2020 census According to the 2020 census, the racial make up of Arizona was 53.4%
Non-Hispanic White, 4.7%
African American, 4.5%
Native American, 3.6%
Asian, .2%
Pacific Islander. The State was 30.7%
Hispanic or Latino. 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.
Black people or
African Americans made up 3.4% of Arizona's population; of which 3.3% were non-Hispanic black people.
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,
Scottsdale,
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 non-Hispanic White Americans. The northeastern part of Arizona has many American Indians. 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 2027, 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 the other races accounted for 14% of births. ==Vital statistics==