Race and Ethnicity
| By race | White | Black | AIAN* | Asian | NHPI* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (total population) | 89.29% | 3.74% | 5.81% | 2.36% | 0.28% |
| 2000 (Hispanic only) | 24.13% | 0.41% | 0.73% | 0.19% | 0.07% |
| 2005 (total population) | 88.74% | 4.20% | 5.63% | 2.75% | 0.31% |
| 2005 (Hispanic only) | 27.20% | 0.58% | 0.72% | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| Growth 2000–05 (total population) | 15.05% | 30.11% | 12.25% | 35.27% | 25.02% |
| Growth 2000–05 (non-Hispanic only) | 9.32% | 25.75% | 11.85% | 34.75% | 22.33% |
| Growth 2000–05 (Hispanic only) | 30.51% | 65.92% | 15.01% | 41.10% | 32.89% |
| * AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | |||||
According to the 2005-2007 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, White Americans made up 76.4% of Arizona's population; of which 59.6% were Non-Hispanic Whites. Blacks or African Americans made up 3.4% of Arizona's population; of which 3.3% were non-Hispanic blacks. American Indians made up 4.5% of the state's population; of which 4.1% were non-Hispanic. Asian Americans made up 2.3% of the state's population. Pacific Islander Americans made up 0.1% of the state's population. Individuals from some other race made up 10.8% of the state's population; of which 0.2% were non-Hispanic. Individuals from two or more races made up 2.4% of the state's population; of which 1.4% were non-Hispanic. In addition, Hispanics and Latinos made up 29.0% of Arizona's population.
The state has the third highest number (and the sixth highest percentage) of Native Americans of any state in the Union. 286,680 were estimated to live in Arizona, representing more than 10% of the country's total Native American population of 2,752,158. Only California and Oklahoma have more Native Americans. The perimeters of Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott, Flagstaff and Yuma border on Native American reservations.
The largest ancestry groups in Arizona are Mexican (25.8%), German (16.5%), English (10.3%), Irish (10.9%), and Native American (4.5%). The southern and central parts of the state are predominantly Mexican American, especially in Santa Cruz County and Yuma County near the Mexican border. The north-central and northwestern counties are largely inhabited by White Americans. The northeastern part of Arizona has many American Indians. The African American population of the Phoenix metropolitan area doubled between 1990 and 2005. Asian Americans also made major contributions to the development of Arizona, such as the many Chinese who arrived in the state's mines and railroads, and the fact that over 20,000 Japanese Americans, mostly residing in the Grand Avenue section of Phoenix and farming areas of southern Arizona and the Colorado River valley, were interned during World War II. As of the 2010 US Census, Arizonans who claim Filipino ancestry exceed 53,000. Filipino Americans are also the largest Asian American subgroup in the state.
Arizona is projected to become a minority-majority state by the year 2015 if current population growth trends continue. In 2003, for the first time, there were slightly more births to Hispanics in the state than births to non-Hispanic whites. Since then, the gap has widened. In 2007, Hispanics accounted for 45% of all newborns whereas non- Hispanic whites accounted for 41% of all births. All of the other races accounted for 14% of births. However by 2011 those trends reversed. By 2011, non-Hispanic whites accounted for 45.6% of all births while Hispanics births fell to 38.9%.
As of the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, 72.1% of Arizonians spoke only English at home; 27.9% spoke a non-English language at home. Spanish-speakers accounted for 21.7% of Arizona's populace. About 2.1% of Arizonans spoke a different Indo-European language at home while 1.5% spoke an Asian language at home. About 2.6% spoke a different language at home.
See also the list of native peoples. See also the list of Native American Languages of Arizona.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Arizona
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