PHOENIX — Arizona is adding more Hispanics to its population each year than all other groups, according to new figures today from the U.S. Census Bureau.

 The federal agency reports there were 1,878,097 Arizonans who identified themselves as Hispanic as of July 1, 2007. That is an increase of 89,140, or 5 percent.

 That left 4,460,658 who said they are not of Hispanic origin. That 1.9 percent boost from the prior year translates into just 83,926 new residents. The result is that nearly 30 percent of Arizonans are Hispanic. That is nearly twice as much as the national average of 15.1 percent. And the national year-over-year Hispanic growth rate was just 3.1 percent.

 But Arizona’s Hispanic population still trails the other three border states: 44 percent of New Mexico’s population is Hispanic, followed by California and Texas, each at 35 percent. The rapid growth of Arizona’s Hispanic population between 2006 and 2007 is not an anomaly.

 Since the 2000 census, the number of Hispanics have increased by almost 565,000. The number of Hispanics in the state is 45 percent more than at the beginning of the decade.

 By contrast, the 606,537 increase in individuals who do not identify themselves as Hispanic amounts to just at 16.3 percent increase since 2000. Overall, the Census Bureau reports that Arizona’s total minority population, which also includes Native Americans, blacks and Asians, is nearly 2.6 million, or just shy of 41 percent.

 The new report also undermines the perception of Arizona as a state filled with more than its share of retirees.

 In fact, the 820,391 Arizonans age 65 and older as of July 1, 2007 is just 12.9 percent, only 0.3 percentage points above the national average. And Arizona is far behind Florida, where 17 percent of residents are at least 65.

 The percentage of state residents 85 and older is the same as the national figure. But the statistics at the other end of the age range paint a different picture.

 Nationally, 6.9 percent of Americans are younger than 5; in Arizona the figure is 7.9 percent.

 Topping that list are Utah at 9.7 percent, followed by Texas at 8.3 percent and Idaho at 7.9 percent. And 12.8 percent of Arizonans are age 5 through 13, compared with 11.9 percent nationwide. Conversely, the percentage of Arizona adults — 18 and older — is nearly two percentage points less than the national figure.