What does it feel like to live in one of the cities with the largest white population in America as a non-white person?
Have you wondered why these cities have the highest white population by state? We have, so we decided to do some digging. There are some questions we will try to answer in this article as we have ranked 15 cities as the whitest in America. The term white was introduced by the USA itself, and it’s a U.S racial category. While talking about racial issues, racism in America is still alive and well, especially in these 16 most racist cities in the United States in 2017. There are many other countries that have the largest number of white people by their racial identity, so America is not alone. White people in the U.S. typically refers to those who came to America from Euro, so they can identify different races i.e., white people and Hispanic or Non-Hispanic white people. Due to racism, bigotry, homophobia and other forms of hate, we wanted to see just which are the most racist states in America ranked by hate crimes in 2017. As per a report from the U.S census bureau, 50 million Americans identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino and among them, 26 million identified as white.
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The USA is a country of 50 states, and there are about 320 Million people live in those states. There is a huge amount of diversity of the population of the country. There are all kinds of people, and each and every one carries their own racial identity. Some people are white; some are black, some are brown and even mixed. About 50 million people among them are white, and rest are from another racial group. But still, there are countries outside the USA with the highest white population in the world. At first, we were thinking about creating a list of top 10 whitest cities in America; then we thought why we should go with the flow? Everyone is making top 10 lists nowadays, so we have come with the idea of 15 cities with the largest white population in America, and we have found some interesting things while searching for those cities. Can you believe there still are 100 percent white cities in America? Yes, they exist. But they are mostly smaller towns. You can find some of the highest densities of white people when looking at the whitest cities in the south. We have also looked into the “most white big cities.” But white big cities sometimes do not contain the largest number of white people.
To create the list of cities with the largest number of white people, we used multiple sources. We have collected data from U.S Census Bureau, and we also looked into the World Value Survey 2005-2009 (WVS 2005-2009) and the World Value Survey 2010-2014 (WVS 2010-2014). Finally, we also collected data from Index Mundi. Then we align the cities with their percentage of the white population. So, the city that has the highest number of the white population ranked first on our list and with least white population ranked last.
We present you the list of 15 Cities with the largest white population in America.
15. Lexington, Kentucky
Percentage: 75.7%
Let’s start the list of 15 cities with the largest white population in America with Lexington city. Lexington city is consolidated with Fayette County, and this city is always denoted as Lexington-Fayette. This is the second largest city in Kentucky and also the 60th largest city in the United States. According to U.S Census Bureau, this city’s population is approximately 320,000. Due to the increasing number of people in this city, it suffers from a lot of traffic issues. Among all the population, 75.7% people are white in this city.
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14. Lubbock, Texas
Percentage: 75.8%
Lubbock is a city is located in Lubbock County, Texas. According to U.S Census Bureau, this city has an estimated population of 250,000. This city is the 83rd most populous city in the U.S. and 11th most populous city in the state of Texas. The population of this city can potentially be increased to 330,000 in 2020. Lubbock has 75.8% of white people among the population.
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13. Portland, Oregon
Percentage: 76.1%
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. This city covers 145 square miles and is the second most populous city in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 2.4 million people live in this metropolitan city and among them, 76.1% people are white American.
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12. Henderson, Nevada
Percentage: 76.9%
Henderson is actually known as the City of Henderson. This city is located in Clark County, Nevada, only 16 miles away from Las Vegas. This city has an estimated population of 292,000. It was also ranked the 2nd safest city in America by Forbes Magazine. Henderson has 76.9% of white people among the population.
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11. Mesa, Arizona
Percentage: 77.1%
Mesa is the eleventh city on our list of 15 Cities with the largest white population in America. It is a city in Maricopa County, in the state of Arizona. It is also the third largest city in Arizona and has 77.1% of white people among all the population of the city.
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10. Colorado Springs, Colorado
Percentage: 78.8%
Colorado Springs is the largest city in Colorado, and it is also the most popular municipality in Colorado. This city has a population of about 465,000, and among them, 78.8% are white people.
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9. Madison, Wisconsin
Percentage: 78.8%
Madison is the capital of the state of Wisconsin, so it’s no surprise there’s such a high white population. The estimated population of this city is 252,000. Among all of its population, about 78.8% of people are white American.
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8. El Paso, Texas
Percentage: 80.8%
El Paso is a city in El Paso County, Texas. This city is located near the Rio Grande river across the Mexico-USA border. This city has more than 650,000 people living there. Among them all, 80.8% of people are considered white American.
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7. Corpus Christi, Texas
Percentage: 80.9%
Texas strikes again (which is no surprise for this list). Corpus Christi is a coastal city in South Texas and is located about 130 miles southeast of San Antonio. The city’s population is estimated to be 320,000, and 80.9% of that population are white people.
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6. Gilbert, Arizona
Percentage: 81.8%
Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County in Arizona. This place was once known as the “Hay Shipping Capital of the World,” and the town has an estimated population of 230,000. 81.8% of that population is white.
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5. Lincoln, Nebraska
Percentage: 86%
Lincoln city ranked fifth on our list of 15 Cities with the largest white population in America. This city covers 93 square miles and it has an estimated population of 281,000. This is the second most populous city in Nebraska. More than 89% of the whole population are white Americans in Lincoln.
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4. Laredo, Texas
Percentage: 87.7%
Laredo city is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande river. This city is in South Texas, is a metropolitan area and ranked 178th largest in the U.S. This city has an estimated population of 244,000 people — among them, 87.7% of people are white.
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3. Boise, Idaho
Percentage: 89%
Boise is one of the most populous cities in the U.S., and it is also the capital of Idaho. Boise is also the third most popular city and metropolitan area in the United States’ Pacific Northwest region. This city has an estimated population of 225,000, and 89% of them are white people.
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2. Scottsdale, Arizona
Percentage: 89.3%
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Arizona with an estimated population of 236,000 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This city is 31 miles long and 11.4 miles wide at its widest point. 89.3% of people of this city are white as far as race goes.
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1. Hialeah, Florida
Percentage: 92.6%
Hialeah is a city in Miami County, Florida, and it is the sixth largest city in the state. This city is located on the west-northwest side of Miami. This city has the highest percentage of Cuban Americans and also one of the largest Spanish speaking communities in the United States. This city has an estimated population of 240,000 according to the U.S Census Bureau. Among that population, 92.6% of the population is white.
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With Hialeah city at the top, we’ve now wrapped up our list of the 15 cities with the largest white population in America.
