Cultural Differences Between Arizona And Usa

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The purpose of this essay is to show the similarities and differences between Arizona and Sweden’s people and culture and political system.

The people and culture are very diverse in Arizona, as it is a multicultural and multietnichal state. According to Arizona Indicators there’s 58% of the population that is non Hispanic white, 29.8% Hispanics of any race, 4,1% American indian and 3.4% African Americans (Arizona Indicators ). The state has the second largest Indian population in the whole United States and it has twenty two sovereign American Indian reservations which covers 19.1 million acres (Arizona Experience

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