The 10 Whitest Cities In Arizona For 2024


The whitest cities in Arizona are Fountain Hills and Wickenburg for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Whitest cities in Arizona research summary. We analyzed Arizona’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Arizona based on the percentage of White residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

  • The whitest city in Arizona is Fountain Hills based on the most recent Census data.

  • Fountain Hills is 89.09% White.

  • The least White city in Arizona is Guadalupe.

  • Guadalupe is 1.87% White.

  • Arizona is 53.0% White.

  • Arizona is the 41st Whitest state in the United States.

Cities With Highest White Population In Arizona Map


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Arizona. We won’t measure the number of Whole Foods or Pottery Barns per capita. Instead, we’ll focus on the Census data’s report of race by place in Arizona. In particular, we ranked each place in Arizona by the percentage of white people.

So where are the whitest cities you can live in Arizona?

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Arizona for 2024.

Here are the 10 whites places in Arizona for 2024:

  1. Fountain Hills
  2. Wickenburg
  3. Prescott
  4. Payson
  5. Lake Havasu City
  6. Paradise Valley
  7. Chino Valley
  8. Snowflake
  9. Scottsdale
  10. Cottonwood

What is the whitest city in Arizona for 2024? According to the most recent census data Fountain Hills ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Guadalupe is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Arizona For 2024

Fountain Hills, AZ

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6
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Population: 23,739
% White: 89.09%
More on Fountain Hills: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Wickenburg, AZ

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7
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Population: 7,600
% White: 88.08%
More on Wickenburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Prescott, AZ

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8
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Population: 46,054
% White: 85.63%
More on Prescott: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Payson, AZ

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7
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Population: 16,363
% White: 82.69%
More on Payson: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Lake Havasu City, AZ

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8
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Population: 57,294
% White: 79.99%
More on Lake Havasu City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Paradise Valley, AZ

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9.5
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Population: 12,672
% White: 79.81%
More on Paradise Valley: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Chino Valley, AZ

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7
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Population: 13,120
% White: 78.83%
More on Chino Valley: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Snowflake, AZ

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5
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Population: 6,192
% White: 78.52%
More on Snowflake: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Scottsdale, AZ

Source: Wikipedia User Joseph Plotz | CC BY-SA 3.0
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9
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Population: 240,537
% White: 77.94%
More on Scottsdale: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Cottonwood, AZ

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5
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Population: 12,314
% White: 76.66%
More on Cottonwood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Arizona for 2024

To rank the whitest places in Arizona, we used Saturday Night Science to look at Census demographic data.

We had to look at the number of white people living in each city in Arizona on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Arizona.

We looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:

  • Hispanic or Latino
  • White alone*
  • Black or African American alone*
  • American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
  • Asian alone*
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
  • Some other race alone*
  • Two or more races*
* Not Hispanic or latino

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.

We limited our analysis to town with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 54 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 89.1% to 1.9%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of White population, with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Fountain Hills took the distinction of being the most White, while Guadalupe was the least White city.

We updated this article for 2024. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Arizona.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Arizona ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.

Summary: White Populations Across Arizona

We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Arizona. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Arizona.

The most White cities in Arizona are Fountain Hills, Wickenburg, Prescott, Payson, Lake Havasu City, Paradise Valley, Chino Valley, Snowflake, Scottsdale, and Cottonwood.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least White places in Arizona:

  1. Guadalupe
  2. Nogales
  3. San Luis

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White Population By City In Arizona

RankCityPopulationWhite Population% White
1Fountain Hills23,73921,14889.09%
2Wickenburg7,6006,69488.08%
3Prescott46,05439,43585.63%
4Payson16,36313,53182.69%
5Lake Havasu City57,29445,83079.99%
6Paradise Valley12,67210,11379.81%
7Chino Valley13,12010,34278.83%
8Snowflake6,1924,86278.52%
9Scottsdale240,537187,47377.94%
10Cottonwood12,3149,44076.66%
11Kingman33,05225,26176.43%
12Oro Valley47,05335,70675.88%
13Show Low11,7678,92375.83%
14Apache Junction38,85529,09674.88%
15Sedona9,7397,27574.7%
16Prescott Valley47,01534,76073.93%
17Queen Creek61,78844,15671.46%
18Benson5,3183,77671.0%
19Bullhead City41,59328,24467.91%
20Camp Verde12,1328,16267.28%
21Gilbert267,267179,39867.12%
22Surprise145,59195,95865.91%
23Litchfield Park6,7944,37164.34%
24Peoria191,292122,91964.26%
25Flagstaff76,17746,33860.83%
26Mesa503,390303,50460.29%
27Marana52,54231,46359.88%
28Sierra Vista45,21225,38356.14%
29Chandler275,618152,14355.2%
30Sahuarita34,23818,39953.74%
31Tempe181,00596,76253.46%
32Goodyear97,54251,57952.88%
33Florence25,78312,73149.38%
34Youn6,9803,36348.18%
35Maricopa59,60526,72944.84%
36Safford10,1124,42943.8%
37Glendale248,083108,10043.57%
38Casa Grande55,18623,53342.64%
39Tucson541,033229,13042.35%
40Globe7,2302,99241.38%
41Phoenix1,609,456663,46441.22%
42Page7,4442,74536.88%
43El Mirage35,65212,17234.14%
44Eloy16,0755,15032.04%
45Coolidge14,1754,38630.94%
46Yuma96,31429,46430.59%
47Avondale89,21424,47327.43%
48Winslow8,9432,06723.11%
49Douglas16,3011,73710.66%
50Tolleson7,2216338.77%
51Somerton14,2785293.71%
52San Luis35,1891,2693.61%
53Nogales19,7615512.79%
54Guadalupe5,3351001.87%
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