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Arizona transplants outnumber native-born residents, Census says

PHOENIX — So what are the chances your neighbors are not from Arizona?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, better than 50-50. Newly released data shows just 39.1% of the people living here in 2024 — the most recent figures available — actually were born in the 48th state.

In fact, it’s one of the lowest rates of native-born populations in the country. Even rapidly growing states like Texas and California have higher ratios of home grown, at 57.1% and 56.3%, respectively.

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