Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Number of People and Percentage of Population With Tricare or Military Health Insurance Coverage in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 30, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the Arizona population who had Tricare or Military health insurance coverage was 3.32% (i.e. 231,681 people). Percentagewise, among all Arizona cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Sierra Vista city had the highest percentage of its population with Tricare or Military health insurance coverage (25.04%), followed by Sierra Vista Southeast CDP (15.89%), and Tanque Verde CDP (9.66%).

In numerical terms, Tucson city had the highest number of people with Tricare or Military health insurance coverage (28,139), followed by Phoenix city (22,582), and Mesa city (12,290).

The charts below shows the top 10 cities and places by the number of people and percentage of the population with Tricare or Military health insurance coverage. The tables below shows the ranking for all Arizona cities and places with a population of 10K+.

You can see similar information for other types of health insurance coverages.

You can also see similar information for other states.

Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of Population With Tricare or Military Health Insurance Coverage in 2021
Sierra Vista city
Sierra Vista Southeast CDP
Tanque Verde CDP
Fortuna Foothills CDP
Vail CDP
Yuma city
Sun City West CDP
Sahuarita town
Green Valley CDP
Sun City CDP
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Number of People With Tricare or Military Health Insurance Coverage in 2021
Tucson city
Phoenix city
Mesa city
Sierra Vista city
Surprise city
Yuma city
Peoria city
Glendale city
Chandler city
Gilbert town
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Percentage of Population With Tricare or Military Health Insurance Coverage in 2021
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Rank City or Place Percentage of Population (%)
1 Sierra Vista city 25.04
2 Sierra Vista Southeast CDP 15.89
3 Tanque Verde CDP 9.66
4 Fortuna Foothills CDP 9.46
5 Vail CDP 9.04
6 Yuma city 8.59
7 Sun City West CDP 7.87
8 Sahuarita town 7.67
9 Green Valley CDP 7.35
10 Sun City CDP 7.09
11 Kingman city 6.65
12 Buckeye city 6.55
13 Marana town 6.41
14 Valencia West CDP 6.18
15 Surprise city 6.17
16 Gold Canyon CDP 6.04
17 Saddlebrooke CDP 6.03
18 Goodyear city 5.82
19 Prescott city 5.69
20 Catalina Foothills CDP 5.65
21 Oro Valley town 5.44
22 Tucson city 5.40
23 Tucson Estates CDP 5.29
24 Payson town 5.18
25 Prescott Valley town 5.08
26 Apache Junction city 5.03
27 Sun Lakes CDP 4.50
28 Maricopa city 4.32
29 Casas Adobes CDP 4.19
30 Bullhead City city 4.16
30 Tucson Mountains CDP 4.16
31 Show Low city 4.13
32 Lake Havasu City city 3.93
33 Avondale city 3.85
34 Fort Mohave CDP 3.78
35 Casa Grande city 3.68
36 Peoria city 3.63
37 New Kingman-Butler CDP 3.62
38 Chino Valley town 3.53
39 San Tan Valley CDP 3.06
40 Anthem CDP 2.99
41 Verde Village CDP 2.90
42 Flagstaff city 2.87
43 Cottonwood city 2.77
44 Fountain Hills town 2.71
45 Florence town 2.68
46 Glendale city 2.56
47 Camp Verde town 2.52
48 Mesa city 2.48
49 Queen Creek town 2.40
50 El Mirage city 2.38
51 Drexel Heights CDP 2.33
52 Gilbert town 2.14
53 Chandler city 2.10
54 Tempe city 1.92
55 Paradise Valley town 1.90
56 Flowing Wells CDP 1.85
57 Douglas city 1.74
58 Rio Rico CDP 1.73
59 Eloy city 1.67
60 New River CDP 1.47
61 Phoenix city 1.43
62 Coolidge city 1.40
63 Scottsdale city 1.35
64 San Luis city 0.34
65 Somerton city 0.30
66 Nogales city 0.24
Ranking of Arizona Cities and Places By Number of People With Tricare or Military Health Insurance Coverage in 2021
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Rank City or Place Number of People
1 Tucson city 28139
2 Phoenix city 22582
3 Mesa city 12290
4 Sierra Vista city 10262
5 Surprise city 8684
6 Yuma city 7801
7 Peoria city 6781
8 Glendale city 6224
9 Chandler city 5709
10 Gilbert town 5605
11 Buckeye city 5449
12 Goodyear city 5168
13 Tempe city 3425
14 Avondale city 3366
15 Marana town 3201
16 Scottsdale city 3199
17 San Tan Valley CDP 2942
18 Casas Adobes CDP 2901
19 Catalina Foothills CDP 2795
20 Sun City CDP 2653
21 Sahuarita town 2558
22 Prescott city 2542
23 Oro Valley town 2521
24 Fortuna Foothills CDP 2498
25 Maricopa city 2462
26 Sierra Vista Southeast CDP 2347
27 Prescott Valley town 2329
28 Lake Havasu City city 2214
29 Flagstaff city 2171
30 Sun City West CDP 2053
31 Kingman city 2052
32 Casa Grande city 1966
33 Apache Junction city 1921
34 Bullhead City city 1702
35 Green Valley CDP 1519
36 Tanque Verde CDP 1439
37 Queen Creek town 1384
38 Vail CDP 1312
39 El Mirage city 841
40 Payson town 828
41 Valencia West CDP 789
42 Drexel Heights CDP 709
43 Anthem CDP 680
44 Saddlebrooke CDP 679
45 Gold Canyon CDP 678
46 Tucson Estates CDP 657
47 Fountain Hills town 638
48 Sun Lakes CDP 626
49 Fort Mohave CDP 599
50 Show Low city 478
51 Tucson Mountains CDP 475
52 New Kingman-Butler CDP 466
53 Chino Valley town 452
54 Verde Village CDP 366
55 Rio Rico CDP 361
56 Cottonwood city 333
57 Florence town 325
58 Flowing Wells CDP 314
59 Camp Verde town 286
60 New River CDP 261
61 Paradise Valley town 241
62 Douglas city 227
63 Coolidge city 182
64 Eloy city 128
65 San Luis city 110
66 Nogales city 47
67 Somerton city 43