The 10 Whitest Cities In Arizona For 2023


We used science and data to determine which cities in Arizona are whiter than wonder bread.

You're at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you'll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you're leading the whitest life imaginable.

But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in Arizona?

Don't worry, we've figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Grand Canyon State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Arizona for 2023.

Here are the 10 whites places in Arizona for 2023:

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

What is the whitest city in Arizona for 2023? According to the most recent census data Fountain Hills ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Nogales 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 2023

1. Fountain Hills

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 23,639
% White: 90.33%
More on Fountain Hills: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Fountain Hills, AZ

2. Wickenburg

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 7,359
% White: 85.96%
More on Wickenburg: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Wickenburg, AZ

3. Prescott

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 45,063
% White: 85.68%
More on Prescott: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Prescott, AZ

4. Payson

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 16,229
% White: 84.1%
More on Payson: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Payson, AZ

5. Lake Havasu City

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 56,510
% White: 81.01%
More on Lake Havasu City: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Lake Havasu City, AZ

6. Snowflake

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,086
% White: 80.56%
More on Snowflake: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Snowflake, AZ

7. Scottsdale

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 238,685
% White: 78.71%
More on Scottsdale: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Scottsdale, AZ

8. Paradise Valley

Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 12,666
% White: 78.44%
More on Paradise Valley: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Paradise Valley, AZ

9. Cottonwood

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 12,073
% White: 78.38%
More on Cottonwood: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Cottonwood, AZ

10. Chino Valley

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 12,854
% White: 76.79%
More on Chino Valley: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Chino Valley, AZ

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Arizona for 2023

In order to rank the whitest places in Arizona, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.

Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in Arizona.

Specifically, 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 non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 54 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 90.3% to 2.6%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent 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 Nogales was the least White city. You can download the data here.

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

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

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

  1. Nogales
  2. Somerton
  3. San Luis

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White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank City % White Population
1 Fountain Hills 90.33% 23,639
2 Wickenburg 85.96% 7,359
3 Prescott 85.68% 45,063
4 Payson 84.1% 16,229
5 Lake Havasu City 81.01% 56,510
6 Snowflake 80.56% 6,086
7 Scottsdale 78.71% 238,685
8 Paradise Valley 78.44% 12,666
9 Cottonwood 78.38% 12,073
10 Chino Valley 76.79% 12,854
11 Sedona 75.4% 9,723
12 Queen Creek 75.23% 57,728
13 Prescott Valley 75.07% 46,014
14 Apache Junction 74.91% 38,311
15 Oro Valley 74.8% 46,515
16 Show Low 73.76% 11,623
17 Kingman 73.39% 32,204
18 Bullhead City 69.8% 41,064
19 Camp Verde 69.01% 11,942
20 Gilbert 68.62% 262,249
21 Surprise 67.8% 141,875
22 Peoria 65.96% 187,733
23 Litchfield Park 65.17% 6,656
24 Benson 64.01% 5,252
25 Flagstaff 62.62% 76,228
26 Marana 61.63% 50,834
27 Mesa 60.52% 497,752
28 Sierra Vista 57.04% 44,944
29 Chandler 56.4% 272,439
30 Tempe 54.14% 178,862
31 Goodyear 53.96% 93,651
32 Youn 53.88% 6,908
33 Sahuarita 53.86% 33,524
34 Florence 47.67% 25,356
35 Maricopa 46.55% 57,075
36 Safford 44.84% 9,981
37 Glendale 43.59% 245,685
38 Casa Grande 43.05% 53,488
39 Tucson 42.55% 538,167
40 Phoenix 41.41% 1,591,119
41 Globe 39.28% 7,185
42 El Mirage 34.59% 35,410
43 Page 33.67% 7,466
44 Yuma 32.52% 95,154
45 Coolidge 32.26% 13,347
46 Eloy 29.54% 15,171
47 Avondale 26.52% 88,065
48 Winslow 20.54% 8,961
49 Douglas 11.64% 16,470
50 Tolleson 8.83% 7,180
51 Guadalupe 3.47% 5,334
52 San Luis 3.35% 35,289
53 Somerton 2.66% 14,126
54 Nogales 2.64% 19,829

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Editor's Note: We updated this article for 2023. This is our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Arizona.
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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