Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home

Nogales, AZ had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 44 cities in 2022, at 93%. Fountain Hills, AZ had the lowest, at 1.8%. The median was 12.7% and the figure for Arizona was 20%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest93Nogales, AZ

Lowest1.8Fountain Hills, AZ

Median12.744 cities

Arizona20History

All cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Nogales, AZ	93	+2.1 pts
2	San Luis, AZ	90.5	-0.4 pts
3	Somerton, AZ	80.8	-1.2 pts
4	Douglas, AZ	69.9	+1 pts
5	Yuma, AZ	44.8	+0.7 pts
6	Avondale, AZ	36.9	-0.5 pts
7	Eloy, AZ	33.1	-2.1 pts
8	El Mirage, AZ	30.8	-2.6 pts
9	Phoenix, AZ	30.4	+0.1 pts
10	Tucson, AZ	26.9	-0.3 pts
11	Glendale, AZ	26.5	+0.4 pts
12	Coolidge, AZ	24.7	-4 pts
13	Buckeye, AZ	23.6	-2.1 pts
14	Florence, AZ	22.8	-4.2 pts
15	Sahuarita, AZ	22.5	+0.6 pts
16	Casa Grande, AZ	22.3	+0.2 pts
17	Safford, AZ	17.6	-1.5 pts
18	Mesa, AZ	16.9	-0.4 pts
19	Maricopa, AZ	16.4	+1 pts
20	Goodyear, AZ	16	-0.1 pts
21	Prescott Valley, AZ	13.9	+0.5 pts
22	Sierra Vista, AZ	13.1	+0.7 pts
23	Bullhead City, AZ	12.4	-2.1 pts
23	Tempe, AZ	12.4	+0.1 pts
25	Cottonwood, AZ	12.1	+2.6 pts
26	Chandler, AZ	11.3	-1.1 pts
27	Camp Verde, AZ	10.7	-2.9 pts
28	Marana, AZ	10.4	+0.1 pts
29	Apache Junction, AZ	10.2	-0.6 pts
30	Peoria, AZ	9.8	+0.6 pts
31	Flagstaff, AZ	9.2	+0.7 pts
32	Surprise, AZ	8	+0.3 pts
33	Chino Valley, AZ	7.8	-0.5 pts
34	Oro Valley, AZ	7.5	+0.1 pts
34	Show Low, AZ	7.5	-2.8 pts
36	Lake Havasu City, AZ	7.5	+0.5 pts
37	Gilbert, AZ	7.3	0 pts
38	Payson, AZ	7.2	+0.1 pts
39	Queen Creek, AZ	6.8	+0.6 pts
40	Paradise Valley, AZ	6.4	+2.2 pts
41	Scottsdale, AZ	5.9	+0.4 pts
42	Kingman, AZ	5.3	-1.1 pts
43	Prescott, AZ	4.1	+0.3 pts
44	Fountain Hills, AZ	1.8	-0.2 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/arizona-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/arizona-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/arizona-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Arizona by population speaking Spanish at home, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/arizona-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Nogales, AZ, with 93% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Fountain Hills, AZ, with 1.8% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.