056 |
5,707 |
5,952 |
5,853 |
6,327 |
8,004 |
Finnish |
6,017 |
5,658 |
4,941 |
5,118 |
4,694 |
4,957 |
Yugoslavian |
5,889 |
5,546 |
4,712 |
4,695 |
4,425 |
4,556 |
Peruvian |
5,419 |
5,424 |
5,829 |
5,887 |
6,066 |
5,866 |
Eastern European |
5,406 |
6,036 |
6,642 |
8,103 |
9,696 |
10,906 |
Iraqi |
5,366 |
6,018 |
6,184 |
6,663 |
6,647 |
6,485 |
Two or more Asian |
4,946 |
4,876 |
5,030 |
5,397 |
5,281 |
6,213 |
Honduran |
4,804 |
5,037 |
5,236 |
5,086 |
5,077 |
5,513 |
Swiss |
4,756 |
4,748 |
4,338 |
3,994 |
3,943 |
3,395 |
Northern European |
4,587 |
4,944 |
5,734 |
6,809 |
8,401 |
8,526 |
Serbian |
4,213 |
3,709 |
3,294 |
3,814 |
4,013 |
4,101 |
Thai |
4,087 |
4,247 |
3,847 |
3,956 |
3,778 |
3,607 |
Arab |
4,057 |
4,503 |
4,473 |
4,174 |
4,093 |
3,085 |
Other Arab |
3,944 |
4,900 |
5,424 |
5,630 |
6,011 |
5,236 |
Lithuanian |
3,916 |
3,854 |
3,418 |
3,166 |
3,230 |
3,442 |
Lebanese |
3,733 |
3,863 |
3,709 |
3,990 |
3,943 |
3,418 |
Slovak |
3,498 |
3,474 |
3,193 |
2,939 |
2,849 |
2,747 |
Austrian |
3,481 |
3,469 |
3,174 |
3,154 |
2,988 |
2,702 |
Dominican |
3,291 |
4,050 |
4,673 |
5,216 |
5,643 |
5,050 |
Croatian |
3,284 |
2,875 |
2,712 |
2,781 |
2,668 |
2,633 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
3,270 |
2,541 |
2,939 |
2,762 |
3,056 |
3,363 |
Burmese |
3,105 |
2,600 |
2,814 |
3,262 |
3,359 |
3,717 |
Argentinean |
3,065 |
2,997 |
3,000 |
2,894 |
2,801 |
2,934 |
Czechoslovakian |
2,815 |
2,650 |
2,477 |
2,421 |
2,383 |
2,797 |
Pakistani |
2,808 |
2,721 |
2,379 |
2,786 |
2,814 |
3,156 |
Ecuadorian |
2,797 |
3,225 |
3,519 |
3,761 |
3,682 |
3,433 |
Panamanian |
2,727 |
2,567 |
2,177 |
2,217 |
2,585 |
3,200 |
Armenian |
2,562 |
2,679 |
2,789 |
3,038 |
2,777 |
3,252 |
Nicaraguan |
2,520 |
2,805 |
2,768 |
3,171 |
3,440 |
4,166 |
Laotian |
2,440 |
2,516 |
2,463 |
2,291 |
2,487 |
2,399 |
Cambodian |
2,429 |
2,753 |
2,586 |
2,413 |
2,438 |
2,782 |
Ethiopian |
2,427 |
2,432 |
2,398 |
2,786 |
3,157 |
4,401 |
Jamaican |
2,394 |
2,269 |
2,464 |
2,573 |
2,600 |
3,028 |
Chilean |
2,265 |
2,100 |
2,502 |
2,429 |
2,722 |
3,136 |
Other Asian, not specified |
2,237 |
2,307 |
2,153 |
2,443 |
2,345 |
2,378 |
Somali |
2,136 |
2,341 |
2,777 |
3,317 |
2,929 |
2,781 |
Nigerian |
2,127 |
2,615 |
2,414 |
2,726 |
2,771 |
2,938 |
Other Subsaharan African |
2,085 |
1,848 |
2,205 |
2,679 |
3,023 |
3,687 |
Belgian |
1,863 |
1,921 |
1,726 |
1,574 |
1,677 |
1,720 |
Egyptian |
1,843 |
1,756 |
1,610 |
1,792 |
1,484 |
1,638 |
Costa Rican |
1,774 |
1,751 |
2,316 |
2,441 |
2,817 |
2,529 |
Brazilian |
1,740 |
1,638 |
1,498 |
1,390 |
1,590 |
2,006 |
Venezuelan |
1,719 |
2,115 |
2,435 |
2,835 |
3,069 |
3,293 |
Turkish |
1,643 |
1,593 |
1,610 |
1,682 |
1,649 |
1,590 |
Bangladeshi |
1,513 |
1,540 |
1,522 |
1,780 |
2,410 |
2,801 |
Bulgarian |
1,494 |
1,668 |
1,596 |
1,404 |
1,921 |
1,701 |
Taiwanese |
1,361 |
1,381 |
1,327 |
1,325 |
1,752 |
1,590 |
Nepalese |
1,354 |
1,531 |
1,692 |
2,189 |
1,511 |
1,760 |
Bolivian |
1,332 |
1,015 |
1,137 |
932 |
777 |
706 |
Jordanian |
1,329 |
1,108 |
1,011 |
1,220 |
1,171 |
949 |
Albanian |
1,236 |
1,130 |
1,338 |
1,811 |
1,713 |
1,886 |
Haitian |
1,226 |
1,106 |
1,135 |
1,267 |
1,238 |
1,938 |
Slovene |
1,171 |
1,122 |
1,180 |
