Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 29.16K people in Arizona with Scandinavian ancestry (0.41% of Arizona population). Among all Arizona cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Tanque Verde CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Scandinavian ancestry (2.09%), followed by Payson town (1.47%), and Sahuarita town (1.17%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Scandinavian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Arizona.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021
Tanque Verde CDP
Payson town
Sahuarita town
Sun City West CDP
Gold Canyon CDP
Oro Valley town
Peoria city
Fort Mohave CDP
Catalina Foothills CDP
Green Valley CDP
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Tanque Verde CDP 2.09
2 Payson town 1.47
3 Sahuarita town 1.17
4 Sun City West CDP 1.00
5 Gold Canyon CDP 0.96
6 Oro Valley town 0.81
7 Peoria city 0.79
8 Fort Mohave CDP 0.73
9 Catalina Foothills CDP 0.72
10 Green Valley CDP 0.71
11 Show Low city 0.65
12 Flagstaff city 0.63
13 Fountain Hills town 0.61
14 Surprise city 0.59
14 Vail CDP 0.59
14 Verde Village CDP 0.59
15 Casas Adobes CDP 0.56
15 Gilbert town 0.56
16 Fortuna Foothills CDP 0.55
17 Chandler city 0.53
18 Lake Havasu City city 0.50
18 Queen Creek town 0.50
18 Sierra Vista city 0.50
19 Prescott city 0.48
19 Scottsdale city 0.48
20 Saddlebrooke CDP 0.47
20 San Tan Valley CDP 0.47
20 Tempe city 0.47
21 Chino Valley town 0.46
22 Marana town 0.45
22 Maricopa city 0.45
22 New River CDP 0.45
23 Prescott Valley town 0.44
23 Tucson Estates CDP 0.44
24 Kingman city 0.42
25 Bullhead City city 0.41
25 Camp Verde town 0.41
25 Goodyear city 0.41
25 Mesa city 0.41
25 Sun City CDP 0.41
25 Sun Lakes CDP 0.41
26 Apache Junction city 0.38
26 Avondale city 0.38
27 Sierra Vista Southeast CDP 0.37
27 Tucson city 0.37
28 New Kingman-Butler CDP 0.36
29 Buckeye city 0.30
29 El Mirage city 0.30
30 Florence town 0.28
30 Phoenix city 0.28
31 Anthem CDP 0.25
32 Glendale city 0.22
33 Yuma city 0.21
34 Flowing Wells CDP 0.20
35 Casa Grande city 0.16
35 Eloy city 0.16
36 Drexel Heights CDP 0.11
37 Coolidge city 0.06
37 Douglas city 0.06