Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the Arizona White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 33.55%. Among all Arizona cities and places with a population of 10K or higher, Paradise Valley town had the highest percentage of its White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (71.34%), followed by Catalina Foothills CDP (69.99%), and Scottsdale city (59.91%).

The chart below shows the top 10 Arizona cities and places (with a population of 10K+), and the table below shows the ranking of all Arizona cities and places (with a population of 10K+).

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Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Paradise Valley town
Catalina Foothills CDP
Scottsdale city
Tucson Mountains CDP
Tanque Verde CDP
Oro Valley town
Flagstaff city
Saddlebrooke CDP
Fountain Hills town
Tempe city
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank City of Place Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Paradise Valley town 71.34
2 Catalina Foothills CDP 69.99
3 Scottsdale city 59.91
4 Tucson Mountains CDP 58.26
5 Tanque Verde CDP 57.66
6 Oro Valley town 57.00
7 Flagstaff city 55.96
8 Saddlebrooke CDP 52.44
9 Fountain Hills town 50.76
10 Tempe city 50.75
11 Anthem CDP 47.75
12 Gilbert town 46.98
13 Vail CDP 45.72
14 Marana town 45.55
15 Chandler city 44.05
16 Green Valley CDP 44.00
17 Queen Creek town 41.09
18 Sahuarita town 39.75
19 Sun Lakes CDP 39.63
20 Prescott city 38.72
21 Gold Canyon CDP 38.54
22 Casas Adobes CDP 38.29
23 Goodyear city 35.08
24 Peoria city 34.86
25 New River CDP 34.77
26 Sun City West CDP 33.92
27 Phoenix city 33.80
28 Sierra Vista Southeast CDP 33.46
29 Tucson city 32.73
30 Sierra Vista city 32.49
31 Mesa city 30.95
32 Surprise city 30.76
33 Tucson Estates CDP 28.48
34 Show Low city 27.55
35 Sun City CDP 26.70
36 Payson town 25.68
37 Maricopa city 24.87
38 Buckeye city 24.74
39 Glendale city 23.88
40 Cottonwood city 23.53
41 San Tan Valley CDP 23.43
42 Rio Rico CDP 23.40
43 Verde Village CDP 23.06
44 Kingman city 22.52
44 Prescott Valley town 22.52
45 Chino Valley town 21.27
46 Yuma city 21.23
47 Avondale city 20.70
48 Camp Verde town 20.20
49 Casa Grande city 19.14
50 Valencia West CDP 18.49
51 Nogales city 18.47
52 Lake Havasu City city 17.92
53 El Mirage city 17.90
54 Florence town 16.69
55 Apache Junction city 16.52
56 Somerton city 16.41
57 Drexel Heights CDP 16.23
58 Flowing Wells CDP 15.31
59 Coolidge city 14.53
60 Douglas city 14.16
61 Fortuna Foothills CDP 13.37
62 Bullhead City city 11.41
63 Fort Mohave CDP 11.09
64 Eloy city 9.12
65 San Luis city 6.79
66 New Kingman-Butler CDP 6.54