1,148 |
1,112 |
1,086 |
Palestinian |
1,110 |
1,096 |
1,470 |
1,574 |
1,380 |
1,478 |
Afghan |
1,105 |
1,190 |
1,070 |
1,662 |
1,887 |
2,501 |
Pennsylvania German |
1,101 |
1,005 |
936 |
1,001 |
881 |
837 |
Australian |
1,051 |
1,079 |
1,090 |
1,180 |
1,141 |
857 |
Israeli |
1,047 |
1,284 |
1,279 |
1,362 |
1,358 |
1,363 |
Sudanese |
1,033 |
1,298 |
1,822 |
1,736 |
2,264 |
2,910 |
Slavic |
1,024 |
928 |
901 |
834 |
1,091 |
849 |
Liberian |
919 |
591 |
562 |
801 |
830 |
675 |
South African |
905 |
966 |
889 |
795 |
727 |
950 |
Indonesian |
887 |
891 |
833 |
866 |
1,287 |
1,186 |
Kenyan |
876 |
877 |
1,238 |
1,443 |
1,094 |
1,217 |
Moroccan |
810 |
1,148 |
1,002 |
983 |
844 |
704 |
Syrian |
806 |
1,538 |
1,684 |
2,080 |
2,247 |
1,994 |
Alaska Native tribes |
799 |
992 |
968 |
948 |
1,051 |
1,063 |
Basque |
699 |
775 |
855 |
836 |
865 |
886 |
Uruguayan |
667 |
675 |
650 |
396 |
330 |
317 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
661 |
553 |
526 |
484 |
600 |
728 |
Celtic |
657 |
624 |
672 |
600 |
478 |
502 |
Other South American |
646 |
495 |
418 |
483 |
260 |
253 |
Latvian |
545 |
617 |
501 |
446 |
519 |
541 |
Spanish American |
527 |
422 |
437 |
390 |
338 |
386 |
Icelander |
510 |
656 |
456 |
427 |
360 |
410 |
West Indian |
504 |
637 |
646 |
590 |
629 |
1,033 |
Hmong |
394 |
306 |
225 |
249 |
126 |
139 |
Bhutanese |
387 |
275 |
281 |
440 |
447 |
602 |
Macedonian |
361 |
356 |
260 |
287 |
289 |
279 |
Belizean |
357 |
350 |
357 |
197 |
285 |
429 |
Cajun |
332 |
297 |
352 |
373 |
458 |
529 |
Malaysian |
314 |
301 |
366 |
316 |
459 |
337 |
Guyanese |
309 |
308 |
294 |
482 |
412 |
386 |
New Zealander |
295 |
336 |
265 |
234 |
282 |
282 |
Sri Lankan |
290 |
374 |
391 |
588 |
457 |
585 |
Maltese |
263 |
226 |
245 |
244 |
255 |
201 |
Luxembourger |
255 |
321 |
229 |
268 |
279 |
284 |
Ghanaian |
246 |
393 |
681 |
699 |
680 |
768 |
British West Indian |
246 |
248 |
203 |
222 |
283 |
200 |
Bahamian |
214 |
171 |
206 |
158 |
308 |
310 |
Other Central American |
205 |
321 |
493 |
579 |
633 |
584 |
Barbadian |
204 |
198 |
245 |
124 |
117 |
146 |
Cape Verdean |
147 |
197 |
228 |
284 |
288 |
229 |
Estonian |
140 |
146 |
120 |
119 |
152 |
187 |
Dutch West Indian |
138 |
89 |
69 |
67 |
80 |
43 |
German Russian |
137 |
316 |
291 |
341 |
360 |
277 |
Paraguayan |
115 |
156 |
156 |
245 |
282 |
317 |
Zimbabwean |
98 |
122 |
178 |
149 |
143 |
160 |
Mongolian |
65 |
57 |
225 |
113 |
61 |
153 |
Bermudan |
57 |
46 |
74 |
120 |
95 |
75 |
Alsatian |
55 |
58 |
46 |
36 |
35 |
38 |
United States Virgin Islander |
48 |
26 |
5 |
27 |
42 |
40 |
Okinawan |
35 |
46 |
11 |
24 |
14 |
15 |
Sierra Leonean |
23 |
24 |
82 |
75 |
85 |
102 |
Ugandan |
20 |
39 |
53 |
177 |
393 |
293 |
Cypriot |
15 |
7 |
33 |
37 |
82 |
54 |
Senegalese |
13 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
32 |
113 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
11 |
29 |
25 |
26 |
28 |
10 |
Other Asian, specified |
9 |
42 |
63 |
68 |
80 |
637 |
Other West Indian |
7 |
14 |
22 |
24 |
50 |
34 |
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, from the United States Census Bureau. The latest year for the ACS is currently .
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